-=> Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 10-12-07  20:33 <=-

 NB>> does make some sense...  in a rather convoluted way, to be sure, but 
 NB>> a sort of sense nonetheless... :)
 MK> Convolution is my forte.  :-)

That's for sure...  ;)
 
 MK>> My claim was the  second has all the charm.  :-)
 NB>> OH... THAT theory...  :)    I doubt that charm has much to do with
 NB>> staying power, though... ;)
 MK> It probably doesn't hurt though.

Dunno...  if charm helped staying power, more charming seconds would
have lasting relationships...  :)
 
 NB>> My son claims to be the first, second AND third... perhaps that's
 NB>> why he's got all that charm (according to your theory)??  ;)
 MK> Tell him, "Nice try!", but according to my theory it holds no water
 MK> since he is  only one and thus only first.  Any charm there was to
 MK> inherit you obviously  kept for yourself.

Hmmm...  according to your theory, though, there couldn't have been much
for me to inherit, as I'm the oldest child of oldest children, and my
mother's father was also an oldest child, as was my father's mother. :)
Hubby, on the other hand, was* a second child.  His father was oldest of
two, and his mother was youngest of four (and a twin to boot).

 NB>>  Wrt my siblings, though, the most charming is my baby
 NB>> brother... #8...
 MK> Which is 4x2, so my theory could still be applicable.  He quadrupled 
 MK> sychronicity.

Point taken.  ;)  What an interesting mental exercise this is getting to
be... 

ttyl        neb

... Any family tree produces some lemons, nuts and bad apples.

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