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   George,   
      
    >  GP> I thought I was wrong once. . . but I was mistaken (warning: brain   
    >  GP> cells evaporate the longer you ponder this irony/paradox)   
      
    >   So, *THAT'S* my problem.    
      
    GP> I stopped counting long ago! GD&R. . .   
      
     Sort of like the commercial for how many licks does it take to get to   
   the center of the Tootsie Pop. The turtle never made it without biting,   
   and Mister Owl, said it only took 3 (he bit into it on the last one).   
      
     I did that once, and as I recall, it was around 900.   
      
    GP> Yup, & honesty is more than sipmly "not lying"; if you tell the truth   
    GP> in a way intended to deceive, you're lying! (I'm looking at you,   
    GP> politicians!)   
      
     They wouldn't know the truth if it bit them in their butts.   
      
     Several times at restaurants, when I paid in cash (I mainly use the debit   
   card now), if the cashier gave me too much change, I was honest about it.   
   Surprisingly, very few thanked me for the honesty. Most swore that I was    
   the one in the wrong, and they even called the manager, who backed them   
   up. So, it was "Have It Your Way", whether I was at Burger King or not.    
   They found out I was right when it came time to reconcile the cash drawer.   
      
    GP> You'll get 'voluntold' (did you really step forward, or did every one   
    GP> else step back?)   
      
     Both. :P   
      
    GP> IKR? & in real life it doesn't work out that everyone gets a ribbon?   
      
     Exactly.   
      
    GP> In any game of shirts vs skins, they want to hear I cheat & cause   
    GP> grievous bodily damage, to get points for my team.   
      
     I haven't heard that term in nearly 50 years.   
      
    GP> Of course not! I play hard, cuz that makes the game fun, but I play   
    GP> fair.  When I lose, I shrug & offer a rematch.  That won't work in   
    GP> competitive corporate business/sales.   
      
     So many are great winners, but they're sore losers. Yet, they riot and   
   destroy things whether they win or lose, as they don't know how to   
   celebrate peacefully, or lose with dignity.   
      
    GP> This works great for board games & card games, but not physical sports,   
    GP> as I've always sucked like Electrolux at those.   
      
     Sounds like the meme between the vacuum cleaner and the hair dryer. The   
   hair dryer tells the vacuum cleaner "You Suck!!", and is told by the vacuum   
   cleaner "Blow Me".    
      
    GP> My boss said the next morning that I saved the guy's life.  Nice! Now   
    GP> tell me winning doesn't matter! Tell him this! :D   
      
     I saved the life of our shuttle bus driver at the National Square Dance   
   Convention in Orlando in 1997. The last night of the event, the security   
   guard at the hotel assaulted our driver, and I used amateur radio to call   
   for help. When told "you saved his life", I replied "This is what amateur   
   radio operators prepare for...emergency communications".   
      
     One year, I was "Net Control" at the Susan G. Komen Race For The Cure   
   for breast cancer research, that was in downtown Little Rock and North   
   Little Rock that year (they still have it, but don't have the ham radio   
   folks for communications anymore). I was getting razzed that "the only   
   reason he took Net Control was so he could look at all the good looking   
   females"...and there were a bunch of good looking women. ;)   
      
     But, we got a report that a female runner was getting trampled. I    
   thought "How are we going to get her out of there?? There's over forty   
   thousand people downtown!!". It turned out she was claustrophobic...   
   and I wondered "What is a claustrophobic person doing in the midst of   
   this crowd of humanity??!!". We had a heck of a time getting the   
   paramedics to her, and she was in a bad way. I wanted to tell her   
   "Ma'am, next time, just send them the money, and stay home!!".   
      
    GP> I decided not to get rid of my tumor anymore   
    GP> I dont know why, i guess it just grew on me.   
      
     Three is tumor than one.    
      
   Daryl   
      
   ... Confucius say: Man who put head on railroad track get splitting headache.   
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