At 08:03 AM 2/26/03 -0600, gumbie tygress wrote:

>> No, he didn't. He was personally shy, and hated speaking or 
>> appearing in
>> public ("What do they all want to see me for? I'm such an ordinary 
>> man.")

Wonderful attitude for a monarch.  Some democratically elected leaders
could do well by adopting such an attitude!

>> but he didn't stutter. His son, George VI, the present Queen's 
>
>I meant George VI. I realized that last night watching a show on WWI.
>I can't keep the Royals straight beyond Henry I, Henry V, 'enry
>Vee-Eye-Eye-Eye, Elizabeth I, Elizabeth II, Vicky, and George III...
>The rest? Need a scorecard to know their numbers.

Me, too -- I fell into the trap.  I don't keep the numbers straight very
well, either!

So I sit corrected.

>as I said, that's whom I meant -- off by only one, that's good for me.

Me, too!  I just finished reading David McCullough's _John Adams_, so I
could very well have thought of George III, for Pete's sake!  

>And I had him (G. the V) paired right, too.... gracious
>But was thinking of George VI and Elizabeth, the Queen Mum. As was Karen,
>but got set off a generation wrong because I muffed it.

Well, it whizzed right past me, too.  So we're both out!  

>Well, names and my memory cells have only passing acquaintance.
>sorry

I really should do better because I'm always supplying the names that Keys
can't ever remember, but my own memory is slipping a few dozen cogs these
days.  

>> I feel sorry for J.K.Rowlings. She thought if she got published that 
>> she
>> would remain anonymous, and people wouldn't even know her real name, 
>> much
>> less what she looked like. I would *hate* to have to try to cope 
>> with what  she has to cope with
>
>yeah

The media make such a feast of "celebrities" these days, catering to a
certain intellectual level.  They could do better by trying to RAISE that
level!    As my mother said, great minds discuss ideas, average minds
discuss things, small minds discuss people.  (argh.)  

Unless, of course, it's great historical people, such as we discuss, right?

Right?

Oh, well . . .  

>> Laurie happiest behind the scenes Phoenix
>
>We all have our comfort places.

Gee, I'd like to be rich and obscure.  Well, I got it half-right, as I'm
pretty doggone obscure.

>I don't mind being on-stage -- but that's with a script and behind a
>character.

Heh!

>But then, I'm one of those who gets attention for just entering a room.
>So you develop coping skills to keep the real self (mostly) safe in the
>deepest keep....

The only way I get attention entering a room is if I come in punning!  

Then I usually quickly go out running!  (for my life . . .)

>But then, there's drama, and then there's politics.... tygress

Sometimes the latter thinks it's a valid substitute for the former.

Veloci--the line is blurry, but that's just my vision--raptor

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