• Cops & Robbers (Totally OT)

    From Bob La Londe@none@none.com99 to rec.crafts.metalworking on Sat Dec 27 11:15:29 2025
    From Newsgroup: rec.crafts.metalworking

    Fantasy Role Play.

    As kids some of us probably played cops & robbers, cowboys & Indians,
    soldier, and other things like that. If you were a bully or the odd kid
    you might have played smear the queer. Not necessarily willingly.

    My favorite was to play the part of Captain Kirk from Star Trek, but
    nobody ever wanted to be the Klingons. In any game I always wanted to
    be one of the good guys.

    My wife, son, and sometimes my daughter used to like to go to
    renaissance fairs where the line of genre and period is blurred, but
    ranges from medieval to late colonial, but people get to dress up and
    play act for a day or a weekend.

    Some do civil ware reenactments. Others may get a little more serious
    with tournaments of nightly arms jousting and sword fighting.

    Of course there are many other forms of role play. Some the innocent
    cosplay of dressing up as your favorite modern hero at Comic Con.
    Others more serious or bizarre.

    As an adult I never really got into it. There is to much real life to
    live. Some of it real adventure, like figuring out how to get both
    thumbs out when caught in a number two double long spring. But at this
    moment I am thinking about it instead of grabbing a chainsaw and
    wandering out front to start breaking down some mesquite branches who threatened the house, but I vanquished before they achieved their
    nefarious goal of breaking the roof tile.

    If I was to want to "role play" today I can see myself as either the
    rogue android in West World or the zombie bounty hunter in Fallout.

    Okay, that's enough. I most now dispose of the corpses of those
    vanquished branches laying in the yard and prepare the best parts for cremation under a brace of ribeyes.
    --
    Bob La Londe
    CNC Molds N Stuff

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  • From Jim Wilkins@muratlanne@gmail.com to rec.crafts.metalworking on Sat Dec 27 14:10:44 2025
    From Newsgroup: rec.crafts.metalworking

    "Bob La Londe" wrote in message news:10ip7o2$1rgie$1@dont-email.me...

    Fantasy Role Play.

    As kids some of us probably played cops & robbers, cowboys & Indians,
    soldier, and other things like that.
    ---------------------------

    I made a fur-trimmed helmet and chain mail shirt, strapped on an old ritual sword and went to costume parties as the accountant for a Central Asian warlord. It was a simple job, I did head counts, pointing at the ground and counting in the thousands, or kept track of the Khan's property, which was everything in sight.

    For the Renaissance Faire job I made a black wizard robe and acted the part
    by magically fixing the caterer's 'vintage' equipment from stoves and
    fridges to a walkie-talkie.

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  • From Bob La Londe@none@none.com99 to rec.crafts.metalworking on Sat Dec 27 13:09:27 2025
    From Newsgroup: rec.crafts.metalworking

    On 12/27/2025 11:15 AM, Bob La Londe wrote:
    Fantasy Role Play.

    As kids some of us probably played cops & robbers, cowboys & Indians, soldier, and other things like that.-a If you were a bully or the odd kid you might have played smear the queer.-a Not necessarily willingly.

    My favorite was to play the part of Captain Kirk from Star Trek, but
    nobody ever wanted to be the Klingons.-a In any game I always wanted to
    be one of the good guys.

    My wife, son, and sometimes my daughter used to like to go to
    renaissance fairs where the line of genre and period is blurred, but
    ranges from medieval to late colonial, but people get to dress up and
    play act for a day or a weekend.

    Some do civil ware reenactments.-a Others may get a little more serious
    with tournaments of nightly arms jousting and sword fighting.

    Of course there are many other forms of role play.-a Some the innocent cosplay of dressing up as your favorite modern hero at Comic Con. Others more serious or bizarre.

    As an adult I never really got into it.-a There is to much real life to live.-a Some of it real adventure, like figuring out how to get both
    thumbs out when caught in a number two double long spring.-a But at this moment I am thinking about it instead of grabbing a chainsaw and
    wandering out front to start breaking down some mesquite branches who threatened the house, but I vanquished before they achieved their
    nefarious goal of breaking the roof tile.

    If I was to want to "role play" today I can see myself as either the
    rogue android in West World or the zombie bounty hunter in Fallout.

