mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:
> Kevin Gowen <kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> wrote:
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>>mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:
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>>>>>>I was surprised that everyone decided to guess willy nilly instead of
>>>>>>reading ???????????.
>>>>>
>>>>>Who guessed? I carried a pocket knife in Japan the entire time I
>>>>>lived there. I related actual experiences with them, as did someone
>>>>>else.
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>>>Sorry, no, I didn't. 
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>>Admitting your problem is the first step.
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> I suppose I should be delighted that you are familiar with such steps.

That is because I am a compassionate conservative. I am here to help, my 
son.

Follow me to heaven.

>>Yes. You ought learn from my example. I wisely refrained from 
>>speculation and anecdotes.
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> Whereas I merely related related real-world experience.

You did did?

P.S. All anecdotes are tellings of "real-world" experience.

- Kevin