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   From: charlesanderson@optushome.com.au   
      
   Steve Thompson wrote:   
      
   >>It was to do with a very large wasted steel knife.  I must admit I gave   
   >>that knife a bagging, I didn't use the term "crowbar", but I came close.   
   >   
   >   
   > Say, if I file down 1/2 of a crowbar and give it an edge does that   
   > make it technically a knife?  Could I file a patent claim for such a   
   > thing?   
      
   Patent, not sure, but I am making a can opener our of a crowbar... I   
   came from a comment about a guy using a screwdriver and a hammer to open   
   a tin of peaches.   
      
      
   >>Regardless the point in America is that a knife is pretty much useless,   
   >>as you can carry guns.  And we're not talking pop-guns either.  Some of   
   >>the street legal ordinance would be at home at a minor military action.   
   >   
   >   
   > It bothers me sometimes to think of all the crazy right-wing   
   > middle-American zealots running around with all that firepower and bad   
   > head work in such close proximity.  Say guys, don't forget to engage   
   > the safety on your pieces before you put them in your belts.   
      
   Don't mind me, I'm just parroting stuff I've seen in American Police   
   shows like "Cops" etc.   
      
   Just a question, what "can't" you get in the way of firearms.  I saw on   
   Mythbusters the other day a 50 cal. rifle.  It made a big boom :-O   
      
      
      
   >>We've never really had guns here in Australia, our population is small   
   >>enough that we don't need them for protection.  We don't even need   
   >>knives for protection.   
   >   
   >   
   > Rumour has it there's some special surprise legislation in the works   
   > for knife owners up here.  I can't imagine what it would be, but   
   > chances are it won't affect noisy psychotic man-children much at all.   
      
   Knives are too entrenched in society for them ever to go.   
      
      
   >>Target shooters, farmers/hunters and collectors are the only people that   
   >>want/need them.   
   >>   
   >>Knives, apart from utility knives are really just for collectors.   
   >>   
   >>It's a different country with a different social culture.   
   >   
   >   
   > No doubt your former shooting population has diverted their interest   
   > in firearms to more wholesome pursuits.  Is it still popular to tie an   
   > abbo to the bonnet of your car and then go offroading through the   
   > outback?  Or have they, too succumbed to the relentless march of   
   > liberalism.   
      
   The keen shooters, still have their guns, but under strict controls and   
   regulations.   
      
   Tie an abbo on the bonnet?  Aboriginal jokes died out in the late 70's.   
        People still say them on occasion, but no one finds them funny.   
      
   Well, as long as I get my steaks and beer, nothing else much matters ;-)   
      
      
   Regards Charles   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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