[chesley]

I once worked with a guy who had been a sniper in the Vietnam War. He was a fun afficianado, and had killed a man at seventeen who was trying to rob the gas sstation where he worked. The man later became President of a steel company. I always thought a sniper would make the perfect corporate executive. (Although I liked him, and he is still a friend)

But, to the point. When courting his wife, his prospective in-laws were dead set against him. They wondered what would happen to her if he lost his temper with all his guns around. As he told me, "Chesley, I could never shoot someone I was mad at. How could you live with yourself if you killed someone in a fit of anger? You need to know what you're doing, and why."

[Blue Jays]

Hi Chesley-

"...He was a fun afficianado, and had killed a man at seventeen who was trying to rob the gas station where he worked..."

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What is a fun afficianado? How does it relate to his shooting and killing the robber as a teenager and subsequently becoming a Vietnam-era sniper and steel executive? It's possible I'm obtuse and just not following your meaning!

~ Blue Jays ~