Ed wrote --

  jm>>    (I am a very even tempered person and seldom get mad).   :)

 EV> I can testify that You (Joe) seldom gets mad because when I met You some
 EV> months ago, You tolerated me very well.

 EV> Of course having my Wife standing guard as we talked may have helped You
 EV> control yourself (some).   

  That was the biggest reason!  :)
  She didn't look like someone to tangle with.  :)

 EV> The man told me he didn't need the money but he worked because he wanted
 EV> to.

  If I have a cheque with only a day or two on it (from filling in for
someone) I'll pick up that cheque at some future date.
  I was asked one time why I took so long to pick it up and I said the same
thing, I didn't really need it, then add "But then I don't want to
throw Wendell's (the owner) bookkeeping off.
  One time a year or so ago I stopped to pick up a cheque about a week
after they came out.
  At the bank it wasn't accepted.  (I generally use the lobby ATM to
deposit the cheque but this time I wanted some cash back).
  I couldn't understand why and spoke with someone who said the account had
been hacked with the account number being changed.  It went on for a couple
of days to get that one little cheque deposited.  The boss refused to write
another one and the bank wouldn't accept the old one.
  It was eventually settled where they did and everything worked out.
  I joked at the bank Wendell was too tight to "waste" another
cheque. The guy knew Wendell and readily agreed.  :)
  Joe