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To: one_less who wrote (75533)3/8/2000 5:16:00 PM
From: Neocon  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 108807
 
Did you ever read the Sherlock Holmes story about the ostensibly upright citizen who discovers he can make a haul as a beggar, and devotes himself full time to pretending to be crippled? His wife discovers some of his lies, and calls Holmes in to discover the rest........



To: one_less who wrote (75533)3/8/2000 6:34:00 PM
From: Ish  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 108807
 
<<That is not what I meant by colorful characters. >>

He wasn't colorful. He was white as a sheet. He's just someone who stuck in my mind as the only albino I have met.

30 years ago I saw the same dopers, strong armers, nuts...