On 22/12/2014 18:49, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Dec 2014 08:23:58 +0000, Stephen wrote:
>

>> A truly, American solution. :-P
>
> But of course.  Every red-blooded American knows that the way you put a
> fire out is by adding more gasoline.  ;)
>

That's one way of breaking the fire triangle. Burn off all the oxygen.
It's a bit extreme but interesting to see from a distance.



>> LOL You sound rightly P'd off with that one.
>
> You think? ;)
>

Yes, reading the subtly between the lines. I get that impression ;-)


>> Use automatic gun detectors in all public places.
>
> Automatic gun detectors with their own firepower?  Have you not seen
> Terminator? ;)
>

No, I've not. But I have read a lot of 1950's and 60's SF. So I know 
that I am only wishing on you. What you have already prophesied. :-P



>> I have been straining my mind to remember the comic charterer, who could
>> have done that.
>
> The Knifekateer.  (A common character in the comic strip "Basic
> Instructions" - http://basicinstructions.net/)
>
> Then again, the superheroes in that comic, when they appear, aren't that
> "super", so it seems that the Knifekateer wouldn't be able to manage
> it. ;)
>

No. It was a local comic. Some young teuchter lad running around the 
Highlands, righting wrongs and breaking unnoticed hearts.



>
> I've got pretty good aim, or used to - though the second time skeet
> shooting, I didn't do so well.  It helps to hold the shotgun tight in
> your *shoulder*, not your upper arm.  Doing the latter will give you a
> very sore arm, and you won't be able to hit *anything* you intend to.
>

Even I knew that.
I had an imaginary lesson from a Yorkshire farmer. When I was working 
offshore.


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Regards
     Stephen

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