SANDER%DEC-MARLBORO@sri-unix.UUCP (05/24/84)
From: Warren Sander <SANDER at DEC-MARLBORO> In reply to all the "sell gas to Patton" ways to get rich all one has to look at is the price of gas today and in 1944-45. Even with the war and rationing gas still sold at about $.30 - $.40 per gallon. Even if Patton was extremely rich and would by your gas how can you make money buying $1.20 per gallon gas and selling it for say $.50 - $.60 per gallon (Patton wouldn't pay $1.40 or so for gas). That is more like how to get poor via time travel. There are better ways to get rich via time travel. Get into your trusty time machine go back to say 1787 or so and get a job of some sort. work for a month or two and take your money and come back to the present. You now have in your hands some very rare 1787 currency that a coin collector will pay through the nose to have (if you can find one with a large nose and a big wallet). The same is true of Stamps. Just a very small investment in something that is insignificant enough to upset history (would anyone notice a couple of pennies, dimes and nickels and a few 1/2 cent stamps????). Going back and picking up a few pounds of Gold from Sutters mill or winning the lottery could upset the flow of history enough to cause catastrophic results today. Enough for now... Anybody want to buy some mint condition 1787 $1 bills?? Warren Sander Sander @ Dec-marlboro --------