Re: a signature question
citycabn (citycabn@gateway.net)
Thu, 14 Oct 1999 08:27:38 -0700
Cecilia wrote:
>Ah, young grasshopper...
>
>I, too, was a bit puzzled by the mysterious signatures, until I remembered
Bruce/"Frederick"'s email a few days ago:
>___
>...But it did get me thinking about the inhabitants of our fish pond...
[edited for brevity] ...Granted, some of you ancients--you know who I mean,
yes, you, the over-40 crowd--might be a *little* embarrassed, but hey, face
it, your lives are *over*. All of us safely under Jack Benny's (yeah, we
know who he is)
>perennial age of 39 are breathing sighs of relief... So. In short, I
propose, with each new post, each fish, *once*, appends at the end of her or
his post: birth date (don't forget the *year*) and present city of
location.
>
>I'll start if off: 12/22/81, Westport, CT, USA. And as an added
revelation, I live with my dog.
>
>--Frederick
>
>P.S. Sorry about that typo, it's 80.
>
>ObSal: Salinger is over 80, too. I, however, am not.
>
>Regards,
>Cecilia.
>(My first free evening in weeks and what do I do? Read Bananafish. I wish
I'd been in town for the recent flurry of posts on DDS. But alas, Iowa
called and I had to commune with cornfields for a couple of weeks. Glad to
be back.)
>
Cecilia,
Thanks for the "edited for brevity". Am in need of that.
The young grasshopper Frederick has been sent to his room. The computer is
now off-limits. (Actually, he's seven.)
A wonderful sentence: "But alas, Iowa called and I had to commune with
cornfields for a couple of weeks."
--Bruce (actually forty-eight)