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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Howard Black, post: 3558098, member: 97119&quot;]Well, of <i>course</i> I was. How anyone sufficiently literal-minded could think <i>otherwise</i> is a real stumper.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll take that under advisement.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>No, <i>really</i>? Wow... May I quote you?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Well, believe it or not, I have. And do. Regularly.</p><p><br /></p><p>The thing is, I haven&#039;t <b><i>memorized</i></b> them. Let&#039;s just call it one of my countless personal failings and move along, shall we? (BTW, unless there&#039;s been a recent update or something obvious to which I&#039;m oblivious, Wexler doesn&#039;t &quot;do&quot; issues like this, and doesn&#039;t do <i>nickels </i>at all.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Wow, another keeper for my scrapbook! I&#039;m gonna file it <i>right</i> in between the entries titled, &quot;If you make enough money, you&#039;ll be rich&quot; and &quot;Driving off new members keeps a place wholly holy for The Old Guard.&quot; (It was either that, or trying to wiggle it into place between &quot;tautology&quot; and &quot;slackology.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh, do I seem a bit... [supply your own epithet]? To that, I reply, &quot;When in Rome!&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>It was just an hour or two ago that I read another &quot;worthless newbie&quot; (there, I saved you the bother) mentioning the hostility that seems rampant here.</p><p><br /></p><p>I just can&#039;t comprehend <i><b>why</b></i>, is all.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s as if there&#039;s a big welcome mat that&#039;s embroidered with, &quot;We welcome one and all! We&#039;re here to help you learn about your coins!&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Then, when someone asks a question, he gets bombarded with everything from &quot;RTFM!&quot; to &quot;It&#039;s garbage, you idiot. Go spend it and stop wasting our time.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Okay... I guess those <i>are</i> &quot;answers&quot; in the most painfully literal sense of the word. But, so are... nope, not gonna say &#039;em!</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, yeah, I paraphrased. Took literary license, even. (Simon &amp; Schuster sed I wuz uh reel riter, even paid me those big advance bucks &#039;n royaltychex. So yeah, I are a licensed literary dood, Ret. Don&#039;t try this at home, kids. Someone&#039;ll slam ya down before barking out, &quot;RTFM!&quot;)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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