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Oxygenee
The early frontrunner - nineballdave!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...item=3647859109
Oxygenee
If this guy ever got into absinthe antiques, he could outdo even the Princess of Paranoia. Check out his other auctions, including this bibliographic treasure:

RAREST BOOK IN THE WORLD ONE KNOWN
THOMAS EDISON ONLY COPY KNOW THAT EXISTS

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...bayphotohosting

I quote briefly:

after reading this 1805 persoanal copy of only one made for the king of germany by a german genius on power and energy drawn from a turning wheel from a water source. the world does not know that this one & only copy that we have documented proof that belonged to thomas edison .and when read it proves that in 1805 this german genius explains in his book how electric power iws generated by turning a wheel .thus giving thomas edison the idea of inventing the electric light bulb and his energy source, thomas edison simpley read it from this onely one copy made for a king how to harnes power from a turning wheel by getting the power from rushin gwater from a river that is damed up and rerouted threw this mans wheel design shown in the book .thus making it posible to invent the electric light useing a turning wheel source for energy that thomas edison simply read about in this extremly rare bok from this 1805 german genius. this isa documented prove that the famous thomas edison did not invent the energy bulb and only rad about it in the only one.book that describes this energy source . we know we canot change history but this extremly rare book does prove that the very very famous thomas edison only read this german genious book on turning power harning it. and copied this german genius thery .and said it was his own . and the year is 1805 when this incredable gemran genius wrote this book descibbing step by step how a turning whel will provide power source for any thing you need weather electirc or grinding wheat into floor. or what ever .------------------we have iron cled written profe that this only one copy made for the king of germany got into the hands of the famous thomas edison and he only copied the power source ideas from this incredable 1805 german book on energy source driven by water power and thus creating electric power for the world credited to thomas edison and stolen by him from the german genius

Reality check: er..no actually....its part 3 of a fairly obscure but widely published 4 volume work on watermills and hydraulics.....no mention whatsoever of electricity....and..er...there are several copies for sale on ABEbooks at the moment, starting at $97.50...
Louched Liver
The Nigerian O-pie.
lysistrata
I still can't focus my eyes after trying to read that listing....doesn't eBay have some kind of limit on word count? chasehatchet.sml
DGLeadbetter
I'm almost positive Bucky wrote that ....

DG
Louched Liver
That's where he's been!
Maturin
Everything he has is the "only rarest in world Sotherbys ever seen" post-6-1069831687.gif
Oxygenee
Yup, and he has iron cled written profe of that as well.
DGLeadbetter
QUOTE
iron cled


Perhaps Iron clod.

DG
Louched Liver
I run clad.
Crosby
Wow! smiley_abzg.gif
greeneyes
You'd risk ire, unclad.
Louched Liver
Not me.
The public clamors for my nudity.
greeneyes
Then, by all means, give the people what they want. To Hell with bread and circuses.
Louched Liver
That's why the Mini Mansion has no window treatments.
Crosby
I liked your neighbor's plywood window treatments.
greeneyes
Won't you be my neighbor?
Louched Liver
King,
Them's gone.
Kind of losing the charm around here.

Peeps,
How about WE be someone's neighbors?
greeneyes
Hee! There goes the neighborhood. Got room for a goat?
Maturin
Ya fook 1 goat....
Porkio
QUOTE(Oxygenee @ Jan 1 2004, 07:47 AM)
Reality check: er..no actually....its part 3 of a fairly obscure but widely published 4 volume work on watermills and hydraulics.....no mention whatsoever of electricity....and..er...there are several copies for sale on ABEbooks at the moment, starting at $97.50...

Yeah, but buying it from him means that you won't have to worry about customs agents knocking down your door and he probably responds quickly to emails too, so I figure it's worth the extra $1,000 or so he's probably hoping to get for it.
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