<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>When I was in the Army, stationed at the Presidio of San Francisco ('77-'79), SGT Tom Gilg (a long-time friend) and I used to play pranks at some of our favorite hangouts (mostly the Cliffhouse or the Moonshiner).</div><div><br></div><div>We would do things on a Friday/Saturday evening (when the place is almost always packed) like . . .</div><div><br></div><div>As we entered the tavern, jus' loud enough so that people close-by could hear . . .</div><div><br></div><div>Me: Mine's bigger than yours.</div><div><br></div><div>He: Nah! Mine is bigger than yours.</div><div><br></div><div>Me: OK, Tom. I'll bet you ten dollars that mine is at least an inch and a half longer than yours.</div><div><br></div><div>He: You're on!</div><div><br></div><div>(at this point we would slowly and deliberately remove and measure our . . . belts)</div><div><br></div><div>Me or He: See, I told you so.</div><div><br></div><div>----------------------</div><div><br></div><div>And jus' what were you thinkin'?</div><div><br><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"There's room at the top they are telling you still.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">- John Lennon</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div></div></body></html>