On Thursday, in article
"Jim Webster" wrote:

Gordon Couger wrote in message
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It make for a more polite society.

I can well imagine :-))

It isn't worth being polite in less than 120mm calibre.

(Though .44 Magnum may suffice in more intimate circumstances.)



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David G. Bell -- SF Fan, Filker, and Punslinger.

"Let me get this straight. You're the KGB's core AI, but you're afraid
of a copyright infringement lawsuit over your translator semiotics?"
From "Lobsters" by Charles Stross.