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Re: BC3K - History of Mr. Smart's Flame War

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From: Dan Brooks
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 00:00
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Excellent!  Thank you!

Bill Huffman <huf...@news.SanDiegoCA.ATTGIS.COM> wrote in message
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|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?
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From: "Dan Brooks" <dbro...@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: BC3K - History of Mr. Smart's Flame War
Date: 1998/11/24
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