[Milsurplus] Could this be one of our group?

[WA5CAB at cs.com]

Yahbut consider that the source was a UK tabloid.  Not known for their 
accuracy in placing decimal points.  Besides, if he bought them from the States, 
two-thirds of the cost would have gone to USPS.  :-)

In a message dated 2/17/2008 11:57:49 PM Central Standard Time, 
kargo_cult at msn.com writes: 
> 50 radios? Not a bad start on a collection.
> But $30,000 ? Must have bought them all off Ebay! -Hue
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Radioman390 at cs.com>
> To: <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 4:29 PM
> Subject: [Milsurplus] Could this be one of our group?
> 
> 
> >News story:
> >Radio World Newsbytes :: Top Stories
> >
> >
> >U.K. Man, Charged With Forgery, Bought Radios
> >
> >
> >
> >2.15.2008
> >
> >
> >If you’re crazy for collecting old radios, someone might accuse you of 
> having a touch of OCD.
> >
> >But in one case, this was less of a laughing matter.
> >
> >A newspaper in the United Kingdom reports that a 56-year-old man stole the 
> equivalent of almost
> $30,000 from his partner, a 71-year-old woman, and spent it all on radios. 
> He surrounded himself
> with them and often had them all on at once, according to the report.
> >
> >He was accused of forging her signature on checks made out to himself while 
> she was a resident in
> a nursing home. Police found about 50 wireless sets in his home. The defense 
> said the man had
> suffered from an obsessive compulsive disorder for 30 years.
> 

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