"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"F.O.A.D." wrote in message ...

"Eisboch" wrote:
On Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:53:57 -0400, "F.O.A.D."
wrote:


The first time I was shot at was in the early 1960s.

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The "first" time? You've been shot at a least one more time since?

Three times in total, twice in the USA, once in Central America. The
first
was, as I stated, while in a car; it wasn't "personal."

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I guess I was safer in the military. I was only shot at once in 9
years.

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Actually, I should correct that. I've been shot at twice. The
first time I damn near shot myself and I still shudder when I think
about it.

I was working for a Bekins Moving & Storage agent during the summer
after graduating from high school and before starting school in the
fall.
We were moving the household furnishings of an old guy's house (he
had passed away) and while breaking down a bed I found a slender,
steel tube between the mattress and the box spring. Didn't have a
clue what it was. It had a clip of sorts on one end that was spring
loaded.

I stood there holding it in one hand and playing with the spring clip
with the other trying to figure out what it was. A couple of times I
looked right down the hollow tube. After inspecting it for a while I
gave the clip a stronger pull and released it. BAMM! Thing went off
and blew a hole in the ceiling. Scared the crap out of me. Turns
out it was some form of a "zip" gun that probably dated back to the
1920's.