Hi, Dieter.

DM>  DM>  It's "the among other things" that make me a bit
reluctant to
DM>  DM>  _lend_ you my scope. Notice the _lend_ ? I don't want you
DM>  DM>  flogging it off to some lebbo so that he can sell his sister to
DM>  DM>  you :-)

DM>  FM> Hey, who do you think I am, Bob Lawrence?

DM>  Errr....

Well I'm not, so there.

DM>  DM>  FM> Are you for real? What would it take to persuade it
to walk out
DM> of
DM>  DM>  FM> your roof and into mine?

DM>  DM>  Dunno what good it would do in your roof, unless your workshop
DM>  DM>  is there.

DM>  FM> Ah, yes, I forgot you were only on the ground floor when you called
DM>  FM> in. That's exactly where it is.

DM>  Oh. OK.

DM>  I can drop the scope of at Bob's and you can pick it up from
DM>  there if you wish. If Bob doesn't mind off course, and doesn't
                                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                              Bob's mind is always off course.

DM>  sell it off to the lebbo down the road for a cheap head job from
DM>  the lebbos sister :-)

If Bob doesn't mind, I'd appreciate the loan. Not too sure about the
trading aspects, he seems quite determined to do exactly what you don't
want him to.

Regards, FIM.

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