Ardith Hinton wrote to James Bradley, "-Plegias  2B." on 09-27-05 18:56

 AH> Hi, James!  Recently you wrote in a message to Ardith Hinton:

 JB>  I was alarmed at how many messages I had to reply
 JB>  to, until I noticed there was a duplicate of this
 JB>  one. Now, I have one less drudgery to deal with.
 JB>  

 AH>          Oops... [blush]!  My bad.  I made a correction & the original
 AH> version scanned out from under me in the meantime.  IMHO
 AH> you've brought up a very good point, however.  There's a
 AH> serious purpose underlying what we do in this echo. But
 AH> it's not meant to be yet another item in a long list of
 AH> "shoulds"... so if your keyboard doesn't work or you'd
 AH> rather be raking leaves that's okay.  I'll still be here,
 AH> but I'm not expecting a response to everything I write....
 AH> :-)

Oh... You know I had my tongue FIRMLY in cheek, right?

Yup, I took the summer off, sort of speaking. Raking leaves? Not this
cowboy!

I did spray so much paint however, that I lost most of the mucous
production in my mouth. So much thinner washed across my hands, that I
have a cracked nail, that just shed its hang-nail tonight. I could go
on and on, but I think you said it best, that I'd likely die with my
boots on, just not yet. 

The leaves? Whoever put them there, will take them
away. ...Eventually. <-;


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