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Bret Ripley wrote:
> On Mon, 06 Mar 2006 19:15:13 +0100, MindFever wrote:
> 
> 
>>So,what's your story ,m8 ?
> 
> 
> My story?  It's the same old story.  It's one you've probably heard before,
> but I never thought it would happen to me.
> 
> It all started back when I was running guns for Pancho Villa.  One day it
> all blew up in my face -- every last bit of it.  If it wasn't for the
> money, the booze, the women .... but you don't want to hear about that.
> 
> Anyway, one day I was leading a wagon train loaded down with gattling guns
> and rocket-propelled grenades up a lonely mountain pass in north-eastern
> Veneperulivia.  Out of nowhere, Pavel, my valet, was gored by a wild llama.
> Did you know that an average of 60 coffee farmers per year are gored by
> wild llamas?  I didn't, but I learned it later.  Pavel never got the
> chance, poor dumb bastard.
> 
> So, there I was, stuck in a mountain pass in Venebolentia with a cache of
> illicit weapons I would have to deliver -- without a valet.  So, naturally,
> I did what any man in my position would do: I turned to space sims.
> Slowly, at first, but it didn't take long before they got their hooks into
> me.
> 
> It all started innocently enough.  A little Wing Commander, maybe, or
> perhaps a little Tie Fighter.  But Privateer -- Privateer made me forget
> all of it.  Eventually, though I grew weary even of that -- so I went
> looking for the next big thing.  Only I got played for a sucker, and I
> never found it.
> 
> So, to this day, I still try the occasional space sim.  But they all leave
> me cold and unsatisfied.
> 
> So why do I do it?  Might as well asky why does a man does anything.  But I
> know that's no answer, not really.  So let's just leave it at this: I do it
> because of that one lonely day somewhere in the mountains of Venecuadruvia
> with Che Guevara's wagon train -- let's just say I do it for Pavel, poor
> dumb bastard.
> 
> Bret

I can confirm this story as absolutely 100% true. How can I do this? 
Because, I was that wild llama, my friends, and I killed Pavel so I 
might become the lackey to Generalissimo Doctor Emperor Bret Ripley PhD 
MD DDS OoV QED.

Oh, I also suggested that he get Wing Commander III. True story.

Regards,

Don the Wild Llama
Lackey to Generalissimo Doctor Emperor Bret Ripley PhD MD DDS OoV QED