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)