mstrjx
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Since there isn't any sort of relationship to 'protect' (it would seem), the direct approach would have to suffice. 'Sorry, but you can't 'have' what's not being offered to you to 'take'.' I can claim an orange off a tree, or a box of cereal from the supermarket, but they don't put up much resistance. It sounds like you're not quite that simple. (Not that that's a bad thing.) Those other things don't have opinions of their own, and you do. You can couch NO in any language you wish, but you ought to find a way to get your point across. 'Claiming' (which is one way of looking at it) should be mutual. One in, one out, doesn't work so well. Jeff
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