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[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by RichardSimon

I have done more in a week David then you have done in your bitter, sad life.
I just don't have any other letters about it.
I know, I will say it before you start it again, I am alluding to other super secret, code red, for your eyes only, super rare, unknown stories. I am still waiting for an apology for doubting that I did anything, oh wait, your apologies are meaningless, why should I wait for another one.
And to digress a bit and backtrack, in another instance of people in glass houses, David, you were offered $60K for the ball by "a dealer." Wow, a dealer. Nice. And you accuse me of posting vague stories? How vague is that one? Yeah, I know, it happened because you said it did.
If Johnny is alive and reading Net54 he must be laughing. He never was paid $60K for his work, if you sell that ball the fair thing to do would be to track him down and share the proceeds with him. He is an artist, isn't he David?
Just look at that ball of yours.
He tried to sell me many things 20 years ago, they all "walked into his store in Queens." Just like someone else we know, all that great stuff just walked into his store. Wonder who walked into his store with your baseball?%

Richard, if you are certain that you know the ball is bad and it is the work of someone you know then I think you owe it to David to give him that name. Just my opinion.

[David Atkatz]

Thanks, Dan. But don't worry about it. Richard knows all, but speaks little. It has always been so.

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by slidekellyslide

Richard, if you are certain that you know the ball is bad and it is the work of someone you know then I think you owe it to David to give him that name. Just my opinion.

The name of the person I know has been presented to David before. He knows the name, he is just busting chops here.
And David could do nothing to that person now anyway. The statute of limitations, I am sure, has long expired on some crime like this. And he bought it in an auction, that is where he would have to take action.
This person's whereabouts are unknown, which is why I asked about him.
I was just offered an extraordinarily rare HOFer autograph and was concerned about it though it had much about it to like. It was shown to Ron Keurigian (sp?) and he said it was no good, so I immediately dropped out of the bidding. The idea popped into my head that the one peson that I knew who was good enough to pull this off was Johnny F---. So that is why I asked about it.

[RichardSimon]

Yes I speak little, but I don't apologize to people and then 5 minutes later start an attack on them.
(and thank you for saying that I know all, even I don't say that I know all, but I appreciate your kind words about that, but I do know a lot about what is going on in this business).
That is really low David, to apologize and then attack, but we see you are showing your true colors.
Guess all those students of yours who rated you in the bottom at your school (yeah I remember that old thread where that info came out) were pretty right about you.
And you must be so proud to have told a dean at your former school to go f--- themselves. Yes folks, David admitted that to me in an e mail. He has major issues with authority it seems, besides the major issues he has here. And I don't want to check the old e mails, but didn't you say it was a woman David? Maybe not, but I think you did say that. Did you say go
f--- yourself to a female dean at your former school? Did you take early retirement? You always sounded sad and bitter during that long thread of long ago. And that continues,,,,
And those excuses you gave when that info was revealed about the scores you got from your students,,,just pathetic.

[David Atkatz]

I know his name? Nice try, Richard, but you know that's not true.

I remember, back in the early 90s, attending the Rothstein shows in White Plains. Jimmy would be behind his table, Richard behind his own. Back before third-parties, and eBay. Just two vintage autograph dealers.

Look where Jimmy is now, and look at Richard. Haven't progressed one iota, have you?

There's a reason for that, and it ain't "advertising."

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by David Atkatz

I know his name? Nice try, Richard, but you know that's not true.

I remember, back in the early 90s, attending the Rothstein shows in White Plains. Jimmy would be behind his table, Richard behind his own. Back before third-parties, and eBay. Just two vintage autograph dealers.

Look where Jimmy is now, and look at Richard. Haven't progressed one iota, have you?

There's a reason for that, and it ain't "advertising."

Ya gotta love the hypocrisy of this post, commending Jimmy after spending so much energy posting negative comments about third party authentication.
Keep it up David,you keep piling dirt on your grave.
And you got the name in an e mail David,,,think about it,not an e mail from me but from a Net54 member.
Anyway, the name is not even that relevant in the case of this ball. It is way past the statute of limitations I am sure.
And I know a number of dealers who were with me in the hobby at the same time and they are still in the same position, they buy and sell just like I do.
What does that mean anyway. Jimmy chose to stop buying and selling, others decided to continue.
You were probably a hated teacher for your entire tenure at whatever school you taught at (Skidmore??). And probably stayed in the same position as you started at. After all, anyone telling a dean to go f--- themselves,,, how far could you go? You could go into early retirement.

[RichardSimon]

David's rather benign farewell statement from his school is on the web.
I quote part of it here:

"Over the years, David taught many different courses across the physics curriculum,
including Physics for Poets, General Physics, Modern Physics, Relativity, Classical
Mechanics, Quantum Physics, Electrodynamics, and Advanced Theory and Methods in
Physics Research. He developed the course “Images of Science in Society” as part of the
Liberal Studies program, and also taught Liberal Studies I.
David advised senior theses for a number of very successful students, on topics including
“Determining the yield of the Trinity nuclear device via gamma–ray spectroscopy,” “Does
God Play Dice? An Einstein Podolsky Rosen computer experiment,” “Diffraction from
Quasicrystals,” and “Doubly Special Relativity Theory.”
David served on a variety of committees, including The Committee for Educational Policy
and Planning, the Benefits Committee, the Liberal Studies Committee, the Academic
Computing Committee, and multiple subcommittees of the Curriculum Committee. He was
a regular participant in Skidmore Parent’s weekend Mini-College series, and enjoyed giving
lectures on quantum cosmology for a general audience. He wrote many essays for the
World of Physics Encyclopedia.
David’s other interests include aviation, music, baseball history and memorabilia, and
spending time with his family. We wish him the best as he retires from Skidmore College"

Not one word about any type of advancement,promotions, etc.
Sounds almost like they were happy to see him go.
22 years at Skidmore and it sounds like he never got off Square One. Shouldn't 22 years have gotten you to Dept.Head? Though I must commend someone with knowledge in physics, I did not enjoy that subject.
22 years at Skidmore summed up in six paragraphs and one of the paragraphs was about his hobbies.
I am surprised they did not mention the grades he received from his students, guess they were embarrassed.

[thetruthisoutthere]

Please allow me to remind everyone here that the original thread started by Richard was accidentally deleted by Leon (not a big deal). It was dead and a buried issue.

But David was the one that brought it back to life, not in one thread, but in two threads. David started two threads to bring all of this back to life. It was a dead issue. He has opened up this can of worms on his own.

When he first posted the new threads I had no idea what the heck he was talking about until the thread continued to open up and reveal itself. Obviously, David went on the offensive about email exchanges between himself and Richard that were not yet revealed here, which is why I was puzzled by David's opening comment on the other thread he started which reads:

Hi, Frank. Due to an almost complete lack of a sense of humor, Richard Simon has deluded himself into believing that I apologized to you for statements I made in a previous thread. You know--when I called you a thief and all. Remember? When I said you were in cahoots with the forger, 'cause nobody is stupid enough to actually buy twenty or so Matty cuts--all on the same paper--and think they have a chance in hell of being real?
I'd sure appreciate it if you'd set him straight. Please let him know that I never did apologize.
Thank you.

When you wrote that opening comment, David, only yourself and Richard knew what you were referring to, and then it took off on this thread.

By the way, David, that name was presented to you awhile back, by me.