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             "Like what?"
             "I'm not sure yet.  I've got a few ideas but they aren't really
        jelled.  For  instance, I  have this idea for a device you could use
        against muggers."
             "You mean, like some sort of alarm?"
             "No, I mean  like  something that will blow the living shit out
        of them.  I mean, literally.  Have  you  ever heard of a belt-buckle
        pistol?"
             "Can't say that I have.  What's a belt-buckle pistol?"
             "Some  of  the  SS  had them.  The buckle flips open and inside,
        it's like a derringer.  There are two, maybe four, maybe six barrels,
        and  when  they  go off, whamity wham wham, you get it, right in the
        guts  or if you're a big guy like yourself, right in the balls.  The
        trouble is, it's too complicated.   Besides, you  have  to  get your
        hands on the buckle to  pull  the  trigger  and maybe they won't let
        you  do  that.  And  if  they  grab  you from behind, that's no good
        either because the buckle is pointed in the wrong direction."
             "That figures."
             "So here's my idea.  Not a buckle.  A belt.  You know the belts
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