On Apr 17, 2022, Don Stockbauer wrote
(in article<3a4b332b-9278-4c20-a638-313259ac69dbn@googlegroups.com>):

> On Thursday, April 14, 2022 at 5:18:02 AM UTC-5, Mike wrote:
> > On Apr 13, 2022, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > (in article<4656c0df-9f1d-481e...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > On Wednesday, April 13, 2022 at 4:16:28 AM UTC-5, Mike wrote:
> > > > On Apr 12, 2022, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > (in article<a2606ea9-ed8b-44f0...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > On Tuesday, April 12, 2022 at 11:04:21 AM UTC-5, Mike wrote:
> > > > > > On Apr 12, 2022, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > (in article<df5b6331-c688-4afd...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > On Tuesday, April 12, 2022 at 5:16:52 AM UTC-5, Mike wrote:
> > > > > > > > On Apr 11, 2022, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > > (in article<df086771-cf5b-44e2...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > > On Monday, April 11, 2022 at 12:49:21 PM UTC-5, Mike wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > On Apr 11, 2022, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > > > > (in article<7a40c2b4-8d8f-4311...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > > > > On Monday, April 11, 2022 at 11:23:46 AM UTC-5, Don Stockbauer
> > > > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > On Monday, April 11, 2022 at 3:11:55 AM UTC-5, Mike wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > On Apr 10, 2022, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > > > > > > > (in article<ed69802a-9552-46f2...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Monday, April 11, 2022 at 12:15:59 AM UTC-5, Don Stockbauer
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sunday, April 10, 2022 at 1:30:21 PM UTC-5, Mike wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Apr 10, 2022, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (in article<fa5cce48-6b89-4f25...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sunday, April 10, 2022 at 12:25:38 PM UTC-5, Don
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Stockbauer
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sunday, April 10, 2022 at 2:36:49 AM UTC-5, Mike wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Apr 9, 2022, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (in article<d1ccae23-da06-43e9...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Saturday, April 9, 2022 at 4:34:22 PM UTC-5, Mike
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Apr 9, 2022, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > You forgot the Novel by Dostoevsky “Crimea and
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Punishment"
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > There was this guy that stole dogs so he was guilty of petty
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > theft
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > but
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > then
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > he was caught but he tried to get out of it , he told the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > police
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Crime?
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Me? Uh, no way, I'm a saint."
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The Isle thread I can't use anymore because it goes into an
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > infinite
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > loop
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > when scrolling so by default if you don't say anything I'll
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > just
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > go
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > to
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > other four but if you would like to replace it with another
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > thread
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > feel
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > free
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > to communicate that information to me . thank you.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Cut the dangling thread,,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I knew it, I just knew it I'm trying to convey a useful piece
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > of
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > practical
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > information to you and I just knew you'd make a pun out of it I
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > just
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > knew
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > it everything here is a pun pun hear thunder hear a pun
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > everywhere
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > pun
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > pun but my statement still stands I can't use ILSE you may use
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > it
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > but
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > it
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > will go unanswered so there how's your wife Ed
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > I wanted to print out the word Simon a bunch of times but my
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > printer
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > was
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > broke so I just hand wrote them out one at time Simon Simon
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Simon
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Simon
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Simon
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Simon and someone came along and said why don't you like use a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > mimeograph
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > machine or something like that and I told him so that would
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > require
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > use
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > of a Simon Templar wouldn't it?
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Perhaps YOU ned something simpler to use --- like a Hectograph.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > > > > > > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > > > > > > > > > > hey hectograph wow I didn't even know that's what it was called
> > > > > > > > > > > > when I
> > > > > > > > > > > > was
> > > > > > > > > > > > young we would go visit David also known as Randy in Houston they
> > > > > > > > > > > > lived
> > > > > > > > > > > > right off the corner of the 610 South West Loop and we had this
> > > > > > > > > > > > game
> > > > > > > > > > > > called
> > > > > > > > > > > > careers in David and I really liked it and it had the score sheets
> > > > > > > > > > > > but
> > > > > > > > > > > > we
> > > > > > > > > > > > didn't have enough score sheets so his mother kitty said I have
