HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: molenda@i1.msi.umn.edu (Jason Molenda)
Subject: Re: fj.lec.moto
Keywords: It's a conspiracy, I tell ya :-)
Organization: University of Minnesota
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 18:04:08 GMT

cbrooks@ms.uky.edu (Clayton Brooks) writes:

>Look what I found and what in the hell is it??????

As you already know, you found a message from Japan. :)  You also
stripped all the ESCAPE characters rendering it unreadable.  I got 'em
back with a utility from Ken Lunde and did a quickie translation of
what was reposted.  I'll include the original text with the ESCs
restored (they'll probably get munged before they make it out of
Minnesnowta).

> ~Newsgroups: fj.soc.traffic,fj.rec.motorcycles
> ~From: kobayasi@st00.pu-toyama.ac.jp (Dr. K.G.Kobayashi)
> ~Subject: Re: Trafic rule changed from 8/1
> Distribution: fj
> ~Date: 11 Aug 1992 13:26:20 GMT
> ~Lines: 42
> 
> $@>.NS(J@$@IY;38)N)Bg(J $@$G$9!%(J
> 
> This is Kobayashi at Toyama Prefectural University.
> 
> $@!t(J cross post$@!$(JFollowup-to $@$KCm0U!%(J
> 
> This is a cross-post, pay attention to the Followup-to:
> 
> stanaka@nttsgw.yh.ntts.co.jp (Satoru Tanaka) writes:
> > $@$_$J$5$s$4B8CN$@$H;W$$$^$9$,!"#8!?#1$+$iF;O)8rDLK!$,2~@5$5$l!"7Y;!41$NH=CG(J
> > $@$K$h$C$F0cK!%^%U%i!<!J$*$h$S!"7Y;!41$,$=$l$HH=CG$7$?$b$N!K$rAuCe$7$?<VN>$r(J
> 
> I think everyone knows, but starting August 1st, the highway traffic laws
> will be amended {or improved} and depending on the judgement of police officers
> vehicles which have illegal mufflers (or mufflers the police judge to be so) 
> installed ....
> 
>         [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[30 lines deleted]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
> $@!t(J $@$*$C$H!%$3$NEj9F$r(J $@8x0B(J $@$K8+$;$k;~$O!$<BL>$r>C$7$F$+$i$K$7$F$M!%(J
> 
> # otto.  When this message is shown to the public safety [commisioner?], 
> # please first remove the real name [from the message].

And I thought all that time spent learning Japanese was wasted. :-)
-- 
Jason Molenda, University of Minnesota, Supercomputer Inst., Technical Support
SGI Iris Admin        molenda@jason.msi.umn.edu       DoD #1867     '77 CB750F
        Distrust education.  Two of the three R's are misspelled.
From: egreen@East.Sun.COM (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Hard-soled shoes/boots
Date: 14 Aug 92 19:00:28 GMT
Reply-To: egreen@East.Sun.COM
Organization: Sun Microsystems, RTP, NC
NNTP-Posting-Host: laser.east.sun.com

In article 11606@cbnewsm.cb.att.com, shz@garage.att.com (Keeper of the 'Tude) writes:

>So much for over-the-ankle boots staying on when you get tossed...

Let me guess:  You know somebody who was in a cage wreck, not wearing a
seat belt, who would be dead today if he had been wearing it, huh?  So,
of course, seat belts are deadly.

---
Ed Green, former Ninjaite |I was drinking last night with a biker,
  Ed.Green@East.Sun.COM   |and I showed him a picture of you.  I said,
DoD #0111  (919)460-8302  |"Go on, get to know her, you'll like her!"
 (The Grateful Dead) -->  |It seemed like the least I could do...
From: gdelong@ctron.com (Gary Delong)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: RESULT: rec.motorcycles.harley passes 362:47
Date: 20 Aug 92 17:26:01 GMT
Reply-To: gdelong@ctron.com (Gary Delong)
Organization: Cabletron Systems Inc.

In article <3962.2A906A21@kennel.FIDONET.ORG> john@kennel.FIDONET.ORG (John Hamilton) writes:
|
|Good. I voted yes, so thats twice I was on the winning side. Big deal.
|
|Now, please, lets move all discussions about Harley Davidson motorcycles
|and the illusions/delusions of (superior) life styles so often professed
|by owners of same to rec.motorcycles.harley, where I don't have to read
|them. Thank you!
|
|John

And thank you John, and all the others who were kind enough
to cast a yes vote. (And thanks also to all those that did
not vote no.)

