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Hi Deanne Charlton <[log in to unmask]>, >In a message dated 97-05-18 23:47:59 EDT, you write: > ><< Okay...I'll confess if you promise not to remind my husband. >> > >Gee, Barb, what's your husband's email address? I'm sure he'd love to know >this one! > >Your story reminds me of a poem I wrote years ago in which I referred to >going to the local plant nursery where the guy with pimples and lazy speech >habits "knew" his hydrangeas. It's hard not to be an age-ist when they look >and sound and slouch so young! But I seem to remember that I actually did >know a thing or two several decades ago when I looked and sounded and >slouched that way, too. Nothing you say gives the impression that the "so young" DON'T know a thing or two! Could it be that they, like you in those far off days, successfully hide their knowledge? They have probably had it drilled into them that "nobody likes a smartass"!!! :-) -- Jeremy Browne - [log in to unmask] Shaking Hands BBS - +44 (0)1252 626233 - Fidonet 2:252/160 Hampshire, UK