Hi again, James!  This is a continuation of my previous message to you:

JB>  Lately, I caught a glimpse of a B+W skit that *was*
JB>  uproarious; where those many years ago, I couldn't
JB>  understand what all the hype was about. (How's the
JB>  punctuation? }B-)


            I knew you'd get the idea, once you'd thought about it.  ;-)



JB>  Things like those movies, are often more entertaining
JB>  with a room full of "actors" to replace the sound track.
JB>  It usually improves the audio::video synchronization.
JB>  (How's the "::=proportional to" liberty? }B-)


            A single colon is often used to indicate a mathematical
ratio... so I think it makes sense in this context.  But why the double
colon?  :-)



AH>  I recited the standard explanation, knowing such
AH>  things are usually simplistic & you'd be able to
AH>  add some input....  ;-)

JB>  ... And so contrary to what you know about the boots
JB>  I'm likely to die in? 


            Not really.  I wasn't aware of your bursitis, but when a person
has inhabited the same body for four decades or more the list of things
which don't work quite the way they're supposed to may be extensive.  I
can't see either of us becoming a couch potato within the foreseeable
future, that's all... [grin].



JB>  The inflammation pain is a relief from the usual
JB>  maladies, so I repeatedly irritate it willingly.

AH>  I hear you, but I'm not sure I approve... [wry grin].

JB>  I doubt my MD does either, but he does know what I'm
JB>  up to. 


            Okay....  :-)



JB>  Funny, it *was* an RN that was trying to teach a group
JB>  of seniors when the nay-sayer said what many - I suspect
JB>  -were thinking.


            Seniors... hmm.  During the 1950's grownups often made remarks
like "Don't be silly, there's no such thing as [what I haven't seen
with my own eyes & probably never will because I don't hold with this
nonsense]!"  Very SJ.  Not all seniors are SJ's, of course, and not
all SJ's are seniors.  But this person might encourage others to remain
stuck in the 1950's if nobody objects....  :-)



JB>  I guess I took the opportunity to speak up and broadcast
JB>  the seed I had in hand in the hopes there was fertile
JB>  ground in better climes. It was an opportunity when I
JB>  knew there was hostile attitudes,


            Why... you young whippersnapper!  How *dare* you arrive at your
own conclusions, even though you may be older than they were when they
thought they had everything all figured out?  I like it.  Stay as sweet as
you are....  :-))



JB>  but more for the rest of the group - I didn't want
JB>  them to be swayed by one person who only thought
JB>  self-improvement was bottled by a guy named Smirnoff.


            As they say in recovery circles... anesthetized time doesn't
count. Quite a few of the parents of my childhood friends seemed to be
heavy drinkers. People of their generation were emotionally repressed by
today's standards, but it is now known that unacknowledged feelings can
show up in physical ways.  :-)




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