--Gary

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From: steveh@thor.isc-br.com (Steve Hendricks)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Goof2 Stolen at Gunpoint
Summary: Who Wants to be your Mom?
Date: 17 Aug 92 21:01:19 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: ISC-Bunker Ramo, An Olivetti Company


>In article <1992Aug17.054710.2031@sequent.com> dickwin@sequent.com (Dick Winningstad) writes:
>
>The liberals of this country will work very hard to be your mom and
>eliminate anything that is different and could be of danger to you.
>That is a fact that is provable just by reading the newspapers. Just
>ask Ralph Nader, or Joan Claybrook (sp?).

This is a test.  

Who wants to control reproductive freedom? Liberals? Conservatives?

Who wants to control what you read and watch? Liberals? Conservatives? 

Who claims exclusive commitment to "family values?" Liberals?
Conservatives?

Who maintains American culture is under attack by those who are 
different (e.g. Gays, Blacks, Single Mothers)? Liberals? Conservatives?

Who wants to be your mother? Liberals? Conservatives? 
--
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   ISC-Bunker Ramo Corp.  ms LL2-2B    |  UUCP:    ...!uunet!isc-br!eagle!steveh
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From: behanna@phoenix.syl.nj.nec.com (Chris BeHanna)
Subject: Re: Goof2 Stolen at Gunpoint
Followup-To: rec.motorcycles
Reply-To: behanna@syl.nj.nec.com
Organization: NEC Systems Laboratory, Inc.
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 92 23:11:30 GMT

In article <1992Aug17.212520.304@halfdome.sf.ca.us> laurie@halfdome.sf.ca.us (Laurie Abbott) writes:
>In article <1992Aug17.054710.2031@sequent.com>, dickwin@sequent.com (Dick Winningstad) writes:
>
>> The liberals of this country will work very hard to be your mom and
>> eliminate anything that is different and could be of danger to you.
>
>so far as i can tell by the platform they all kissed this evening, the
>hard core conservatives are also doing a damned fine job at
>legislating away my rights of choice.  a damned fine job.  makes tears
>come to my eyes, thinking about the last 12 years.
>
>ps. don't let your problems with your mother influence how you view
>government intrusion.  not all of us are like yours.

	I don't think that Dick had any ill will towards women in mind when he
made his comment, Laurie.  My view of the current political climate is as
follows:

	Bush:  backed by fanatical right-wing of GOP.  Has strong anti-choice
		plank in platform.  Stands for a great many things that scare
		me.  Has broken many promises.  I don't want him.

	Clinton:  Mr. "I ran Arkansas into the ground, now let me do it to the
		whole country."  Pro-choice (I like).  Anti-driver (his choice
		of transportation secretary, I have heard, rivals Joan
		Claybrook).  Lies about his past (didn't inhale--yeah, right!).
		Mr. Smoke and Mirrors, acting like JFK, wants to be FDR too,
		but no substance.  I don't want him.

	Perot:  Oops.

	What's left?

Ob.MC:  Vote for someone whose money didn't come from the insurance companies.

Later,
-- 
Chris BeHanna		DoD# 114      1983 Harley-Davidson FXWG Wide Glide
behanna@syl.nj.nec.com	              1984 Dodge Omni GLH (well, almost)

Disclaimer:  Now why would NEC agree with any of this anyway?
From: terry@prcrs.prc.com (Terry Cunningham)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Countersteering a shafty
Date: 19 Aug 92 13:48:54 GMT
Organization: PRC Realty Systems, McLean, VA

In article <1992Aug13.220924.2802530@locus.com>, dana@locus.com (Dana H. Myers) writes:
> Who else has discovered that countersteering does not appear to work
> correctly on shaft-drive motorcycles?
> 
>  It must have to do with the counter-rotation of the shaft cancelling
> out the centripetal counter-steering force, but I'm not sure how the
> shaft-effect hike in the rear end contributes by altering the steering
> geometry. Maybe someone can clarify this for me.
> 

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE 

PUUUHHHLLEEEEEEEZE do not start another countersteering thread,  it's like
a Twighlight Zone episode:

	We present for your edification a simple programmer stuck in a hellish
	loop of infinite dimension, trapped in the countersteering thread that
	wouldn't die.

Look Dana,  read the FAQ,  ask yer mom,  phone Ed Green,  shoot yourself,
do anything but PLEASE don't start another countersteering thread.

Dana, where do you live, maybe we can get together for a hunting trip
(snicker) or even bungee jumping ( yeah, I'll tie your cord heh heh),
or skydiving, I'll bring the parachutes hahahahahahaha,
countersteering countersterring, the geometry of the ice cream cone vectors the
angle of the lean divided by the trail of the hypotenuse
FUCK countersteering snarl grr  HEY who are you?  get that jacket away from
me   I DON'T NEED A SHOT  why you sombitches will regret ever messing with 
me sob sob why did dana do it? sob I dontuejnala;;am,asds............


