pirating

[Jim Battle]

Jim Leonard wrote:

> Jim Battle wrote:
> 
>>> There is nothing wrong with the statement "When you're broke, you 
>>> pirate."
>>
>>
>> There is nothing wrong with it except that it is a blanket statement 
>> and isn't true.  Most people, when broke, do without.
> 
> 
> If that's what you wanted to write, you should have written that instead 
> of attempting to pass it off as a grammar correction.

That was supposed to be humor, to soften any criticism it implied of the 
underlying statement.

> I don't disagree with you; most people go without.  But I was (and still 
> am, to a degree) somewhat obsessive, so sitting idle drove crazy.