MtMan-List: Re: Cabelas Flintlock"

[hawknest4@juno.com (michael pierce)]

you forgot your supporters---and of course ass holes like me---

HAWK
MICHAEL PIERCE
1-813-771-1815
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On Thu, 12 Nov 1998 18:35:18 -0600 Jim Colburn <jc60714@navix.net>
writes:
>Washtahay-
>	I must say, I have enjoyed the many off-list replies to my 
>comments in
>Re:Cabelas Flintlock".  To save myself time, I am replying to the 
>list. 
>	Generally speaking, the replies to me have fallen into three 
>categories:
>1. Death threats; 2. Comments on my perceived masculinity (or lack
>thereof); and 3. Personal attacks.  Responses follow.
>	Death threats.  I request you guys get together and do this in 
>groups of
>three, I could use the entertainment.  Please do do this while I am
>alone-my friends will insist I share.  And no, the day will never come 
>when
>you see me  unarmed.
>	Comments on my perceived masculinity (or lack thereof).  Ask 
>your mothers,
>sisters, wives, and daughters-they all say I do it better than you.
>	Personal attacks:  Grow up.  One of the more literate examples 
>is at the
>bottom of this post, along with my response.
>	I can't believe the emotional investment people seem to have 
>in their
>decision to purchase a particular firearm!  Simply because someone
>disagrees with you is no reason to threaten to "cach you at a dondy 
>and cut
>you r face off".  If you are happy with the weapon you have chosen, 
>great-I
>am happy for you.  But when you say "its a great gun, I only had to 
>fix
>this, that, and the other thing" you are acknowledging that the weapon 
>you
>chose is not adequate for the purpose for which you purchased it.  You 
>did
>buy that rifle to SHOOT didn't you? 
>	I am at a loss as to how to respond when someone insists that 
>their rifle
>is "authentic" when even the manufacturer acknowledges that it is not 
>an
>accurate reproduction and was never intended to be one.  I have to 
>believe
>this person is joking.  Surely no one would demonstrate their 
>ignorance in
>such a manner, would they?
>	Have a nice evening.  I get to figure out how to set a filter 
>in this
>e-mail program...
>LongWalker c. du B., etc
> 
>One of the more literate replies received off list, and my response:	
>>>Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 18:09:49 -0600
>>>From: Jeff Powers <kestrel@ticon.net>
>>>
>>>What do you consider full time? My day is 16 hours long counting the
>>>commute. And I do not have time for TV. I believe you admitted to 
>buying a
>>>"cheap" gun for your ex, what happened she get tired of your 
>obsession?
>>>So with working 2 "full time jobs" and working at a gas station on 
>the week
>>>ends,when do you have time to go to rendezvous or on a trek
>>	Generally speaking, full time is considered to be 40+ hours 
>per week.  I
>bought the CVA Squirrel Rifle for my wife when she stated she would 
>like to
>have one to shoot-not because it was "cheap".  The reason for the 
>divorce
>has nothing to do with what you suggest, but frankly it is none of 
>your
>business.  I never said I am currently "working at a gas station on 
>the
>week ends"-I suggested that as a possible way (one I have used in the 
>past)
>to gain the money to acquire a more-desirable item.  When do I have 
>time to
>go to rendezvous or on a trek?  You'll never know, we are selective 
>about
>who we invite.   
>	Having more entertaining ways to spend my time than responding 
>to the
>demands of individuals with a mental age <5 years, no further messages 
>on
>this subject will be acknowledged.
>	Have a nice day.
>
>

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