-- 
 | Terry Cunningham terry@rsi.prc.com | "Let me take my chances on the wall  |
 | DoD# 541   'Debaucher Of Donuts'   |  of death"       Richard Thompson    |
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From: cbrooks@ms.uky.edu (Clayton Brooks)
Subject: Re: UK_DoD list, I think...
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 21:10:06 GMT
Organization: University Of Kentucky, Dept. of Math Sciences

In article <1992Aug20.000430.7273@spuddy.uucp> biker@spuddy.uucp (Nick Pettefar) writes:
>This is I think, all the UK members of the DoD.....................

Not quite:

0032:Eugene Styer:KY:MATSTYER@EKU.BITNET (emeritus)
0148:Clayton Brooks:KY:cbrooks@ms.uky.edu
0272:Joel Abbott:KY:abbott@ms.uky.edu
0426:David Starr:KA:Starr@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
0527:Jeff Hewett:KA:Hewett@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
0594:Jeff Williams:KY:jtw@ms.uky.edu
0606:Amir Sadr:KY:amir@ms.uky.edu

>0145: Paul Mitchell: Staffordshire/UK: pha50@seq1.keele.ac.uk
>
[bunch of filthy foreigners deleted]
>
>1965:Mark Bush:UK:Mark.Bush%uk.ac.oxford.prg@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk

:-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-) 
-- 
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 722 POT U o'Ky    .__,-'    *    \   of the blue           cbrooks@ukma.bitnet
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 606-257-6807   (__,-----------''   bourbon country    AMA NMA MAA AMS ACBL DoD
From: kenm@array.com (Ken Murphy)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: There's hope for me yet...
Date: 18 Aug 92 17:02:41 GMT
Organization: Array Microsystems, Colorado Springs, CO. USA

jld@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Jeff Deeney) writes:
: In rec.motorcycles, nat@drao.nrc.ca (Natalie Prowse) writes:
: 
: > They tell me Marg turned 60 this year.
: 
: I went on my last trail ride with a gentleman who is 68 years young.  He
               ^^^^
	       You went on your _last_ trail ride??  What gives, couldn't
talk your SO into that new KTM?  

: couldn't get enough of the tight rocky, log-strewn, narrow trails.  When I
: started running out of time and suggested that we by-pass a section of
: single track trail, he convinced me to go ahead and ride the whole length.
: I'm glad I did. 
      ^^^^^^^^^^

Read your sig and keep riding.

: 
: -Jeff Deeney-  KotD #0000  DoD#0498    NCTR    '88 XR600-Shamu   
: jld@hpfcla.fc.hp.com       AMA#540813  COHVCO  '81 CB750F-Llamaha 
: We don't stop riding because we get old, we get old because we stop riding.

O yea, FHI (FortheHumorImpaired), :-) :-)


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From: bakc@giraffe.ru.ac.za (MR KR COMAN)
Subject: Re: Automatics
Organization: Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 12:07:13 GMT

>On the other hand, Moto Guzzi made a fairly successful 1000cc automatic,
>the Convert (for Torque Converter), in the mid-'70s.

Hey, hey, hey, my man!   What a *magic* bike that was!!!!

Keith
From: ranck@joesbar.cc.vt.edu (Wm. L. Ranck)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Cheap Gas in BMW K-100 RS?
Date: 12 Aug 92 14:01:11 GMT
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4

ltp@uswest.com (Halfman-Halfmachine) writes:
: At higher altitudes the air isn't thinner. There is the same amounts
: of Oxygen, Nitrogen etc... but atmospheric pressure is a lot less. At

Larry,
   If the air isn't thinner at higher altitudes then why is there less
pressure?  Hmm?  Perhaps you meant to say that the *proportions* of
Oxygen, Nitrogen, etc. are the same.  But, I will assure you that there
are fewer molecules per unit volume of air at 10,000 ft. than at sea-level.
In other words, it sure as hell is thinner.
--

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* Bill Ranck     DoD #496  ranck@joesbar.cc.vt.edu                            *
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From: leighann@sybase.com (Leigh Ann Hussey)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Photo Radar
Keywords: manly-men, girly-men, freshmen, wimmen, womyn, babes, Lance
Date: 21 Aug 92 21:37:19 GMT
Organization: Darkness over Dublin

In article <6599@tekig7.PEN.TEK.COM> bradl@tekig5.pen.tek.com writes: 
>
>Yes, please check your degrees at the door and remember, liberal arts 
>majors to the left (with the scooters) and digit-heads to the right
>(with the RealBikes (tm)).
>

This Liberal Arts graduate says,

Sirrah, thou may'st take thy notions, along with thy scooting device,
orient them perpendicular to the orifice in question, and implant them
therein with all due force.  Harumph.  My seconds will call upon you at
your convenience.  (Hey Brucer, got your epee handy??)


