Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ?

On Sat, 3 Jan 2025, rbowman wrote:

On Fri, 3 Jan 2025 12:23:39 +0100, D wrote:
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Have you been in many bar fights? I've only been involved in one serious
fight in my life, and my boxing skills served me well in an unexpected
way. I was punched in the face, and the guy and his friends were very
suprised when I did not shut up or pass out. Instead I got ready to
retaliate, and when that happened the friend of the "fighter" aborted
the fight fight.

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A couple but I tried to avoid them. There was a strip in town with several
bars mostly frequented by college kids. It was summer with a lot of
overflow in the street. At the time the cops all went back to the station
house at midnight. The next shift was there but were doing their briefings
so there was a gap. We were minding our business when some nut decided to
pick on my friend and had him backed up against the car. The friend was
the definition of out of touch PHd so I jumped in. That started the whole
melee. The nut was out of action so we left rapidly.
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The old wisdom is true. You're quietly sitting there having a beer and
it's always some runt that wants to interrupt you.

Maybe you have a victim look? ;) Fortunately for me, the times, except the above, people have tried to rob me or assault me, I always was able to verbally de-escalate the situation without having to hand over any property.
I have no idea how I always managed to do that, but perhaps adrenalin also increases the power of your tongue! ;)