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   XPost: soc.culture.thai, rec.food.cooking   
   From: takin&kanoknuan@stuck-in-a-wheelchair.org   
      
   "LarbGai"  wrote in message news:   
   > ***** This is possibly the all time greatest piece that Steve wrote   
   > when he was at his highest point on usenet.   
   > Sad to see that these days he's reduced to using womens aliases and   
   > not his real name.   
   > Never mind Steve, Jan 8th is your day and we remember you as we all   
   > used to love you.   
   > The greatest bullshitter ever.   
   >   
   > Cheers.   
   >   
   >   
   > When Bronson first moved to Vermont, I was working in a sporting   
   > goods   
   > store. He came in and wanted to buy a 'resident' hunting license. I   
   > refused to sell him one because he hadn't been a resident long enough   
   > to   
   > qualify, (6 months needed) and didn't have the required ID (a Vermont   
   > State ID or Driver's License.) I offered to sell him a 'non-resident'   
   > license but he refused. That license was much more expensive, of   
   > course,   
   > and as he had just purchased his Vermont home that month, (it was in   
   > all   
   > the newspapers,) 'he felt' that he was entitled to resident status.   
   >   
   >   
   > He went to another shop, bought a resident license, got nabbed by   
   > Fish   
   > and Game (who in Vermont, check the registers often,) to the tune of   
   > $5000 and loss of license. He blamed me for turning him in, (he was   
   > simply too stupid to realize that someone of his fame can't NOT get   
   > away   
   > with anything in a small 'town' like Vermont!) came back to my store   
   > and   
   > started a fist fight, not just a shouting match.   
   >   
   >   
   > Bronson was a scrappy son of a gun, but small, standing about 5'5" or   
   > so, and powerfully built. But in those days I was about 24 years old,   
   > teaching Kung-fu every night and fighting in tournaments on weekends.   
   > I   
   > stopped his attack, and delivered him out to the sidewalk. He came   
   > back   
   > the next day and started again. I put him outside again, telling him   
   > that if he tried again, I would call the police and have him charged   
   > with assault. He never returned to that store.   
   >   
   >   
   > A year later I was hired away by another shop to manage the camping,   
   > scuba, and mountaineering side of their business. Bronson came in   
   > with   
   > some friends, recognized me and started mouthing off (only) again. I   
   > ignored it. Then he demanded to be shown a spear gun, telling his   
   > friends that they would use it to spear trout in the river behind his   
   > house for dinner that night. I refused to sell him one, as spear   
   > fishing   
   > for trout is illegal in Vermont. He got huffy, and demanded to see   
   > the   
   > owner. I brought out the owner, who at first was delighted to have   
   > such   
   > a star in his shop, but quickly changed his tune after listening to   
   > the   
   > man. Bronson 'insisted' that I be fired on the spot. The owner turned   
   > to   
   > me and said "OK, your fired. But first throw this idiot out of my   
   > store!   
   > Then go get us some lunch. I'm hungry." I did both. Neither Bronson,   
   > nor   
   > his friends, ever returned to that shop. I continued to work there   
   > until   
   > I began my own business two years later.   
   >   
   >   
      
      
   **A Klassic allright!!! ROFL!!!!! It has me in stitches EVERY time I read   
   it!!!   
      
   It's ALL out and out bullsh*t of course, but it'll give you a insight into   
   the fantasy world of Steve 'Kombat' Kramer - "award winning" photographer,   
   newsgroup personality, Kung-Fu master, expert swordsman, expert deep sea   
   diver, expert cook, ex-volunteer Tourist Police Konstable, ex-Pat   
   Extraordinaire, ex-smoker, Martial Arts expert, Fencing Master, bullsh*t   
   artiste, successful jungle safari photography tour operator, decorated   
   Vietnam War veteran, and undercover agent for the FBI, Scotland Yard, The   
   Thai police, The Australian Federal police, the New Zealand police and   
   Interpol.   
      
   And remember this Steve (I know you're reading this); we're not laughing   
   with you, we're laughing AT you.  :o)   
      
      
   --   
   "I grew up in the US during the 'cowboy and Indian' TV shows and movies. I   
   learned my ethics and morals from Roy, Gene, Hoppy, and The Cisco Kid." -   
   newsgroup personality Steve 'Kombat' Kramer   
      
   "Since when were Roy, Gene, Hoppy, and The Cisco Kid cheats, liars and   
   fraudsters?" - Takin Gthepiss    *grin*   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)