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From: "Marvel" <marvel.smith@gmail.com>
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"Scott Reynolds" <scottreyn@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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> Marvel wrote:
>> "Scott Reynolds" <scottreyn@gmail.com> wrote in message 
>> news:446d00d4$0$22127$ed362ca5@nr3.newsreader.com...
>>> Christopher Stetson wrote:
>>>
>>>> Unfortunately that comes with the territory. There's alot of people in
>>>> any newsgroup who reply to threads just to "hear their own voice" and
>>>> are not so concerned with helping the OP as they are with waxing their
>>>> own egos.
>>> [rest snipped]
>>>
>>> What makes you think that the purpose of this group is to "help the OP"? 
>>> I thought fjlij was supposed to be a place for gaigins to socialize, let 
>>> off steam, and expound on a variety of random subjects, many of which 
>>> really don't have much to do with Japan.
>>>
>>> If someone wanders in and asks for information, they may receive what 
>>> they ask for or they may end up empty handed, but whatever the outcome 
>>> may be really doesn't matter much to us if they them proceed to 
>>> disappear forever and never contribute to the group again.
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> _______________________________________________________________
>>> Scott Reynolds                              scottreyn@gmail.com
>>>
>> I concur
>
> Ah, "Catch Me if You Can." A terrific movie.
>
> -- 
> _______________________________________________________________
> Scott Reynolds                              scottreyn@gmail.com
>
You know Scott, that reminds me there was this "one time in band camp"