    Okay, that's enough.-a I most now dispose of the corpses of those
    vanquished branches laying in the yard and prepare the best parts for cremation under a brace of ribeyes.

    I was thinking, while butchering my enemies int he front yard and had
    two thoughts.

    I bet some of ya'all played revenuers and moonshiners.

    I wonder how many of the kids who played the robber in cops and robbers
    grew up to live the role in real life. I recall reading in the 80s that
    bank robbery was one of the most successful forms of crime at the time.
    --
    Bob La Londe
    CNC Molds N Stuff
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  • From Jim Wilkins@muratlanne@gmail.com to rec.crafts.metalworking on Sat Dec 27 15:53:54 2025
    From Newsgroup: rec.crafts.metalworking

    "Bob La Londe" wrote in message news:10ipedo$3oe38$1@dont-email.me...

    I wonder how many of the kids who played the robber in cops and robbers
    grew up to live the role in real life. I recall reading in the 80s that
    bank robbery was one of the most successful forms of crime at the time.
    Bob La Londe
    --------------------------

    I played scientist and engineer until I could be paid for it.

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  • From Snag@Snag_one@msn.com to rec.crafts.metalworking on Sat Dec 27 15:15:14 2025
    From Newsgroup: rec.crafts.metalworking

    On 12/27/2025 12:15 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:
    Fantasy Role Play.

    As kids some of us probably played cops & robbers, cowboys & Indians, soldier, and other things like that.-a If you were a bully or the odd kid you might have played smear the queer.-a Not necessarily willingly.

    My favorite was to play the part of Captain Kirk from Star Trek, but
    nobody ever wanted to be the Klingons.-a In any game I always wanted to
    be one of the good guys.

    My wife, son, and sometimes my daughter used to like to go to
    renaissance fairs where the line of genre and period is blurred, but
    ranges from medieval to late colonial, but people get to dress up and
    play act for a day or a weekend.

    Some do civil ware reenactments.-a Others may get a little more serious
    with tournaments of nightly arms jousting and sword fighting.

    Of course there are many other forms of role play.-a Some the innocent cosplay of dressing up as your favorite modern hero at Comic Con. Others more serious or bizarre.

    As an adult I never really got into it.-a There is to much real life to live.-a Some of it real adventure, like figuring out how to get both
    thumbs out when caught in a number two double long spring.-a But at this moment I am thinking about it instead of grabbing a chainsaw and
    wandering out front to start breaking down some mesquite branches who threatened the house, but I vanquished before they achieved their
    nefarious goal of breaking the roof tile.

    If I was to want to "role play" today I can see myself as either the
    rogue android in West World or the zombie bounty hunter in Fallout.

    Okay, that's enough.-a I most now dispose of the corpses of those
    vanquished branches laying in the yard and prepare the best parts for cremation under a brace of ribeyes.



    I have the body parts of a couple of rogue trees that threatened the
    power lines to cut up and add to the pile of
    keep-me-warm-this-winter-wood ... but I seem to have lost my round tuit
    . Several other projects around here that need doin' , but those damn
    round tuits seem to be few and far between these days .
    --
    Snag
    I appreciated foreign cultures more
    when they stayed foreign ...
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  • From Gerry@geraldrmiller@yahoo.ca to rec.crafts.metalworking on Sat Dec 27 16:50:44 2025
    From Newsgroup: rec.crafts.metalworking

    On Sat, 27 Dec 2025 13:09:27 -0700, Bob La Londe <none@none.com99>
    wrote:

    On 12/27/2025 11:15 AM, Bob La Londe wrote:
    Fantasy Role Play.

    As kids some of us probably played cops & robbers, cowboys & Indians,
    soldier, and other things like that.a If you were a bully or the odd kid
    you might have played smear the queer.a Not necessarily willingly.

    My favorite was to play the part of Captain Kirk from Star Trek, but
    nobody ever wanted to be the Klingons.a In any game I always wanted to
    be one of the good guys.

    My wife, son, and sometimes my daughter used to like to go to
    renaissance fairs where the line of genre and period is blurred, but
    ranges from medieval to late colonial, but people get to dress up and
    play act for a day or a weekend.

    Some do civil ware reenactments.a Others may get a little more serious
    with tournaments of nightly arms jousting and sword fighting.

    Of course there are many other forms of role play.a Some the innocent
    cosplay of dressing up as your favorite modern hero at Comic Con. Others
    more serious or bizarre.

