.. One fine day, Frank waffled to Dieter..

 Hello Frank,

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

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

 Errr....
 
 DM>  FM> Are you for real? What would it take to persuade it to walk out of
 DM>  FM> your roof and into mine?
 
 DM>  Dunno what good it would do in your roof, unless your workshop
 DM>  is there.

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

 Oh. OK.
 
 I can drop the scope of at Bob's and you can pick it up from 
 there if you wish. If Bob doesn't mind off course, and doesn't
 sell it off to the lebbo down the road for a cheap head job from 
 the lebbos sister :-)
 
 Dieter
 

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