On Jun 11, 6:08*pm, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
> On Sat, 11 Jun 2011 14:11:13 -0700 (PDT), LarbGai >
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> >***** For any newcomers and a reminder to the old timers. One of the
> >classic, all time great Kramer yarns.
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> >When Bronson first moved to Vermont, I was working in a sporting
> >goods
> >store. He came in and wanted to buy a 'resident' hunting license. I
> >refused to sell him one because he hadn't been a resident long enough
> >to
> >qualify, (6 months needed) and didn't have the required ID (a Vermont
> >State ID or Driver's License.) I offered to sell him a 'non-resident'
> >license but he refused. That license was much more expensive, of
> >course,
> >and as he had just purchased his Vermont home that month, (it was in
> >all
> >the newspapers,) 'he felt' that he was entitled to resident status.
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> >He went to another shop, bought a resident license, got nabbed by
> >Fish
> >and Game (who in Vermont, check the registers often,) to the tune of
> >$5000 and loss of license. He blamed me for turning him in, (he was
> >simply too stupid to realize that someone of his fame can't NOT get
> >away
> >with anything in a small 'town' like Vermont!) came back to my store
> >and
> >started a fist fight, not just a shouting match.
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> >Bronson was a scrappy son of a gun, but small, standing about 5'5" or
> >so, and powerfully built. But in those days I was about 24 years old,
> >teaching Kung-fu every night and fighting in tournaments on weekends.
> >I
> >stopped his attack, and delivered him out to the sidewalk. He came
> >back
> >the next day and started again. I put him outside again, telling him
> >that if he tried again, I would call the police and have him charged
> >with assault. He never returned to that store.
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> >A year later I was hired away by another shop to manage the camping,
> >scuba, and mountaineering side of their business. Bronson came in
> >with
> >some friends, recognized me and started mouthing off (only) again. I
> >ignored it. Then he demanded to be shown a spear gun, telling his
> >friends that they would use it to spear trout in the river behind his
> >house for dinner that night. I refused to sell him one, as spear
> >fishing
> >for trout is illegal in Vermont. He got huffy, and demanded to see
> >the
> >owner. I brought out the owner, who at first was delighted to have
> >such
> >a star in his shop, but quickly changed his tune after listening to
> >the
> >man. Bronson 'insisted' that I be fired on the spot. The owner turned
> >to
> >me and said "OK, your fired.
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> I was beginning to believe your little tale until... did the owner
> really speak with that ridiculous Vermont, Alabama accent, y'all?
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> >But first throw this idiot out of my
> >store!
> >Then go get us some lunch. I'm hungry." I did both. Neither Bronson,
> >nor
> >his friends, ever returned to that shop. I continued to work there
> >until
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***Hey Chemo, the July 4th Krap-Fest is just around the
corner...Better take a few week vacation and get ready, put your feet
up and take a load off...Seems like the 2 posts you made during the
Jan 8th Kombat Anniversary was a bit too much for you ~ All the
excitement knocked you right on your arse :-)

Rockin' Rod Shaftenauer
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