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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (763)	3/2/2002 1:43:51 AM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 21057

It leaketh not, I swear it. I wouldn't try it on that side of the ocean; plumbing systems here are much easier to work on, not being noted for complexity or excessive water pressure. An old friend used to say that there is nothing wrong in this country that could not be made right through the intelligent use of a hammer, vise-grip pliers, and a sufficient quantity of duct tape. It is possible that he exaggerated, but I thought it a noble sentiment. I should be avoiding this place, but I've been using the Internet anyway, and once in proximity, the flesh is weak. In the pursuit of a project I've been running searches on the coup attempt in Manila in August '87 (not to be confused with any of the 6 other attempts between '86 and '89). I assumed that reading what others have written about that time would bring back memories, and so indeed it has. The past is a very strange place. I took my son to see Black Hawk Down last night, and though I never experienced anything like that level of disorder, It does add to the memory. I've seen the first steps down that path all too clearly. It is always unsettling to be in the midst of it when several hundred armed men decide to settle their differences the old fashioned way, but it is much more unsettling when it's happening in a quiet suburban neighborhood where you happen to live. A word to the wise: if you're ever looking for a house in an unstable country, DO NOT settle near the local TV broadcast facility, even if it does seem like a quiet suburban neighborhood. I do have a serious compliant about the inability of the sound people who work on movies to adequately capture the unique sound created by bullets passing nearby. They get it all wrong, and there would be a considerable payoff in getting it right. It's a pretty disturbing sound, and a quality rendering at the noise level movies project these day would scare the piss out of the audience. I digress, badly. Back to the drawing board; all these words should be going elsewhere.