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Old March 1st 08, 10:02 PM posted to rec.games.chess.misc,alt.boomerang
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Unnamed man has been accused of stealing a 40-year-old laptop valued
by the USCF at $40,000.
Also $100,000 (face value) in Qing dynasty China-Pacific Railway
shares.
Also Certificate for 1000 acres of the surface of the Moon, valued by
the USCF at $900,000.

Data from the laptop has been backed up on to 100 floppy disks - not
the 3.5"-inch ones, the big ones, do you remember them? - and these
are also missing and valued at $600,000. (c) William Shatner.

All amounts are in Zimbabwean dollars.
Reward for recovery: one year's subscription to Chess Life.
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