On Jun 12, 4:11*am, LarbGai > wrote:
> ***** For any newcomers and a reminder to the old timers. One of the
> classic, all time great Kramer yarns.
>
> When Bronson first moved to Vermont, I was working in a sporting
> goods
> store. He came in and wanted to buy a 'resident' hunting license. I
> refused to sell him one because he hadn't been a resident long enough
> to
> qualify, (6 months needed) and didn't have the required ID (a Vermont
> State ID or Driver's License.) I offered to sell him a 'non-resident'
> license but he refused. That license was much more expensive, of
> course,
> and as he had just purchased his Vermont home that month, (it was in
> all
> the newspapers,) 'he felt' that he was entitled to resident status.
>
> He went to another shop, bought a resident license, got nabbed by
> Fish
> and Game (who in Vermont, check the registers often,) to the tune of
> $5000 and loss of license. He blamed me for turning him in, (he was
> simply too stupid to realize that someone of his fame can't NOT get
> away
> with anything in a small 'town' like Vermont!) came back to my store
> and
> started a fist fight, not just a shouting match.
>
> Bronson was a scrappy son of a gun, but small, standing about 5'5" or
> so, and powerfully built. But in those days I was about 24 years old,
> teaching Kung-fu every night and fighting in tournaments on weekends.
> I
> stopped his attack, and delivered him out to the sidewalk. He came
> back
> the next day and started again. I put him outside again, telling him
> that if he tried again, I would call the police and have him charged
> with assault. He never returned to that store.
>
> A year later I was hired away by another shop to manage the camping,
> scuba, and mountaineering side of their business. Bronson came in
> with
> some friends, recognized me and started mouthing off (only) again. I
> ignored it. Then he demanded to be shown a spear gun, telling his
> friends that they would use it to spear trout in the river behind his
> house for dinner that night. I refused to sell him one, as spear
> fishing
> for trout is illegal in Vermont. He got huffy, and demanded to see
> the
> owner. I brought out the owner, who at first was delighted to have
> such
> a star in his shop, but quickly changed his tune after listening to
> the
> man. Bronson 'insisted' that I be fired on the spot. The owner turned
> to
> me and said "OK, your fired. But first throw this idiot out of my
> store!
> Then go get us some lunch. I'm hungry." I did both. Neither Bronson,
> nor
> his friends, ever returned to that shop. I continued to work there
> until
> I began my own business two years later.



Hey LarbGai )
This my favorite post from my husband Steve. I wet my knicker every
time I read!
All fantasy, all make beleive, all bullshut and give everyone an idea
about mental state of Steve. Stvev have fantasy about kicking ass of
movie star like Bronson.
Nobuko Kramer