From: m II on 14 Jul 2010 12:30 scope-THIS-aperture wrote: > Damn. What friggin' gang ghetto did you grow up in? The question is WHY DID you DO IT, Archie? Why do you need 90+ identities on Usenet? Normal people get by with ONE. mike
From: UltimatePatriot on 14 Jul 2010 12:43 On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 08:46:06 -0700, John Larkin <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: > and >I found them to be universally rigid, rule-bound, and inflexible. I think your capacity to make valid assessments of another human is a scary proposition. You're a real piece of work there, Johnny.
From: AM on 14 Jul 2010 12:45 On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 08:47:47 -0700, John Larkin <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: >> For you to even ask the question is a tell, Johnny. > >I'll take that long, rambling answer as "not me." > >John You're an idiot.
From: UpYerNose on 14 Jul 2010 12:46 On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 09:56:41 -0600, retard mike <sc(a)in.the.hat> wrote: >So Archie, why do you NEED 90+ identities on Usenet when normal people >can get by with ONE? If you could actually count, you might deserve an answer, retard boy.
From: Jim Thompson on 14 Jul 2010 12:49
On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 08:51:21 -0700, John Larkin <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: >On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 09:59:47 -0500, Vladimir Vassilevsky ><nospam(a)nowhere.com> wrote: > >> >> >>John Larkin wrote: >> >> >>> I was wondering if all the gun-totin' firefight wisdom was practical >>> or theoretical. >> >>Don't know. IIRC you are from N.O. originally ? > >Yes. I got out in the late 70s, before things got really bad. I never >saw a gun fired except for sport. > >> >>> How many people here have ever been in a real-live-ammo, >>> life-and-death gun fight, miliraty or otherwise? >> >>I have seen two murders, one suicide, myself been held at gun point, >>been robbed twice (once at knife point), and once beaten to knock out >>for fun. >> >>> How many have seen someone get shot, in real life, real time? >> >>You see, it is not too unusual. > >I think your experience is exceptional. Did you actually see someone >being shot? > >John Yep. I witnessed a gas station robbery: Clerk wrestled with perp, perp shot clerk in the wrist, clerk turned and ran, only to get 22-long-shot pistol emptied into his back. (But he survived :-) I dashed two blocks to where a police car was always parked, and told the police officers on duty there. They ignored me (I was only 16.) I drove on home and told my dad. He called the chief. The police found the perp later that night hiding in bushes on the campus of what is now Marshall University. The two officers who ignored me were fired. (It helped that my dad serviced all the police vehicle radios :-) ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, CTO | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | | | Voice:(480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat | | E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | Obama isn't going to raise your taxes...it's Bush' fault: Not re- newing the Bush tax cuts will increase the bottom tier rate by 50% |