Re: a history question

From: Joe Zitzelberger (joe_zitzelberger_at_nospam.com)
Date: 09/30/04 

Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 23:03:10 -0400

In article <0viml0dr04de0d64kopjh64nn8dqikge1u@4ax.com>,
 Robert Wagner <robert@wagner.net.yourmammaharvests> wrote:

> On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 18:24:11 -0500, "JerryMouse" <nospam@bisusa.com>
> wrote:
>
> >> Without Java they won't be able to read many manuals, do electronic
> >> banking and file unemployment claims.
> >
> >* Read many manuals? I suppose. Until they're translated to PDF or Word
> >* Electronic banking? Quite possibly.
> >* File unemployment claims? Nah. I remember many years ago when I told my
> >new boss we've evidently gotten off on the wrong foot, I suggest we start
> >over as the professionals we were, and if he ever talked "that way" to me
> >again, I'd drag his droopy ass out to the parking lot and teach him how to
> >pick up his teeth with a broken arm that I was quite capable of filling out
> >an unemployment claim form with a pencil. Didn't need no stinkin' Java!
>
> You're a Tough Guy. USMC Special Ops had many tough guy wannabes. They
> were in the bottom quartile, usually had shaved heads and a lunatic
> look in their eyes. The real stars had no egotistical illusions. We
> relied on intelligence rather than bravado.

This has to be a first..."USMC" and "intelligence" used in the same
paragraph.

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