    As an adult I never really got into it.a There is to much real life to
    live.a Some of it real adventure, like figuring out how to get both
    thumbs out when caught in a number two double long spring.a But at this
    moment I am thinking about it instead of grabbing a chainsaw and
    wandering out front to start breaking down some mesquite branches who
    threatened the house, but I vanquished before they achieved their
    nefarious goal of breaking the roof tile.

    If I was to want to "role play" today I can see myself as either the
    rogue android in West World or the zombie bounty hunter in Fallout.

    Okay, that's enough.a I most now dispose of the corpses of those
    vanquished branches laying in the yard and prepare the best parts for
    cremation under a brace of ribeyes.

    I was thinking, while butchering my enemies int he front yard and had
    two thoughts.

    I bet some of ya'all played revenuers and moonshiners.

    I wonder how many of the kids who played the robber in cops and robbers
    grew up to live the role in real life. I recall reading in the 80s that >bank robbery was one of the most successful forms of crime at the time.
    As opposed to phone scammers now-a-day!
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  • From Clare Snyder@clare@snyder.on.ca to rec.crafts.metalworking on Sat Dec 27 22:53:11 2025
    From Newsgroup: rec.crafts.metalworking

    On Sat, 27 Dec 2025 16:50:44 -0500, Gerry <geraldrmiller@yahoo.ca>
    wrote:

    On Sat, 27 Dec 2025 13:09:27 -0700, Bob La Londe <none@none.com99>
    wrote:

    On 12/27/2025 11:15 AM, Bob La Londe wrote:
    Fantasy Role Play.

    As kids some of us probably played cops & robbers, cowboys & Indians,
    soldier, and other things like that.a If you were a bully or the odd kid >>> you might have played smear the queer.a Not necessarily willingly.

    My favorite was to play the part of Captain Kirk from Star Trek, but
    nobody ever wanted to be the Klingons.a In any game I always wanted to
    be one of the good guys.

    My wife, son, and sometimes my daughter used to like to go to
    renaissance fairs where the line of genre and period is blurred, but
    ranges from medieval to late colonial, but people get to dress up and
    play act for a day or a weekend.

    Some do civil ware reenactments.a Others may get a little more serious
    with tournaments of nightly arms jousting and sword fighting.

    Of course there are many other forms of role play.a Some the innocent
    cosplay of dressing up as your favorite modern hero at Comic Con. Others >>> more serious or bizarre.

    As an adult I never really got into it.a There is to much real life to
    live.a Some of it real adventure, like figuring out how to get both
    thumbs out when caught in a number two double long spring.a But at this >>> moment I am thinking about it instead of grabbing a chainsaw and
    wandering out front to start breaking down some mesquite branches who
    threatened the house, but I vanquished before they achieved their
    nefarious goal of breaking the roof tile.

    If I was to want to "role play" today I can see myself as either the
    rogue android in West World or the zombie bounty hunter in Fallout.

    Okay, that's enough.a I most now dispose of the corpses of those
    vanquished branches laying in the yard and prepare the best parts for
    cremation under a brace of ribeyes.

    I was thinking, while butchering my enemies int he front yard and had
    two thoughts.

    I bet some of ya'all played revenuers and moonshiners.

    I wonder how many of the kids who played the robber in cops and robbers >>grew up to live the role in real life. I recall reading in the 80s that >>bank robbery was one of the most successful forms of crime at the time.
    As opposed to phone scammers now-a-day!
    And all the e-mail scammers - and text message scammers - and now all
    the AI BS.
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  • From Snag@Snag_one@msn.com to rec.crafts.metalworking on Sat Dec 27 22:41:22 2025
    From Newsgroup: rec.crafts.metalworking

    On 12/27/2025 9:53 PM, Clare Snyder wrote:
    On Sat, 27 Dec 2025 16:50:44 -0500, Gerry <geraldrmiller@yahoo.ca>
    wrote:

    On Sat, 27 Dec 2025 13:09:27 -0700, Bob La Londe <none@none.com99>
    wrote:

    On 12/27/2025 11:15 AM, Bob La Londe wrote:
    Fantasy Role Play.

    As kids some of us probably played cops & robbers, cowboys & Indians,
    soldier, and other things like that.-a If you were a bully or the odd kid >>>> you might have played smear the queer.-a Not necessarily willingly.

