Good point, Russ. What I don't really get, though, is how *anyone* could
send all or part of their life in Chicago and end up reticent,
self-effacing . . . you must have led a very sheltered life. I mean,
Chicago is a wonderful city, and I love going there, but I don't think of
it as a bastion of humility and subdued verbal behavior.
Graham
Russ Hunt wrote:
> Funny, Graham, exactly the opposite happened to me. I left Chicago
> a fairly reticent, self-effacing, polite person, and after about an
> hour and a half in Fredericton I became a brash, self-promoting,
> just-this-side-of-obnoxious individual. Must be the Maritime air.
>
> I _am_ getting over it, though, slowly . . .
>
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