WAYNE CHIRNSIDE wrote to JAMES BRADLEY, "Tap tap tap..."

 WC> It's a transient community in Florida with few of the
 WC> community ties we had up in the N.E.
 WC> Just yesterday a crackhead ( from Pennie's physical
 WC> description) tried to snatch her purse.

 The house I bought, was in a rental dominated community. Then
we went to mostly owner occupied, and now it seems to be rental again. In one
house, my father (Next door neighbour.) and I call the crack _____, but at
least she is only begging for money for her habit. I don't think she ever has
enough cash to be a serious junkie. Speaking of dogs, her Rot *and* Pit were
running loose just the other day. Just as I predicted. Proving to me again,
it's not the breed, it the idiots that don't know what to do with them.
 -> I've a cousin there that married a
 -> detective. Maybe I should buy him some spare bullets?

 WC> Buy him a kevlar vest instead.

I'm sure they issue them as part of the uniform. The Aunt who used to live in
W. Palm; when my Uncles were settling her estate, they couldn't believe the
crime issues there. Farm boys, to be sure, but not a dummy among 'em.
 ->  WC> I was walking my Pit Bull but refrained from using his attack
 ->  WC> command. I survived the bat attack and didn't want to risk
 ->  WC> losing the dog had I given him the command.

 -> wana-bes. Everyone's a 'tough guy'.

 WC> Programmed into the primitive part of the brain, used to be a
 WC> survival plus but in today's modern society it's more of a
 WC> problem, Evolution works SLOW so we're stuck with this for
 WC> quite a while.

I was just quoted, "...And whales didn't grow flippers in a fortnight."
 -> How they sleep at night, is beyond me.

 WC> I've no idea.

/-:

 ->  WC> Well the girl WAS spared.
 ->  WC> I spent the next 16 hours throwing up from the concussion every
 ->  WC> 20 minutes, you could set your watch to it.

 WC> Yeah, I was using my watch to drink a glass of water just
 WC> before the next toss.


 WC> I think schools should teach projects requiring students
 WC> working together for a common goal early on as I suspect this
 WC> would not only make them a better fit for the job market
 WC> but more socialized as well.

I saw a show about a Japanese school teacher that was spectacular in that
regard. When there was a bullying incident, he sat his class down, and pointed
out that even the child that wasn't part of the bullying but witnessed it were
as guilty for not stopping it. Very endearing this fellow! Mind you, that
society is less like to have bullies for parents. 

Second thought: they could bully, but for the child to conform...
 -> but eyes on the back of our heads
 -> seems to be the new survival strategy.

 WC> Yeah, my home town's web page used to be hysterically funny for
 WC> the police logs they published.
 WC> Stuff like a duck acting strangely ( an actual example) but as
 WC> time went on more and more real crime has cropped up :-(

/-: 
 WC> I've two of those old heavy IBM keyboards here with the real
 WC> tactile keyswitch feedback.
 WC> You can drop them repeatedly and suffer no damage too.

I've been meaning to check the stockpile for one of those. I might have another
manufacturer's equivalent. By the weight alone, one could tell?

 WC> Vacuum Tube Volt Meter, very high input impedence for little
 WC> loading effect.

I suspect a Kipp & Zonen here might be the same. How would one check for the
impedance? Meter the meter...

 WC> Where I got the svchematic for a very high voltage PS and a
 WC> tiny FM wireless mike out of a book they sold.

Either you were building a Jacob's ladder, or a radio station? <-;

 -> My last three cases are convertible ATX/AT. I'd still need a PS though, if
 -> I picked up an ATX only MB.

 WC> I've heard Antec  spoken well of.

It's been so long, I'd never heard of Antec. Viva la competition.

 -> They can be spectacular dogs!

 WC> Mine's black and white with a white blaze down the center of
 WC> the top of his head through the snout.
 WC> British Staffordshire Bull Terrier, one of the rarer of the
 WC> three Pit Bull breeds.

Three? I'd meet a Staffordshire - a little broader at the jowls, right? What
would the third one be? It's a naturalized American terrier, right? Funny, but
I never associated Staffordshire and England until I read this. 

 ->  WC> trash about 7 times over 13 years.

No health troubles to speak of? 
 -> always had the run of the house.

 WC> Spanky's never let loose in the house, sick a few times
 WC> but that's happened to me as well.

Who hasn't? Spanky is his nickname then? The Our Gang dog Spot was a Pit, but I
suspect you knew that.

 ->  WC> Not at all like the horror stories you hear about the breed.

 -> Proved to me, that it's not the bread, it's the owner. O-8

 WC> Yeah like that idiot skinhead Jimmy Nation up the street and
 WC> his killer Pit that tried to eat my dog then my hand when I got
 WC> Spanky free. Spanky was a mess after that but he acted like
 WC> nothing happened at all. No visable reaction to the attack
 WC> period, strange.

They're just doin' what comes naturally. Their muscle mass alone can get them
through many scrapes. A childhood friend had a Dob-Shepard cross. He was so
well exercised, that when he took a stick to the ribcage, it bounced off his
muscle/bone, and made the ugliest sliver I'd ever seen. The vet told the owner
that his three fingers went in to their limit, and hadn't reached *any* signs
of reaching resistance. I thought for sure his lug was punctured, but there was
no foam or gurgling. Hardly any blood either for the size of wound, so we just
carried him out of the woods, (We were way deep!) for the arranged pick-up.
 -> ... Multi-tasking: Crashing both hard drives at the same time.

 WC> That's not funny!

Did I mention I was a bit of a brat?  I've had one HD fail on warranty,
and one from an auction-bundled deal. I feel for you, now in more ways than
one. )-: Property, is relatively easy to deal with though, and I'm sure
something will avail itself.


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