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Subject: [Leica] was: did I miss a fight?
From: jsmith342 at cox.net (Jeffery Smith)
Date: Fri Jun 30 17:53:38 2006

A tough call. The Army veteran is in the hospital with a shattered jaw. The
Marine veteran is in the slammer with a bunch of really bad dudes...and no
gun.

Jeffery Smith
New Orleans, LA
http://www.400tx.com
http://400tx.blogspot.com/



-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Philip
Leeson
Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 7:32 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] was: did I miss a fight?


So, I guess da marines is tougher, eh?
phil
On Jun 30, 2006, at 3:53 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote:

> This week, in New Orleans, two young men (an army veteran and a
> marine veteran) got into a heated discussion at work (security  
> guards) over who was tougher, army or marine. A heated verbal  
> discussion followed by flying fists. The marine soon settled the  
> argument once and for all. He pulled out his S&W .40 and shot the  
> army veteran in the head.
> http://tinyurl.com/pqtst
> I guess it is best that the LUG stay on-line for these kinds of  
> reasons.
> --
> Jeffery
>
> ---- Marc James Small <msmall@infionline.net> wrote:
>> There is a scene in one of the early Raymond Chandler Philip
>> Marlow PI
>> novels where Marlow is in the hands of two police detectives, one  
>> of whom
>> wants to treat him fairly and the other of whom wishes to do him  
>> dirt with
>> trumped up evidence.  The two detectives end up getting into a  
>> fist-fight
>> and Marlow sarcastically suggests that this is must be a new and  
>> novel way
>> of softening up a suspect by hving the cops beat each other into a  
>> pulp.
>>
>> I am rather astonished to find the disconnect on the LUG over the
>> past day
>> or so.  I am especially astonished to note that the folks who have
>> generally treated my comments with derision and mocking disdain  
>> are now
>> attacking each other or, in one case, leaving the LUG entirely.
>>
>> Are you guys attempting to soften me up?  It won't work, but I do 
>> appreciate the hard effort you've put into the effort.  <he
>> grins>  You
>> guys can't grind me down with such a patently obvious scheme!
>>
>> Calm down, guys, and let's get back to business.  And, BD, get
>> back on the
>> List where you belong.  It really isn't the same without your  
>> presence.
>>
>> Marc
>>
>> msmall@aya.yale.edu
>> Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir!
>>
>>
>>
>>
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