Subj : Mystic Pi Year of the Tiger
To   : All
From : Mystic Pi BBS
Date : Mon Nov 21 2022 02:02:01

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/ I was offered a job as a hoodlum and I  \
| turned it down cold. A thief is anybody |
| who gets out and works for his living,  |
| like robbing a bank or breaking into a  |
| place and stealing stuff, or kidnapping |
| somebody. He really gives some effort   |
| to it. A hoodlum is a pretty lousy sort |
| of scum. He works for gangsters and     |
| bumps guys off when they have been put  |
| on the spot. Why, after I'd made my     |
| rep, some of the Chicago Syndicate      |
| wanted me to work for them as a hood -- |
| you know, handling a machine gun. They  |
| offered me two hundred and fifty        |
| dollars a week and all the protection I |
| needed. I was on the lam at the time    |
| and not able to work at my regular      |
| line. But I wouldn't consider it. "I'm  |
| a thief," I said. "I'm no lousy         |
| hoodlum."                               |
|                                         |
| -- Alvin Karpis, "Public Enemy Number   |
\ One"                                    /
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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
 * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

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