Hi again, James!  Recently you wrote in a message to All:

JB>  I just scared the bejeabers outa a kid this holloween.
JB>  119 kids this year. An old next-door counted 175 one
JB>  year, and dad tells me we hit over 200 once, but I've
JB>  caught him telling half truths on every topic, *except*
JB>  fishing.


          Good grief!  We typically get 20 or 30....  :-)



JB>  See you folks in a few. I'm half caught up, and my
JB>  proofreading is as confused as before.


          Uh-huh.  Despite what you may be hearing on the radio & TV
these days, it's "Hallowe-en" or "Hallowe'en" or
"Halloween" as in "All Hallows' Eve".  It's not
"hollow" like a Jack-o'-lantern.  I couldn't let that pass, but
I'll forgive you because you're catching up & because you posted on Guy
Fawkes' Day....  :-))



JB>  This has been a test. If I had really been tested, I'd
JB>  be dead a long time ago. Take care, and I'll give you
JB>  more of a bomastic opinion in a few.


          I'm looking forward to it....  :-)  :-)  :-)



JB>  Ardith:

JB>  And you thought you were going to get dumped that easy?
JB>  Maybe you're *not* as bright as I expected. O-8*


          When I didn't see you in any of your usual haunts, I guessed that
your Fido machine had given up the ghost or somebody got spooked &
dragged you off to the hospital.  Neither would be particularly unusual
around here....  ;-)



JB>  Send a search party if I go MIA for another six months.


          Noted.  If there is a next time, I'll ask your SysOp about it....  :-)




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