On 31 Mar 2006 13:17:10 GMT, Dave Hinz wrote:

On Fri, 31 Mar 2006 10:03:53 GMT, Gunner wrote:
On 30 Mar 2006 19:21:06 GMT, Dave Hinz wrote:

Funny you should mention that. The only time I was in serious danger of
attack, was in Soho, London. We'd eaten at a chinese place not far from
Piccadilly Circus, and went a block too far into an area we shouldn't
have been in. Immediately, 2 of the 5 of us were aware that things were
very much not right. We had two groups converging on us by the time we
convinced the other three that we shouldn't be there.

Of course, they knew we'd be unarmed, being England and all.

Did you let any of the two groups live?

We were very outnumbered and without effective means to overcome the
imbalance in numbers. They didn't follow us once we got into the
better-lit area. I do _not_ like being defenseless and threatened, it's
not a good feeling.

Some people apparently confuse that feeeling with a utopian society.


As I understand it from friends still in the UK..you simply needed to
go to virtually any pub, and purchase a Sten, and solve that problem
once and for all G

Gunner


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