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Re: oh well!(kaboom)


>Circa 1983 (my senior year of HS in the far-back NC mountains) a
>couple of "Deliverance" - type individuals decided to steal some
>gas out of a school bus under the cover of darkness.  They used
>a match to check and see how full their gas can was.
>
>"Natural Selection" is a phrase that comes to mind.  It's the
>nature's way of keeping the median IQ at a reasonable level.

A similar occurrence in 1974.  During the artificial "fuel crisis" someone
was siphoning gasoline from our town's fire truck.  Burnt the fire station
down in the middle of the night.

The town has a nice new fire station and two new trucks since 1975.  :-(


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   Bob
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