Walt, thanks for a good laugh -- I needed one!
ScottGee1
On 12/20/05, Walt Wayman <hiwayman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Great care should be taken when challenging an old journalist. We have our
> sources and our methods. Like it has been said, never pick an argument
> with folks who buy ink by the barrel. I would add to that warning, beware
> of those who bullshit, or used to, for a living. Here, just like on Fox
> News, is the truth of the matter:
>
> The engineer who said this was Ray D. Ayetor, who had been assigned to
> develop a more wear-resistant material for the ping-pong ball type-head
> thingies used in the Selectric typewriters. Kept in the dark regarding
> more advanced technology, Ray was unaware of the potential use of the
> microchip and mistook it for a part of the keyboard mechanism of the
> Selectric. He died in 1977 just two days before winning the Illinois
> lottery, much to the relief of his widow, who collected the winnings and
> moved to Newark to live with her mother, where she erected a high stone
> fence, topped with concertina wire, around their two-bedroom, four-bath
> bungalow. She has been a recluse ever since, though it is said she buys
> and sells lots of stuff on e-Bay, including some OM gear, doing much of it
> in her late husband's name.
>
> Walt, who lies only when convenient or fun
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