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  1. Newsgroups: talk.bizarre
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!gatech!destroyer!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!eff!news.oc.com!mercury.unt.edu!ponder.csci.unt.edu!chris
  3. From: chris@ponder.csci.unt.edu (chris gleaves)
  4. Subject: Re: English usage
  5. Message-ID: <1992Sep1.184222.27916@mercury.unt.edu>
  6. Sender: usenet@mercury.unt.edu (UNT USENet Adminstrator)
  7. Organization: University of North Texas, Denton
  8. References: <7391@skye.ed.ac.uk> <1992Aug31.200138.7674@mercury.unt.edu> <1992Aug31.230410.25848@terminator.cc.umich.edu>
  9. Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 18:42:22 GMT
  10. Lines: 25
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  12. In article <1992Aug31.230410.25848@terminator.cc.umich.edu> ajd@itl.itd.umich.edu (Arthur Delano) writes:
  13. >In article <1992Aug31.200138.7674@mercury.unt.edu>  I wrote:
  14.  
  15.   [ stuff I wrote deleted for readability ]
  16.  
  17. >
  18. >Uh-huh.
  19. >Mmmm hm.
  20. >
  21. >And then you have to buy replacements for all the things he would've
  22. >stolen anyhow, as jewelry pockmarked with lead shot is of no use to
  23. >anyone.
  24. >
  25. >AjD
  26. >and the insurance won't pay for it
  27.  
  28. Actually, I would not shoot the person to prevent them from stealing 
  29. something.  The intruder is a threat to my family since he/she/it CHOSE to
  30. enter my house.
  31.  
  32. Anyway, buck shot would destroy the jewelry, not pock mark it. :)
  33.  
  34. chris
  35. chris@unt.edu
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