Re: Some amateurs just sicken me.....



Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve <TPG@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:1gv5r1dfsh1a0l2eool9ansbmlh0do132q@xxxxxxx:

> Read here somewhere about an amateur waiting on delivery of a 24" RC
> Optical scope. He's going to use it in his driveway. It costs what,
> $60,000.00 for the scope & God knows what for the mount. This just
> isn't right, no one should be allowed to spend that kind of money for
> a personal scope. Even though I'm a Republican, I'd be in favor of
> legislation to watch for those kinds of expenditures and stop them
> dead in their tracks. The money should then be confiscated and given
> to the needy.
>
> I want this kind of behavior stopped & I want it stopped now.

I don't see the problem as long as the color matches his shoes.

Klazmon.




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> Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve
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