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Date: 31 Jan 2004 09:59:11 -0600
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On Sat, 31 Jan 2004 00:47:08 -0600, Curly Bill
<CurlyBill@Tombstone.town> wrote:
>
>>>>>>There were too many story tellers. BTW, do you have any Gordon Lightfoot?
>>>>>
>>>>>Nope.
>>>>>Like Janis Joplin?
>>>>
>>>>Can't stand the gravel voiced pig. Sorry!
>>>
>>>It's the blues man, sung correctly.
>>>No worries.
>>
>>And now I have to make a further comment, and I mean no disrespect
>>towards you, but:
>>
>>I am pissed that I let that "pig" crack go by so easily.
>>Not pissed at you, but at myself.
>>Ya see, Tat, I knew the lady.
>>OK, not in the "biblical" sense, and not even as a close friend, but I
>>knew her, personally.
>>
>>She would be the first one to admit that she wasn't "pretty", what
>>with that pockmarked face, but man, she had a very decent body, *and*
>>most importantly, IMO, she had heart.
>>
>>If you were a friend of Pearl's, you knew she would stand behind you,
>>no questions asked.
>>She had many friends, and none of them ever had an unkind word to say
>>about her.
>>You were in a financial blind, ask Janis.
>>You needed to borrow an amp, ask Janis.
>>You needed someone to raise their hand on yer behalf, ask Janis.
>>Etc, etc., etc,, ask Janis, and she would help you, if she could.
>>
>>Never, in a million fucking years, would she have put a friend into a
>>situation like your old lady did.
>>Hell, if her brother had attacked you, it would probably have been her
>>that went to jail.
>>
>>But, if you did go, for whatever reason, when you got out, not only
>>would you have had all your stuff, but none of it would have been
>>touched.
>>
>>In short, she was a real man's woman, a woman with grit, and a woman
>>to ride the river with, period.
>>It's just too fucking bad that there aren't more women like she was.
>>
>>I am, as a friend of hers, sorry that I didn't say this earlier.
>>I miss her.
>>
>Maybe I did go over the top with the "pig" comment. I never knew
>her in any sense other than her music. I'm a person that is heavily
>influenced by first impressions, and she didn't impress me at all.
>
>So, in my respect for you, please accept my apology for the comment.
>I'm sorry that you lost a friend.
Not really necessary, the apology. You didn't call me a pig.<s>
Just trying to set the record straight by giving you a little insight
into her real character. You don't care for her music, that's your
business.
No big deal.
>Now I will get ready for the foot of snow that is coming my way starting
>tomorrow(Saturday).
Yeah, I have seen the forecasts, and much of the east is gonna get
more snow.
Brrrrrrrrrrrrrr....
--
A dunce for all seasons.
Founder & President, *Dunce of the Month Club*
Coordinator, *Yaks for the Yakless, International*
Voted *Usenets Most Trusted Person In History*, 1956 - 2004.
Declared *The Hardest Working Dunce In All Of Usenet*, 1963 - 2004.
Quote: "I have never met a dunce I've liked!"
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