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

JB>  I'll try not to be disjointed.

AH>  (Pun alert!)  No problem... if you were, I didn't notice.
AH>  Dallas & I have other modem buddies who write in a stream-
AH>  of-consciousness fashion....  :-)

JB>  I've spent too much time studying woodwork, and I had my
JB>  "jointer" on the brain. 


          Hey, I make my best puns by accident....  :-))



JB>  "Onward and awkward!" P-|

AH>  Uh-huh.  That's my motto... [grin].

JB>   I learn from the best!


          Aww, shucks....  :-)  :-)  :-)



JB>  Dad expressed how a mom, died of a broken heart soon
JB>  after her daughter passed. There were other medical
JB>  explanations, while clinically correct, they might
JB>  have missed that issue.


          Exactly.  Science gives us a left-brain answer, folk wisdom gives us
a right-brain answer.  I think both have their merits....  :-)



[re black humour]
AH>  The majority of folks give me strange looks & imagine
AH>  I'm off my rocker....  :-)

JB>  I guess like George and I calling ourselves "cripples",
JB>  those that aint in it, can't appreciate the chuckle we
JB>  get from shocking the "average" citizen.


          I must admit I get a chuckle out of consciousness-raising too. 
It's probably better for my own health than feeling resentful about how
many others seem to be incapable of connecting the dots.  I think there's a
lot more to it than that, however.  You & George have both come to
terms with who you are and what your limitations are.  When you're
comfortable with these things, you can joke about them.  I've always been a
bit "different".  Once I had accepted the idea that I'd never be
"normal", I found a whole new world opening up....  :-)



[re the embalmer/stonemason]
JB>  I'm not sure how much embalming, if any was provided,
JB>  but he was quite a character. He had his own granite
JB>  stone on display under the memorials sign. Talk about,
JB>  "Hanging out your shingle."


          Or "If you want it done right, do it yourself"....  ;-)



JB>  It's when you cry for laughing so hard, that you're onto
JB>  somethin'. 


          Agreed.  And, BTW:

 Q.  What do you call a musician without a girlfriend?

 A.  "Homeless"... [D&RFC].




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