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From: "Scott Highley" <>
Subject: Re: [G-T] Re: Messages in German from Baghdad Bob...
Date: Sat, 24 May 2003 14:04:03 -0500
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Oh, bless you, Robert/Bob/Mr. Schulz! I am truly mortified. Perhaps someday
I'll meet you in person and apologize again to your face. I emailed Dan and
told him about my lame attempt at humor--for his eyes only, I thought.
Haven't heard back so guess he's still laid up.

Thanks for being a good sport, Lynn

Scott & Lynn Highley
Texana Books
4810 Rockford
San Antonio, Texas 78249
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Home Page: http://www.abebooks.com/home/SCOTTHIGHLEY/
----- Original Message -----
From: "" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2003 12:50 PM
Subject: Re: [G-T] Re: Messages in German from Baghdad Bob...


> Why, Lynn, no offense taken! At all! I suppose that, to many, ol' Baghdad
> Bob has taken on folk-hero proportions, despite his "prior affiliations,"
> and I would imagine that all of us aspire to some degree or another of
> folk-heroism, from total anonymity to universal public worship. So, in a
> typical Schulz-Lengefeld family twisted sort of way -- what my equally
> German-Texan brother refers to as "raging Kraut syndrome" -- I guess I am
in
> fact honored! I'll bet Leno and Letterman are just itching to get Baghdad
> Bob on their shows and interview him! And I am here to tell you that there
> are no German-Texans any closer than about 24,000 Earth-miles (or 40,000
> kilometers, if that sounds even better!) from the Guadalupe, Comal,
> Llano, OR Pedernales Rivers, any direction you care to go! All claims to
> the contrary, here or anywhere else, are pure fabrications, abject
> propaganda! So we are entirely safe! But keep an eye out for 'em and stay
> on high alert; you never know when or where they'll show up...
>
> And I am certainly aware of your relationship with one of my all-time
> favorite cousins-in-law...Anybody who runs a Texana book store can't be
ALL
> bad...
>
> Clear Lake City Bob
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Scott Highley" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2003 8:22 AM
> Subject: Re: [G-T] Re: Messages in German...
>
>
> Dear All
>
> I apologize for my improper comment about Mr. Schulz--I was trying to
> forward his message to a Lengefeld relative of mine. ... As a matter of
> fact, I often print out his emails to send to my sister...
> Lynn Highley
>
>
> Scott & Lynn Highley
> Texana Books
>
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