Oh Janet! I adored "Archie and Mehitabel" upon first discovering the book many years ago while prowling thru a used bookstore. Thanks for the memory by sharing the "wisdom of Archie-the-cockroach." Huggles at ya.... Barb Mallut [log in to unmask] ---------- From: Parkinson's Information Exchange on behalf of Janet paterson Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 1997 11:20 AM To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN Subject: cylliness and archyology hi all amid coincidences and things jumping out and cockroaches, rats and cats i have rediscovered archy for the first time here is one of his maxims: there is always something to be thankful for you would not think that a cockroach had much ground for optimism but as the fishing season opens up i grow more and more cheerful at the thought that nobody ever got the notion of using cockroaches for bait archy [log in to unmask]