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   From: takin&kanoknuan@stuck-in-a-wheelchair.org   
      
   "LarbGai"  wrote in message news:   
   > *******A travelogue written by the master bullshitter himself in   
   > which   
   > we find the origins of Kadek and suprise suprise.............   
   > Manuel.... who has read Steve's posts for years on the internet.   
   > From here Kadek suddenly made his appearance on re.knives singing   
   > Steves praises and running the "bullshit boys" into the ground.   
   > I wonder if Steve is still in contact with the admirable Kadek?   
   > This is classic Kramer krap that we all know and love.   
   > Read on.   
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   > When we arrived on Sangalaki, there was only ONE other diver on the   
   > whole island! We were introduced to him as being from Japan, and when   
   > I said "Hi, I'm Steve, this is my wife Nobuko," he immediately said   
   > "Are you Steve Kramer from Osaka?" Uhh..... yes....   "My name is   
   > Manuel Sam." he said. "I know you from the internet!! I've been   
   > reading your posts for years! You even sent me some e-mail answers I   
   > had asked for about diving in Micronesia! We followed your advice and   
   > had a ball! I'm very happy to finally meet you, and thank you in   
   > person!" Small world, eh? (Even smaller, as it turns out.)   
      
      
   **So, first there's 'Manuel Sam'....   
      
      
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   > A day later, four more divers arrived on the island. (And then we   
   > were   
   > seven...) All were from Japan, and all were experienced divers. Very.   
   > Introductions all around, and once again serendipity rears her head,   
   > with one of the divers, a young man named Okamoto-san, saying "Are   
   > you   
   > the Steve Kramer who lives in Osaka? Uhhh.... yes.... "I always read   
   > your posts on rec.scuba!" More laughing about the characters in the   
   > scuba newsgroup!   
      
      
      
      
      
   **And then there's 'Okamoto-san'..... who, wait for it...... also happens to   
   read all of Steve's posts on rec.scuba!!!!!!!!   
      
   ROFLMAO!!!!! I haven't laughed so much in ages!!!!!   
      
   I wonder if, like that doorman at the Radisson hotel in Bangkok, 'Manuel   
   Sam' and 'Okamoto-san' both asked Steve for his autograph???  :o)   
      
   As for the rest of Steve's fantasy, yes it's long and bloody boring, but at   
   least I won't have any trouble getting to sleep toni......................   
   zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)