Ross Sauer -> Ed Hulett wrote:
 RS> "Ed Hulett -> Ross Sauer"  wrote in
 RS> news:10076$HOLYSMOKE{at}JamNNTPd:

 RS>>>>> So now they are brass with a "golden color?"

 EH>>>> Brass *IS* gold colored.

 RS>>> Wrong.
 RS>>> Brass is brass-colored.
 RS>>> I have 2 brass dice, and neither is golden in color.
 RS>>> Try again.

 EH>> Maybe those die are bronze. Bronze and brass are two separate metals.

 RS> They are brass.

If they are brass, they are a yellow color that looks similar to gold.

 RS> I know, because I got them from the tail ends of two brass rods in shop
 RS> class, 30+ years ago.

You must be mistaken on what metal they are made of, then. Maybe they are
copper. Brass=yellow (gold) copper=brown (like an old penny). New pennies
are nickel with a bit of copper for color.

 RS> Some other guy was making a project out of brass, and he gave me the
 RS> ends.

Uh huh... it sounds like neither of you knew what metal you were working with.

 RS> I made one small and one larger dice.

Dice is plural. Die is singular.

 RS> Used a Yahtzee dice to make sure I had the numbers in the right places.
 RS> Instead of the "spots," I punched the numbers into the faces.

Good for you.

 RS>>>>> Just admit it, Ed.

 RS>>>>> They don't exist.

 EH>>>> You don't know that.

 RS>>> I do know that. Because you and your cult refuse to show me.

 EH>> No you don't. You are so insignificant that no one needs to show you
 EH>> anything.

 RS> Fine. "You aren't worthy, so we don't have to show you."
 RS> Classic con scheme.

No, you just don't count.

 EH>>>> You aren't the arbiter of what does or does not exist.

 RS>>> Then show me.

 EH>> Hahahahahahahahahaha!!!!

 EH>> You don't get it. I don't have to show you anything no matter how much
 EH>> you demand it. Your opinion is so insignificant it could be
 EH>> non-existent.

 RS> Translation: You never had anything and never will.

Huh? I never had any what?

 RS>>>>> And you got suckered, big time.

 EH>>>> You are the one who doesn't think brass is gold in color. Maybe
 EH>>   it's EH>> Ceppa's continued use of the word
"bronze" that has you
 EH>>   confused.

 RS>>> Bronze is brass alloyed with tin,

 EH>> No, bronze is COPPER alloyed with tin. Your knowledge of metallurgy is
 EH>> as lacking as your knowledge of politics and religion.

 RS> (Looks it up)

 RS> Aha, you're right.

I know I am, because, unlike you, I have worked with brass, copper and
bronze enough to know what I am talking about.

Ed

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