It's Halloween, and threads are disappearing!

[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.

[thetruthisoutthere]

And like I wrote a few pages ago, it's too bad that this has turned into a "pissing match," but this was a dead and buried issue until you, David, brought it back to life; and you brought it back to life in not one, but two threads.

[slidekellyslide]

Why is everyone afraid to post the name of a forger in this thread? And why does this have to get so personal?

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by slidekellyslide

Why is everyone afraid to post the name of a forger in this thread? And why does this have to get so personal?

Dan- fair question and I will answer with a question.
How many times have you been sued in connection with this business?
Twice for me.
Almost $40,000 in out of pocket legal fees.
And while I know this person is a forger, I don't have anything that will stand up in court as hard evidence.
And people in the know are well aware of who this person is. I have already received a scan of one of his forgeries from an interested reader.
Jimmy knows his name, the guys at PSA know his name, most auction house personnel would know his name too.

[yanks12025]

I have no opinion and dont want to get into this mess. But david has helped me when ever i have had a question about items.

But I'd like to see copies of his work, can you show some Richard? I think its unfair, like Dan said you guys are telling David that it's not real or anything. But giving no proof behind it. Provide something dealing with it being fake or so.

[perezfan]

Agree...

This has become a trainwreck, but parts of the thread are very interesting (and potentially informative). If Richard can post some examples of this guy's "work", it would be very interesting and most beneficial to see.

The legal ramifications are understood, and we don't need to see his name... but it would be both interesting and helpful to see some of his "creations".

[David Atkatz]

Originally Posted by RichardSimon

And people in the know are well aware of who this person is. I have already received a scan of one of his forgeries from an interested reader.

Let's see it.

("People in the know"! Nudge, nudge, wink, wink.)

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by David Atkatz

Let's see it.

("People in the know"! Nudge, nudge, wink, wink.)

Here ya go professor (can we still call you that?, even with such a low rating).
This scan was sent to me by a very knowledgable collector and he is searching his files for others, which if I get, I will post here.