-=> Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 21 Oct 09  23:50:54 <=-

 > I'd not expect to make too many dimensions of compatibility
 > there, either

 MK> Personally I'd be happy knowing what a dimension of compatibility is
 MK> and then I may or not be happy knowing why I lack them. 

Obviously a catch phrase for something or other to make us feel
deficient... so I tend to not worry about it much...  

 > That would indeed be an interesting excursion.

 MK> Without knowing for sure, I believe it would be, especially the
 MK> fireworks part.  Ages ago a couple friends phoned me long distance
 MK> from London so I could hear the fireworks.  I think they may have
 MK> enjoyed that more than I but I did appreciate it at the time. 

Birthday fireworks are always fun... but I'm sure they could appreciate
them better than you, being there... you could only hear them, not see
them... ;(    Here, the city often has fireworks on New Year's Eve, as a
city-wide party... I say they're for my BD, since its the next day... :)

 > I take it that Guy Fawkes Day isn't quite as celebrated in
 > other parts of the Dominion...?

 MK> Definetly not this part of the Dominion.  I don't believe other parts
 MK> do either but I don't know for certain. 

I was messaging with a fellow from NZ some time ago, talking about GFD,
but I don't remember now if we were discussing things as they are where
he is, or as they were when he was growing up in GB...

 MK> I am jealous.  You have much better single malt scotch stories than I.

Just lucky, I guess...  or in the right place at the right time, maybe.

 > A couple of degrees of compatibility here, I'd say

 MK> Hm.  I never considered an angular component to compatibilty.  Also
 MK> you raise another paradox in that lack of dimension(s) of compatibilty
 MK> might be in itself a dimension of compatibilty. 

Yes, that's the sort of considerations that tend to come to mind here...
what can I say, I never claimed to have a typically straight-forward
brain...  

ttyl        neb

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