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Alright, here we go again! We'll put this thread off on another tangent, now. I guess we are going to have to install British and Canadian dictionaries in the colonies' machines. Is "humor" spelled "humour" in your spell checker, Janet? Why do the Brits, et.al. keep putting extra, useless, no value added letters in their words? In my Arkansas dictionary, it's humer (pronounced - "hume-errr"). > ---------- > From: Janet Paterson[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Thursday, August 20, 1998 10:32 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN > Subject: Re: Non-PD CHAINSAW-FOOLERY > > hi to gina and ken and all > > ken wrote, in part: > >Gina, you should write humor books, really! > > i agree! > [except i think they should be humour books] > maybe it's just that gina's sense of humour is like mine! > i regret that i have failed to tell you before this, gina, > but all of your little quips as well as your larger cracks > crack me up! > > and then ken said: > >...As we come into our lot in life, we are all in a learning > >mode. When I became a father for the first time, I learned > >a lot of things I never even thought about until that time. > >I have two kids, and I NEVER stop learning, even for a minute. > >Did I "screw up"? Many times! > > as far as i know > the only > i said > the only > way that we humans really learn anything > i said > anything > is by making mistakes > aka goofing up > aka screwing up > > if we popped into this world knowing everything > what the heck would be the point? > > i believe > no > i know > that we are here to learn things for ourselves [i.e. to love myself] > and to help others learn for themselves [i.e. to love others] > > imagine a baby learning to walk > what do we tell her when she falls down? > A: you rotten kid, you're so stupid, i've shown you a dozen times! > or > B: ooh, did the little girl fall down go boom? try again, you can > do it! > > sorry gang, i'll get off my soapbox now... > > > your cyber-sibling in laughing and loving > > janet >