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[victor steinbok]

I thought you might notice that! This is precisely what got my
attention first, so I thought I'd post the whole thing.

VS-)

On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 1:49 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 12:14 PM, victor steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> getting a _"rep"_
>
>
> Interesting that _rep_ is so old. In the '50's and '60's, getting a
> _rep_ as a "bad motherfucker" in some mental or physical field of
> endeavor was, perhaps, the primary method of gaining "respect."
> --
> -Wilson

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