Didn't we decide this was a hoax?

Yes, that's basically the case, as I understand it. Not ego though, just genuine good intentions, perhaps slightly misguided. -----Original Message----- From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Scott Stevens Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 8:12 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: Didn't we decide this was a hoax? On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 16:06:11 -0700 (PDT) steven stengel <tosteve at yahoo.com> wrote: Perhaps his 'ego' is wrapped up in it remaining a collection. It isn't unusual for somebody to spend a lifetime putting together what they consider 'the ultimate collecton' and despairing at the idea of it being split apart into fragments, undoing the thing the collector worked long and hard to accomplish. It isn't unusual for collectors of various things to want to bestow them, complete, to an institution that will keep it together as a collection.