Tom Gardner wrote:

Happens I've got this bridge in San Francisco for sale,
a man of your proclaimed astuteness could make a killing...

How much? Will you take a check?

Tom, mail me offlist, this matter is commercially sensitive!

Chances are, now that the king of wire has evinced interest, I'll
be swamped with calls from the oriental divisions of US manufacturing!

Rest assured though you have still got first refusal, however check out
that your local S & L has secure wire transfer to the Grand Caymans...