[78-L] "Makes me spend my money..."

[Michael Biel]

David Lennick wrote:
> Maybe John Zacherle will buy it.
>
> Still alive at 90!
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Zacherle
>
> dl
>   

I had a chance to meet and talk to him a couple of years ago.  He looks 
and sounds just like he did 40 years ago -- except that he doesn't need 
the makeup anymore! 

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
> Taylor Bowie wrote:
>   
>> The article indicated that the son was considering posting the thing on 
>> eBay...frankly I would also be surprised if it ever does show up there.
>>
>> That said,  I'm sure there is a market for it.  Think of all the people who 
>> have paid large sums for grilled cheese sandwiches which "show" an image of 
>> the Virgin Mary...or one I read about a week ago:  fellow paid some hundreds 
>> of dollars for a corn flake shaped like the state of Illinois...at least 
>> that's what it looked like to him and the other bidders.
>>
>> Hmmm...makes those broken Dinah Shore records we chatted about a while ago 
>> look like  a pretty good buy.
>>
>> Taylor B
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Michael Biel" <mbiel at mbiel.com>
>> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 3:14 PM
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] And in other gruesome news..
>>
>>
>>     
>>> I can't find it on oy-vey.  I looked up Big Bopper and casket.  What
>>> other categories would you suggest?  Oh, and be glad they re-buried
>>> him.  Othewise that museum that displayed the casket might have turned
>>> it into a Lenin situation.  By the way, that DID happen to Caruso.  I
>>> just got a copy of Dorothy Caruso's book and she relates that his body
>>> WAS on display under glass for EIGHT YEARS until she finally got the
>>> Italians to close the coffin.
>>>
>>> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
>>>
>>> Tom wrote:
>>>       
>>>> My guess is that the casket will be removed, and soon, from ebay. As I 
>>>> understand it, ebay doesn't want to be perceived as the world's 
>>>> auctionplace for the macabre, the obscene, and the morbid, and goes to 
>>>> considerable lengths to prevent people from selling body parts, nazi 
>>>> memorabilia, pornography, and all kinds of other unsavory stuff.
>>>>
>>>> This has gotta fall into one of those prohibited categories.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --- On Thu, 1/1/09, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>>>> Subject: [78-L] And in other gruesome news..
>>>> To: "78L" <78-L at 78online.com>
>>>> Date: Thursday, January 1, 2009, 4:57 PM
>>>>
>>>> Own the Big Bopper's coffin!
>>>> http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/local/36759549.html?&showAllComments=y
>>>>
>>>> dl
>>>>
>>>>         
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