#33545 - 10/26/04 01:35 PM
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Happens to me all the time. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
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#33546 - 10/26/04 01:38 PM
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We too easily forget being " stranded in the Amazon" is in reality no worse than a South American Indian finding him/herself standing on 5th Avenue in New York. Amen! Of course I think (actually I know) I would feel more sorry for the South American stranded in NYC than the New Yorker stranded in Brazil. <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> If I have got to be loney, scared and possibley dieing from one thing or another and get to choose where it happens, NYC is at the bottom of the list. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
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#33547 - 10/27/04 12:11 AM
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I like the ruler and DMT sharpener... if you survive the wreck, you can make yourself a pretty functional knife, and the metal pen doubles as a push point, great ideas, thanks <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />.
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#33548 - 10/27/04 02:48 AM
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Registered: 08/28/04
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Loc: Maple Grove, MN
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I'd bring a pad of graph paper, with some engineering drawings on the top sheet to make it more plausible to have a ruler with you.
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#33549 - 10/27/04 01:31 PM
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Registered: 11/13/01
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I'd bring a pad of graph paper, with some engineering drawings on the top sheet to make it more plausible to have a ruler with you. Now that's smart. I like that. I have to think in terms of looking plausible. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
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#33550 - 10/28/04 12:35 AM
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Registered: 11/14/03
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Loc: Milwaukee, WI USA
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I'd be inclined to tell them I am a nun (In drag dressed as a man.) and schoolteacher and that they better not touch my ruler if they know what's good for them. Even if the inspector isn't Catholic, they will listen.
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#33551 - 10/28/04 12:51 PM
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Registered: 11/13/01
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Loc: Collegeville, PA, USA
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Yeah, but you probably look intimidating. I'm tall, thin, and geeky. Anything but intimidating. <img src="/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />
At 5-foot-11-inches and 140 pounds, if I turn sideways I vanish. Also, I'm very nearsighted and am 43 now, so my glasses have bifocals. <img src="/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />
Good thing is, I look very non-threatening. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
Would be nice to look intimidating just once, however. <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
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#33552 - 10/28/04 04:33 PM
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Registered: 11/14/03
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Loc: Milwaukee, WI USA
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Craig:
I get the impression that you have never heard about school teaching nuns.
Size don't matter!
Looks don't matter!
Wheather they smile, speak in a soft voice, or say "please" and "thank you" don't matter!
If she is a nun and a school teacher, and she controls a ruler, your butt is grass, and she is the lawnmower!
I have heard this many times from my Catholic friends who attended Catholic schools.
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#33553 - 10/28/04 05:08 PM
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Registered: 11/13/01
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Loc: Collegeville, PA, USA
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I have heard about it. Never experienced it.
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#33554 - 10/28/04 05:32 PM
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Loc: Maple Grove, MN
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bountyhunter:
Sounds like you're describing a terrorrist.
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