	- Leigh Ann  
	  (BA Music, UCBerkeley 1983, Not checked at the door, 
	  thank you very much.  All the world's dogs had a meeting.
	  Coyote was Not Invited.  He disguised himself as a coat-check
	  girl, and took everybody's asshole at the door, saying "Surely
	  you wouldn't want to give offense; dogs have such sensitive
	  noses."  At the height of the good times, Coyote yelled,
	  "FIRE!!"  Everyone rushed out, grabbing whatever asshole they
	  could grab.  Now, every time two dogs meet, they sniff to see
	  if one has the other's asshole.  Moral: don't check ANYthing
	  at the door...)


---------------
Leigh Ann Hussey 		leighann@sybase.com
DoD#5913	AMA#624549      
"And they ride, and they ride/ And the White Hounds run beside/ And they'll
seize the night and shake it by the throat."
From: rkou@corvus.ucs (Roger H. Kou)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Honda Helix or Elite
Date: 16 Aug 1992 11:41:24 -0700
Organization: USC Computing Services, Los Angeles
Distribution: usa
	<1992Aug15.202634.11800@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil>
	<RKOU.92Aug15173843@skat.ucs>
	<1992Aug16.032549.3886@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
NNTP-Posting-Host: corvus.usc.edu
In-reply-to: cdw2t@dayhoff.med.Virginia.EDU's message of Sun, 16 Aug 1992 03:25:49 GMT


In article <1992Aug16.032549.3886@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> cdw2t@dayhoff.med.Virginia.EDU (Clifford David Weston) writes:

   waving my private parts at your auntie,

   cliff weston
   dod# 0598

gee, prof. weston, can you teach me english? and btw is your attitude
for sale? eh, I think what I wrote was interesting enough to solicit your
post. no no no no that couldn't be it, I mean you being a complex 
person from, well, south, no east, (you see I am just a typically American
with bad geographically sense), that simple reason alone could not have 
tempt you to spend the time to write something as complex as your reply.

maybe you were abused as a kid, and want to share, eh let see, your plan
to attack your abuser, namely, your Aunt?!? poor soul. I suggest you 
consult w/a local expert on such issue. it's good for you, you know.
(audience, please say that last sentence with a thick Indian accent)

maybe I better report this to your local newspaper or authority, you know,
property values and such. having a pervert in the neighborhood is bad for
the market, you know. 

money money money money Mo'money Mo'money Mo'money

-RK
From: phg+@CS.CMU.EDU (Paul Gleichauf)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Replacement rear shock for BMW K75s
Date: 19 Aug 92 15:54:43 GMT
Organization: Carnegie Mellon University


	The original shock on my BMW K75s is shot and I am starting to get
a literal pain in the neck from pavement frost heaves and cracks.  Even though
a good shock will not be cheap, it will be less than doctor bills.
	So I am soliciting recommendations for replacements.  The BMW part
is not very highly regarded, so it an unlikely choice.  Even my dealer doesn't
recommend it.  They have recommended either the New Progressive Adaptive or the 
Works Performance Adjustable.  I understand these go for around $390.
	Does anyone have information about alternative choices, or experience
with these two options.  Mail order suppliers would also be of interest.  This
looks like a simple two bolt swap, any hints about installation complications
would be appreciated too.
					
							Paul
From: davet@loowit.wr.tek.com (Dave Tharp CDS)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: bmw FI systems (was Re: Cheap Gas in BMW K-100 RS?)
Date: 12 Aug 92 17:59:11 GMT
Organization: Tektronix - Colorado Data Systems, Englewood, CO

In article <1992Aug12.045741.2800489@locus.com> dana@locus.com (Dana H. Myers) writes:
>
>(1) Isn't the Motronic EFI just one particular kind of Bosch system?
>    (The old Bosch EFI was something like LE-Jetronic?)

