🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <365a6f64...@news.mindspring.com>,
Jeffrey Willis <jswi...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>Bill, I just have to say this... you are one helluva persistent person.  I 
>went through some archives I had of various saved usenet posts when I saw
>this one (and it's not the first!).  It took me a moment to realize just
>exactly how long you've been after Derek & BC3K.

The trip is what is fun. Where it is headed is unkown and secondary.

>I'm wondering if you remember this particular thread?  It's dated October 
>21st, 1996:
>
>In article <<54gs3k$f...@huffmanpc.SanDiegoCA.NCR.COM>,
>Bill Huffman <huf...@news.SanDiegoCA.NCR.COM> wrote:
>
>>In article <5425jj$k...@guyana.earthlink.net>,
>>Silverlock <cro...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>>... stuff snipped
>>>
>>>Thats flat out stupid Todd,  Its a game for gods sake!!
>>>Although the idea of respecting a person for standing up for
>>>their product is good you have to choose your targets based on WHAT
>>>they are standing up for. To give you an example I have been
>>>working EXTREMELY hard for the last 7 years building a heap
>>>of dog shit in the backyard.  I've toiled over it everyday and I've
>>>stood up to the people in my neighborhood who say its bringing down
>>>property values and its stinking up the area.  I'm proud of my heap
>>>and one day it'll be in the Guiness book of world records as the
>>>largest dungpile in the world.  Then I'm going to charge people 60
>>>dollars to get their pictures taken sittingon top of the largest dung
>>>pile in the world.  Since I am standing up for what I believe in
>>>will you respect me too and come get your picture taken...I'll
>>>even lower the price to 50 Dollars for you?  This isn't a comment 
>>>on BC3000,  I haven't played the game, don't own it etc. This is a
>>>comment on your statement and its apparent blindness.
>>
>>Oh yea! Well I worked on the pile of dog shit in my back yard
>>for 8 years.  I gave up on it when I saw the pile of horse shit
>>the stable down road had.  It had to be at least 8 feet tall.
>>They even put a sign out in front of it that you weren't allowed
>>to steal any of it.  (That part is true.)  Maybe we should exchange
>>shitty stories, for old times sake. :-)

Yes, the reference to the pile of horse shit was true, it reminded me.

BTW, the pile is long gone. It was such a great sign in front of that
huge pile. It cracked me up every time I drove by. Do you think they
had security guarding the pile at night?