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Message ID: 48
#48, RE: New Story Posted...
Posted by Ebony on Aug-02-01 at 09:51 PM
In response to message #10
>>Unless something's changed since I moved to Baton Rouge in January
>>1999, I don't seem to remember any refineries in Lake Jackson.
>
>Well, you know, the occasional thing's probably changed a little
>between then and 2404. (I don't remember hearing that Texas was an
>independent country either. :)

Well, now, that would depend on who you been talkin' to, now wouldn't it? :)

Mind you, I don't support the methods or madness of the Republic of Texas, but the fact that I was born and raised in a state that was its own country for a while is still pretty, darn keen. Wouldn't you say, Kris?

On topic, nice story. I wonder, though, if the Redneck has been reading any O. Henry recently? Or perhaps, his father read him the tale of "The Ransom of Red Chief" when he was young. Charley and Harvey seem awfully familiar, and despite the difference of manner, they did get the same walloping that Bill and Sam received.

For those of you who haven't read this classic, check http://ppl.nhmccd.edu/~dcox/ohenry/ransom.html. It's not long.

Ebony the Black Dragon
aka Draco Draconis Ebenium
known to the State of Texas as Aaron F. Johnson,
Senior Editor, Living Room Games
http://www.lrgames.com