Ron:
        This horse is dead.

        I never implied you were drinking. You are mixing up two
message units on HISTARCH. I did originally say, jokingly, that
you had been using peyote.

        Thank you for clarifying your age at the time of the discovery
of the radio. It was a question.

        None of this moves your suggested explanation, for me, from
the possible to the probable.

                                                Bob
        P.S. Someone mentioned the short use span of newspapers. Yes,
however, they also tend to be saved in piles in basements etc. just
as many artifact cateories are. Were the papers by any change from
the end of WW II (VE Day or defeat of Japan). All the more reason to
save one or several copies.



At 04:27 PM 7/11/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>Bob,
>
>I was a 29-year old adult at the time I personally observed Mac McReynolds
>pull the 1945 newspapers out from under his crawl space and remove the dusty
>old radio. I was of sound mind when we pulled it out to the light and washed
>it off. I was also not a biased observer when we pried open the locks to
>reveal the radio equipment underneath the case.
>
>Frankly, I find your denials amusing. First you imply I have been drinking
>when suggesting the radio, antennae and newspapers imply possible spying.
>Second, you imply I was too young to recognize or remember what I saw. Very
>strange indeed. Had this been discovered in 1944, it would have been
>sufficient grounds to haul the owner off to the pokey for treason. In fact,
>it might have been grounds for arrest even in 1945.
>
>What are you going to accuse me of next?
>
>Ron May
>
>
Robert L. Schuyler
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