Uncle Bill's too trusting!

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bobwill

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I just got a message from him that he sent me my Malla, even though so far I've only sent him $75! I'm sending out the balance tomorrow. We'll see what this whole HIKV stuff is all about.
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I figure if I don't like it, I'll just exchange it for a 20" Sirupati. What do you think the chances of me not liking it are though?
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Thanks Uncle Bill.

Bob
 
It isn't either/or, Bob, It's both/and! Soon as you scratch the itch in one place ( buy the Mala ) the itch starts up in another place ( the Sirupati ) and if you get that, then it'll pop up somewhere else.



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No Bob, Uncle Bill is what everyone should be like when it comes to dealing with people.
And Uncle Bill is like what every gentleman and lady was at one time when your word was your bond.
It's been in recent years that trust has became pretty much a thing of the past and it's really sad the world has came to what it is now.
And trust given is usually trust received and again that's the way things should be when oh so often they are not.
I'm really glad to have known what life was like when no one was a stranger and a handshake was the same as a contract.
It was a great time and this is one of the few places left that honors those ways. Makes me feel proud to be able to call Uncle Bill Bro.

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"VEGETARIAN".............
Indin word for lousy hunter.
 
There are still Gentlemen around but they are real cautious because they know most people will take advantage of it. When two Gentlemen meet and make that connection, well that is what makes life enjoyable.
 
Only about one out of a hundred do not live up to their part of the bargain which substantiates Yvsa's observation (trust given is usually trust received) and the loss is theirs, not mine.

I grew up in a society that did business just as I do and I liked it. I am an old dinosaur, a relic of times past and am damned glad I am. I do not want the load on my shoulders of doubting everybody I meet until they prove themselves.

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Uncle Bill
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Great way to be Uncle Bill. I still remember the first time I spoke with you on the phone from Maui and you said "I'll send it out tomorrow and you send your check as soon as you can", and I said "REALLY?!? You sure you don't want my credit card #?!?"
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Made an impression on me from day one--its the way business should be done everywhere.

Rob
 
Howdy, folks.

Hey, bobwill- I just got my 18" Sirupati and I don't think you'll be disappointed in a Sirupati. I posted my first impressions in an active thread. I'd appreciate it if you posted your impression of the Malla- I'm lining up the next one in my sights!

As to Uncle Bill's penchant for trusting people . . . I find it really interesting that when you start using words like "honor" in company lots of folks get oddly quiet or smug- as if you'd begun talking about an embarrassing disease or you'd revealed complete ignorance and they're trying to be polite by not mentioning it. I don't know where this comes from but I think we (in the U.S.) have become such a relativistic bunch these days. Seems like concepts like duty have given way to "whatever works for you, man." When it comes to almost any idea, including moral ones, everybody seems more interested in the skin color or nationality of who said it first (or whether they were closet cross-dressers) than whether it's a good one. I came up in the PC generation, and I think it's hurtin' us bad.

And if anybody can figure out what that has to do with khukuris, you win a kewpie doll.
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btw, in this vein there's a very short book I've always loved. It's called the Enchiridion (translation "Manual") by a Stoic philosopher named Epictetus. Seems like a guy who had a pretty tight grip on how to live right. The translation can be a little awkward, but I recommend it highly. What Uncle Bill said about the dishonest man being the loser put me very much in mind of it.
 
Bobwill,
You will definitely like the Malla. I have one and it is a great blade. Really pretty and a great knife all around. The flat spine is interesting too. It's also a fairly light and quick blade. If it's your first HI, it won't be your last.

You guy's also couldn't be more right about Uncle Bill. He's one of those few true gentlemen left these days, and has been more than generous to me in the past. I really appreciate that alot.

 
I like Marcus Aurelius, too. I keep his Meditations and Epictetus's Enchiridion and Discourses in my PDA. They are meditations, though, so it seems like some of them were meant as personal working-through more than teaching. One thing I loved about the Meditations was the long section where M.A. lists the important people in his life and what he learned from them. A worthy and humbling task, and much harder work than you'd think at first glance, if you want to do it well.

Wish I could find a decent, small paper edition of the Enchiridion. Plenty of Greek soldiers of a Stoic turn of mind carried the manual to war. I always thought it was a good idea to have something like that close to hand.
 
I have an old book of Epictetus, bound in soft green leather. I think it's from around the turn of last century. I often take it with me when I travel.

Maybe it's time for a new edition. Printed on rag paper, bound in soft leather, pocket size.

Funny, Epictetus was a slave, but he was one of the freest people. Marcus Aurelius was an emperor of Rome. Those old stoics can really cause you to think about what it means to be a free man.
 
HW: That's exactly what I've been looking for. No such luck. All I can find currently is very frail paperback and a "reinterpreted" hardback edition by a philosopher named Sharon Lebell (sp?). The latter is sorta "New-Aged-Up;" I'm glad somebody's bringing the old boy back but . . . not sure I like that creeping in. I'd so love to have something durable and pocket-sized. It seems like what that work was meant to be.

Apothecary: I honestly can't remember where I got what. Most of them are plain text files I converted, but many of them have carriage returns and other awkward formatting that don't fit the Palm's screen. There is a place called (I think) the Internet Classics Archive, also a library of public domain classics called Project Guttenberg. If you're interested, e-mail me off forum, I'll try to rummage up a list and attach any of the doc-format files I have if you'd like them.
Always glad to spread the word.
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