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Dagstead Bumwood

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4. What's staggering is that, if the eye-witness accounts are to be believed,

Reply to Cuthbert Allgood (Reply #3)

Thu Mar 4, 2021, 10:06 PM

Mar 2021

they were this close to hooking those Japanese businessmen (the story about the infamous test drive was hysterical). Had they pulled that off the cash would have flowed in and the con might have rolled on a while longer.

I'm like most folks and I like to think I can spot a con far away, but, I can see why all of those "average" folks fell for it. Hell, if I'd heard one of her speeches I might have plunked down a deposit, too.

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HBO's 'The Lady and the Dale' a compelling crime yarn w/LA reporter Dick Carlson (Tucker's dad) [View all] LessAspin Feb 2021 OP

That was an interesting docuseries. Cuthbert Allgood Feb 2021 #1

Yeah, the acorn doesn't fall far from the dick. Dagstead Bumwood Mar 2021 #2

We are apparently the same age. Cuthbert Allgood Mar 2021 #3

What's staggering is that, if the eye-witness accounts are to be believed, Dagstead Bumwood Mar 2021 #4

Dick's the one who recommended that Tucker get into journalism TexasBushwhacker May 2021 #5