Yes, he can be a bit fatuous at times, Rapparee. But don't be too hard on Amos. He is at least attempting to improve himself, rather than wallowing around in a pit of loud and grandiose male puffery, as some around here are wont to do, imagining themselves to be something resembling the modern incarnation of Blackbeard the Pirate crossed with John L. Sullivan and Jesse James...

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