Staggering Numbers

[Ninurta]

I find myself agreeing with you quite often Ninurta, mostly we see eye to eye (it's uncanny sometimes). Now, I may be a stump jumping Michigander, a refugee from Detroit, but there is a place in my heart for the Appalachians, the Smoky Mountains esp. and as the song goes, "Country boy can survive" applies to both Yanks and Rebs.

Based on the amount of 30 round semi and full auto-reports I hear more frequently within a few miles, and the local's knowledge of trapping and hunting, I suspect the state and fed boys might think twice in some areas around here.

Even though some may find your resolve to be BS, you ain't telling tales. I would sure think of you as one of the good folks and if I lived by you, a good neighbor like the clan south on my road, all church going people. I feel certain if my neighbors had a meeting, we'd come up with some plans and take care of things with the necessary manpower and heavy equipment.

I've got respect for you "stump-jumping Michiganders". I went to high school many years ago with a red-headed import to these hills from Detroit, and while all my ancestral roots are here, I was personally actually an import from Cleveland, OH, at the time. I'm a "naturalized hillbilly".

There is no doubt that some do find my resolve to be BS. I have been told as much by some of them, but that's part of my charm, I reckon. They won't know the facts of the matter unless and until they try me, until they test that resolve, and by then it'll be too late for one of us.

I do that on purpose, just like I have taken playing the "dumbassed hillbilly" to a high level of art. It fosters an impression in folks' minds, and generally causes them to underestimate me.

I like surprising people. Who doesn't like surprises?

Keep 'em guessing.

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