    My favorite was to play the part of Captain Kirk from Star Trek, but
    nobody ever wanted to be the Klingons.-a In any game I always wanted to >>>> be one of the good guys.

    My wife, son, and sometimes my daughter used to like to go to
    renaissance fairs where the line of genre and period is blurred, but
    ranges from medieval to late colonial, but people get to dress up and
    play act for a day or a weekend.

    Some do civil ware reenactments.-a Others may get a little more serious >>>> with tournaments of nightly arms jousting and sword fighting.

    Of course there are many other forms of role play.-a Some the innocent >>>> cosplay of dressing up as your favorite modern hero at Comic Con. Others >>>> more serious or bizarre.

    As an adult I never really got into it.-a There is to much real life to >>>> live.-a Some of it real adventure, like figuring out how to get both
    thumbs out when caught in a number two double long spring.-a But at this >>>> moment I am thinking about it instead of grabbing a chainsaw and
    wandering out front to start breaking down some mesquite branches who
    threatened the house, but I vanquished before they achieved their
    nefarious goal of breaking the roof tile.

    If I was to want to "role play" today I can see myself as either the
    rogue android in West World or the zombie bounty hunter in Fallout.

    Okay, that's enough.-a I most now dispose of the corpses of those
    vanquished branches laying in the yard and prepare the best parts for
    cremation under a brace of ribeyes.

    I was thinking, while butchering my enemies int he front yard and had
    two thoughts.

    I bet some of ya'all played revenuers and moonshiners.

    I wonder how many of the kids who played the robber in cops and robbers
    grew up to live the role in real life. I recall reading in the 80s that >>> bank robbery was one of the most successful forms of crime at the time.
    As opposed to phone scammers now-a-day!
    And all the e-mail scammers - and text message scammers - and now all
    the AI BS.


    It seems to me that a lot of people that get scammed are trying to
    get something for little or nothing - GREED . Others are falling for
    lies and threats , and some are just trying to help "people less
    fortunate" . We don't answer strange phone numbers , don't open strange
    email attachments , etc .
    --
    Snag
    I appreciated foreign cultures more
    when they stayed foreign ...
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  • From Bob La Londe@none@none.com99 to rec.crafts.metalworking on Sun Dec 28 11:09:11 2025
    From Newsgroup: rec.crafts.metalworking

    On 12/27/2025 9:41 PM, Snag wrote:
    On 12/27/2025 9:53 PM, Clare Snyder wrote:
    On Sat, 27 Dec 2025 16:50:44 -0500, Gerry <geraldrmiller@yahoo.ca>
    wrote:

    On Sat, 27 Dec 2025 13:09:27 -0700, Bob La Londe <none@none.com99>
    wrote:

    On 12/27/2025 11:15 AM, Bob La Londe wrote:
    Fantasy Role Play.

    As kids some of us probably played cops & robbers, cowboys & Indians, >>>>> soldier, and other things like that.-a If you were a bully or the
    odd kid
    you might have played smear the queer.-a Not necessarily willingly.

    My favorite was to play the part of Captain Kirk from Star Trek, but >>>>> nobody ever wanted to be the Klingons.-a In any game I always wanted to >>>>> be one of the good guys.

    My wife, son, and sometimes my daughter used to like to go to
    renaissance fairs where the line of genre and period is blurred, but >>>>> ranges from medieval to late colonial, but people get to dress up and >>>>> play act for a day or a weekend.

    Some do civil ware reenactments.-a Others may get a little more serious >>>>> with tournaments of nightly arms jousting and sword fighting.

    Of course there are many other forms of role play.-a Some the innocent >>>>> cosplay of dressing up as your favorite modern hero at Comic Con.
    Others
    more serious or bizarre.

    As an adult I never really got into it.-a There is to much real life to >>>>> live.-a Some of it real adventure, like figuring out how to get both >>>>> thumbs out when caught in a number two double long spring.-a But at >>>>> this
    moment I am thinking about it instead of grabbing a chainsaw and
    wandering out front to start breaking down some mesquite branches who >>>>> threatened the house, but I vanquished before they achieved their
    nefarious goal of breaking the roof tile.

    If I was to want to "role play" today I can see myself as either the >>>>> rogue android in West World or the zombie bounty hunter in Fallout.

