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Puthoff created such a context. And many indeed were those who came to play in it including the many who ultimately served to trample it into once-again empty meaning. Chapter 36 SOCIAL INTRODUCTIONS AND MAGNETOMETER EXPERIMENTS 6 JUNE 1972 As Puthoff and I leapt into action on Tuesday morning, 6 June 1972, neither of us could imagine that before the day was finished two things would be achieved: (1) I would have the crucial element I needed to retire from all of this parapsychology bullshit; I could rest on my shaky laurels, return to New York and begin getting on with my life; (2) Puthoff would have one element he would advertise far and wide on behalf of getting his desired project afloat. But, as that day began, certainly I had no hint of what was to happen - - and I don't think Puthoff did either. He and I more or less began the day with what was to become a constant ritual for almost everyone connected with the long-term project I was convinced would never come about. On Menlo Park's main drag, not too far from SRI, was Pete's Coffee Shop. This establishment sold a very large selection of coffee and coffee-making materials, usually of