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   > > =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?=   
   =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= Are you well-skilled at determining people's   
   education levels through   
   > > =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?=   
   =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= reading their posts on the USENET?   
   > > =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?=     If   
   your posts are an accurate indication, your education level is   
   > > =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= on par   
   with a ninth grader's level. I do admit it is possible you've   
   > > =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= been   
   pretending the whole time.      And the reality that fire is hot   
   > > =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= is   
   something even someone with a ninth grade education should be able   
   > > =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= to   
   accept.   
   > > =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?=   
   > > =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= I have no argument with your tautology   
   that fire is hot.   
   > > =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?=   
   > > =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= I generally write for a general audience,   
   which is around 8-9th- grade   
   > > =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= level.  Note that in 2nd grade, I was   
   reading at a 12th-grade level.   
   > > =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= It doesn't matter -- what matters is that   
   I put down words in a row,   
   > > =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= and you understand them.  (Usually.)  Had   
   to learn that, because my   
   > > =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= writing used to be rather thick.   
   > > =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?=   
   > > =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= With regard to "pretend to X" -- as I   
   said, "X" in those cases are not   
   > > =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= place names, but domains, contracts, and   
   so forth.   
   > > =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?=   
   > > =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= For example, the Duke of Bilgewater could   
   "pretend to Bridgewater",   
   > > =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= meaning he is _claiming_ to be the Duke   
   of Bridgewater.  Or, he could   
   > > =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= "pretend to Denmark", meaning he claims   
   to be the authority over the   
   > > =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= _domain_ of Denmark.   
   > > =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?=   
   > > =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= But for "pretend to Ohio" implies you   
   claim to be the governor of Ohio,   
   > > =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= which is way off from what he meant:    
   that you claimed to _come from_   
   > > =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= Ohio.  (Which, incidentally, I don't   
   remember you ever doing, but that   
   > > =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= is beside the point.)   
   > > =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?=   
   > > =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?=   
   =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= Care to guess mine?  (Hint:  I know it says   
   "Doc" in my handle, but I'm   
   > > =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?=   
   =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= actually not a doctor.  Big woop, wanna fight   
   about it? ;)  )   
   > > =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?=       
   One's nym is merely one's nym. My last name is not Benito. I think   
   > > =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= it was   
   you who used Kenito Benito, which is where I got the nym. I still   
   > > =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= like it.   
   > > =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?=   
   > > =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= I don't remember using that moniker, but   
   I don't remember a lot of what   
   > > =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= I write on Usenet.   
   > > =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?=   
   > > =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= I have learned, though, a goodly amount   
   of the not-so-fine art of   
   > > =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= "prompt engineering" -- which includes   
   spelling things out to an   
   > > =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= infernal machine in excruciating detail...   
   > > =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?=   
   > >   
   > >    
   > >   
   > > The 22-250 was apparently delivered today.  The shop is not open to   
   customers today, though.  I presume that they maybe work on people's guns and   
   whatnot on Mondays.   
   > >   
   > > The right hand bolt for it in proper .473 bolt face size came today, also.   
   > >   
   > > I have to swap the RH bolt handle and bolt cylinder into the bolt assembly   
   if I want to use it on a right-handed or non-abmi chassis/stock.   
   > >   
   > > The deshind.com bolt-lift kit is still on the way.   
   > >   
   > Jen is not a liar - he is living vicariously thru a bf.   
      
   He lied about that too.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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