    Okay, that's enough.-a I most now dispose of the corpses of those
    vanquished branches laying in the yard and prepare the best parts for >>>>> cremation under a brace of ribeyes.

    I was thinking, while butchering my enemies int he front yard and had
    two thoughts.

    I bet some of ya'all played revenuers and moonshiners.

    I wonder how many of the kids who played the robber in cops and robbers >>>> grew up to live the role in real life.-a I recall reading in the 80s
    that
    bank robbery was one of the most successful forms of crime at the time. >>> As opposed to phone scammers now-a-day!
    And all the e-mail scammers - and text message scammers - and now all
    the AI BS.


    -a It seems to me that a lot of people that get scammed are trying to
    get something for little or nothing - GREED . Others are falling for
    lies and threats , and some are just trying to help "people less
    fortunate" . We don't answer strange phone numbers , don't open strange email attachments , etc .

    If I send you an email attachment I promise it will be strange.
    --
    Bob La Londe
    CNC Molds N Stuff
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  • From Snag@Snag_one@msn.com to rec.crafts.metalworking on Sun Dec 28 12:46:37 2025
    From Newsgroup: rec.crafts.metalworking

    On 12/28/2025 12:09 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:
    On 12/27/2025 9:41 PM, Snag wrote:
    On 12/27/2025 9:53 PM, Clare Snyder wrote:
    On Sat, 27 Dec 2025 16:50:44 -0500, Gerry <geraldrmiller@yahoo.ca>
    wrote:

    On Sat, 27 Dec 2025 13:09:27 -0700, Bob La Londe <none@none.com99>
    wrote:

    On 12/27/2025 11:15 AM, Bob La Londe wrote:
    Fantasy Role Play.

    As kids some of us probably played cops & robbers, cowboys & Indians, >>>>>> soldier, and other things like that.-a If you were a bully or the >>>>>> odd kid
    you might have played smear the queer.-a Not necessarily willingly. >>>>>>
    My favorite was to play the part of Captain Kirk from Star Trek, but >>>>>> nobody ever wanted to be the Klingons.-a In any game I always
    wanted to
    be one of the good guys.

    My wife, son, and sometimes my daughter used to like to go to
    renaissance fairs where the line of genre and period is blurred, but >>>>>> ranges from medieval to late colonial, but people get to dress up and >>>>>> play act for a day or a weekend.

    Some do civil ware reenactments.-a Others may get a little more
    serious
    with tournaments of nightly arms jousting and sword fighting.

    Of course there are many other forms of role play.-a Some the innocent >>>>>> cosplay of dressing up as your favorite modern hero at Comic Con. >>>>>> Others
    more serious or bizarre.

    As an adult I never really got into it.-a There is to much real
    life to
    live.-a Some of it real adventure, like figuring out how to get both >>>>>> thumbs out when caught in a number two double long spring.-a But at >>>>>> this
    moment I am thinking about it instead of grabbing a chainsaw and
    wandering out front to start breaking down some mesquite branches who >>>>>> threatened the house, but I vanquished before they achieved their
    nefarious goal of breaking the roof tile.

    If I was to want to "role play" today I can see myself as either the >>>>>> rogue android in West World or the zombie bounty hunter in Fallout. >>>>>>
    Okay, that's enough.-a I most now dispose of the corpses of those
    vanquished branches laying in the yard and prepare the best parts for >>>>>> cremation under a brace of ribeyes.

    I was thinking, while butchering my enemies int he front yard and had >>>>> two thoughts.

    I bet some of ya'all played revenuers and moonshiners.

    I wonder how many of the kids who played the robber in cops and
    robbers
    grew up to live the role in real life.-a I recall reading in the 80s >>>>> that
    bank robbery was one of the most successful forms of crime at the
    time.
    As opposed to phone scammers now-a-day!
    And all the e-mail scammers - and text message scammers - and now all
    the AI BS.


    -a-a It seems to me that a lot of people that get scammed are trying to
    get something for little or nothing - GREED . Others are falling for
    lies and threats , and some are just trying to help "people less
    fortunate" . We don't answer strange phone numbers , don't open
    strange email attachments , etc .

    If I send you an email attachment I promise it will be strange.



    Maybe I should have said "attachments in emails from strangers" ...
    because while you are indeed strange (bseg> you're not "a stranger" .
    --
    Snag
    I appreciated foreign cultures more
    when they stayed foreign ...
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