> > > > > > > > > > > > this
> > > > > > > > > > > > thing
> > > > > > > > > > > > here we can make more and now I realize it was a hectograph I
> > > > > > > > > > > > never
> > > > > > > > > > > > heard
> > > > > > > > > > > > that word in my life but then I haven't heard a lot of words in my
> > > > > > > > > > > > life
> > > > > > > > > > > > like duck but anyway we got out that hit the graph and it made
> > > > > > > > > > > > kind
> > > > > > > > > > > > of a
> > > > > > > > > > > > crummy blue form but it worked and by the way I hadn't seen him
> > > > > > > > > > > > like
> > > > > > > > > > > > in
> > > > > > > > > > > > 40
> > > > > > > > > > > > years but they came down to visit Victoria just about two weeks
> > > > > > > > > > > > ago
> > > > > > > > > > > > and
> > > > > > > > > > > > we
> > > > > > > > > > > > had all kind of nice discussions and we sat right next to each
> > > > > > > > > > > > other
> > > > > > > > > > > > in
> > > > > > > > > > > > Ramsay's restaurant and you can look that up there's really a
> > > > > > > > > > > > Ramseys
> > > > > > > > > > > > restaurant here in Victoria and we were talking and talking and
> > > > > > > > > > > > everybody
> > > > > > > > > > > > was talking around the table like humans or want to do and he said
> > > > > > > > > > > > donnn
> > > > > > > > > > > > do
> > > > > > > > > > > > you remember when I dropped a dart into your head and I said yeah
> > > > > > > > > > > > I
> > > > > > > > > > > > remember that what it was was a.m. sing were I went up on top of a
> > > > > > > > > > > > building
> > > > > > > > > > > > and I dropped a dart from a very precise play this is the kind of
> > > > > > > > > > > > dart
> > > > > > > > > > > > you
> > > > > > > > > > > > know like in pubs where they play darts and drink beer and when I
> > > > > > > > > > > > would
> > > > > > > > > > > > put
> > > > > > > > > > > > the door right is that certain special place So in affect you
> > > > > > > > > > > > could
> > > > > > > > > > > > have a
> > > > > > > > > > > > bull's-eye every time it's very similar two in eighth grade
> > > > > > > > > > > > brother
> > > > > > > > > > > > Ralph
> > > > > > > > > > > > set up a thing where you could toss a coin and have it come up the
> > > > > > > > > > > > same
> > > > > > > > > > > > side every time because it took all the variables out of tossing a
> > > > > > > > > > > > coin
> > > > > > > > > > > > it
> > > > > > > > > > > > would look kind of Leica something that sprang up you put the coin
> > > > > > > > > > > > on
> > > > > > > > > > > > there
> > > > > > > > > > > > but anyway Randy and I were playing with his door thing and he
> > > > > > > > > > > > went
> > > > > > > > > > > > up
> > > > > > > > > > > > on
> > > > > > > > > > > > the roof of the tool shed and he put that dark just exactly in the
> > > > > > > > > > > > right
> > > > > > > > > > > > place and everything but you know what happen hello Mr.
> > > > > > > > > > > > intelligence
> > > > > > > > > > > > here
> > > > > > > > > > > > got his head in the way in the dart stuck right into his head
> > > > > > > > > > > > thank
> > > > > > > > > > > > God
> > > > > > > > > > > > I
> > > > > > > > > > > > wasn't looking up it could've been a dart just right in the eye
> > > > > > > > > > > > and
> > > > > > > > > > > > then I
> > > > > > > > > > > > only would've had one eye after that so I'm running around with a
> > > > > > > > > > > > dart
> > > > > > > > > > > > in
> > > > > > > > > > > > my head and all I can say about it is is that it partially
> > > > > > > > > > > > explains
> > > > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > way
> > > > > > > > > > > > I am now.
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > Did I go into enough detail?
> > > > > > > > > > More like a diatribe (that’s what the Native American's did before
> > > > > > > > > > going
> > > > > > > > > > on
> > > > > > > > > > the war path)
> > > > > > > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > > > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > > > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > > > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > > > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > > > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > run on sentences. there's really no such thing I mean you have
> > > > > > > > > sentences
> > > > > > > > > out
> > > > > > > > > there kind a like they're going from antenna to antenna if you were
> > > > > > > > > to
> > > > > > > > > put
> > > > > > > > > your jogging shoes on and try to jog along one of The radio waves
> > > > > > > > > then
> > > > > > > > > you
> > > > > > > > > could try I guess it would be a run on sentence
> > > > > > > > And at your age it is the only type of running you can still do.
> > > > > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > You are so wrong once again . I have explosive diarrhea I mean we're
> > > > > > > talking
> > > > > > > Hiroshima comes to mind and some people call it the runs and I have the
> > > > > > > runs
> > > > > > > in spades. Also on my hoe, my pitchfork , my shovel…
> > > > > > P:lease --- there are many euphemism’s you could have used such as the
> > > > > > ones
> > > > > > below
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Manhattan Mambo
> > > > > > Tiajuana Two Step
> > > > > > Turkey Trots
> > > > > > Montezumas Revenge
> > > > > > Trainers Tango
> > > > > > Farringdon Foxtrot
> > > > > > The Chelmsford Charleston.
> > > > > > The Yiddisher Charleston. (Yes - there *was* one!)
> > > > > > The Immodium Pandemonium The Galloping Gavotte The Puckering Polka The
> > > > > > Holeallejah Chorus The Doo-se-Doo The Gluteal Gallops
> > > > > > Ipecac lick'em, join'em?
> > > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > > >
> > > > > Those terms are all very charming.
> > > > >
> > > > > Did you hear about the three Rrhea sisters???
> > > > >
> > > > > Pyo, Gono, and Dia.
> > > > Did you have a long relationship with them???
> > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > >
> > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > Groucho Marx
> > >
> > > no I have no relationship with them at all, however there were these three
> > > large flightless birds indigenous to South America that I won't talk about.
> > >
> > > Did you know that the prehistoric extinct Terror bird which was 10 feet
> > > tall
> > > could have held you down with its feet and ripped you apart with its bill ;
> > > that's some bird, eh?
> > Just so long as I am the one on the outside eating in.
> > Michael LeVine
> > mle...@redshift.com
> >
> > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > finding it everywhere,
> > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > Groucho Marx
>
> there was this old timey story I think its name was Faust and there was a
> scene in there where there's
> a guy in a cage and someone comes up and says "wow you're stuck in that cage
> what did you do, isn't it too bad that you're trapped in this cage?" and the
> guy says "this cage is not to keep me in but it's to keep you out " wow
> that's really philosophical I'll remember that forever.

That depends on who you are on the outs with...

Michael LeVine
mlevine@redshift.com

Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
finding it everywhere,
diagnosing it incorrectly,
and applying the wrong remedies.
Groucho Marx