     The Motronic system is built in-house by BMW, and it is an open-
     loop system, metering fuel without knowing what the airflow rate
     is.  It does not have a airflow rate sensor at all.  It uses
     throttle position, RPM, temperature, and O2 in the tailpipe to 
     calculate fuel delivery.  It does not have a hot wire (unreliable
     in motorcycle service) or a flapper (restricts airflow).
>
>(2) How does an O2 sensor sense the fuel octane? I thought O2 sensors
>    were ceramic semiconductors which are sensitive to the amount of
>    free O2 molecules. How do they sense octane rating in the exhaust?
>    I wasn't away that, under normal circumstances, octane rating has
>    a significant effect on O2 emissions.
>
     It does not.  There are a few, fancy engine management systems on
     cars that sense detonation in the cylinders, using a piezo-electric
     microphone-like sensor.  The systems then adjust the timing in an
     attempt to alleviate the problem.  The Motronic system does not do
     this.  At all.  It uses the O2 sensor to minimize exhaust
     emissions.

     There is no way to determine the octane rating of a fuel without
     burning it.
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| davet@loowit.WR.TEK.COM         | MRA #151    |   an Indian Scout,        |
| '88 K75S  '48 Indian Chief      | AHRMA #751  |  Or its brother the Chief.|
| '75 R90S(#151) '68 CB450(#751)  | AMA #524737 |  They're built like rocks |
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| My employer has no idea.        |   Joiner)   |   give you grief."        |
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From: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Braking Distances (was Re: Scooters and a non-flame for
Date: 21 Aug 92 20:03:00 GMT
Reply-To: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams)
Organization: The Courts of Chaos * Jacksonville AR USA * 501-985-0059


-> cages are shorter when ABS is not activated, ie. near the limit of
-> tire adhesion. Once ABS is activated the braking duty cycle is
-> reduced and stopping distances will increase. ABS only gives shorter
-> stopping distances when compared to lock-up distances or when
-> manuvering on a less than optimal

 Absolute drivel.  I've been autocrossing for ten years, and know more
than a little about braking at the limit.  My garage is still full of
balance bars and proportioning valves.

 Last year I went through an autocross school in a friend's '90
Corvette.  There is absolutely no comparison between an ABS and non-ABS
'vette, even with GM's somewhat crude three-channel system.  (Baud only
knows why they chose to tie the rear wheels together; the sensors are
already there...)

 Brake balance is *speed* sensitive, as well as varying during
maneuvering.  And almost all braking is done during maneuvers of some
sort.  The ABS controls the front and rear separately, allocating
proportioning as required, much like a motorcyle with a rider, assuming
the rider has the average intelligence of a rutabaga.  A non-ABS car can
only be set up for one specific speed and decel rate; it's all downhill
from there.

 I don't doubt someone has managed to come up with a specific car with
such a sucko ABS that it can be beaten by a driver, but whatever it is,
it probably won't be in production long.


* DoD #978 * Member, Society of Automotive Engineers
         
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From: dcampbel@timshel.austin.ibm.com (David L. Campbell)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: %$*#^$! Tailgaters
Date: 14 Aug 92 22:04:58 GMT
Organization: IBM Austin, TX

In article <1992Aug14.153146.16745@morgan.ucs.mun.ca> hamm@weejordy.physics.mun.ca (Craig Hamm) writes:
>
>Last night while happily riding down the road, this cager comes up
>behind me.  Not just behind me, but practically up my arse.  Me not
>liking this, I decide to turn my head and give him an eeeeeevil stare at
>the red light.  I said NOTHING, just looked, and then looked at the
>10 nanometres spacing between our machines, and looked back at him.
>This ASSHOLE gives me the finger, and says fuck off!!!  
>I replied: 'Just keep back!' His girlfriend
>was beside him, and my theory is that he has a psychological
>problem with the size of his penis.  He thinks such displays ASSHOLE-
>NESS will increase the size of said organ, and win him favour with his 
>girlfriend.  
>
>I felt like starting to put the sidestand down at the light, and make
>like I was going to approach the cage.  But, better judgement
>prevailed (arghh), and when the light went green, I left him 
>far-away-ville.  I suppose if I was in the states, I could've just
>shot him?  
>
>What would YOU do ?

Two possibilities spring to mind:

1)  When the light turns green, don't move.  He'll honk.  Finally,
    he'll get pissed and try to go around you.  That's when you
    use your superior acceleration and not let him pass.  If its
    a two lane street, he'll try to pull in behind you.  Then you
    slow way down again.  When he tries to pass again, you speed up
    again.  Repeat until you get bored.  (And hope he doesn't just
    run you over or gun you down.)

2)  Beat him up and make his girlfriend hold your jacket and gloves.


(Actually, that's what I'd do if I were a provocative sort of guy.
Since I'm generally not, what I'd really do is probably exactly
what you did.)

David.
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