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From: Pete Dashwood on 24 Feb 2010 20:25 James J. Gavan wrote: > Pete Dashwood wrote: >> James J. Gavan wrote: >> >>> I think it would be a joke if somebody suggested we were friends, >>> but for the New Zealander. The last message I see from Bill Klein >>> is dated 2009 Dec 3. <snip> >> >> >> I am very pleased to report that Bill is alive and well and going >> about his life. >> >> He hasn't been posting due to some technical difficulties and a busy >> schedule with square dancing. >> >> He tells me there has been a heavy snowfall today where he lives. I >> told him I was looking at blue skies and 26 degrees... It is indeed >> a remarkable world we live in. >> >> No cause for concern, and I hope we'll be able to have his wise >> counsel for many years to come. >> >> Pete. > > Excellent ! Thanks for following up on that. > > Jimmy No thanks required; I was doing it anyway... :-) Pete. -- "I used to write COBOL...now I can do anything."
From: Howard Brazee on 25 Feb 2010 10:17 On Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:34:22 +0000 (UTC), docdwarf(a)panix.com () wrote: >I have been informed that the appropriate wish, for some folks, is 'he >should live until he is one hundred and twenty-one years old'. For people I like such as him, I would hesitate to make such a wish that could turn into a curse. -- "In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found, than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace to the legislature, and not to the executive department." - James Madison
From: Howard Brazee on 25 Feb 2010 10:17 On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:20:00 +1300, "Pete Dashwood" <dashwood(a)removethis.enternet.co.nz> wrote: >He hasn't been posting due to some technical difficulties and a busy >schedule with square dancing. No technical square dancing issues? -- "In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found, than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace to the legislature, and not to the executive department." - James Madison
From: SkippyPB on 25 Feb 2010 11:46 On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:17:45 -0700, Howard Brazee <howard(a)brazee.net> wrote: >On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:20:00 +1300, "Pete Dashwood" ><dashwood(a)removethis.enternet.co.nz> wrote: > >>He hasn't been posting due to some technical difficulties and a busy >>schedule with square dancing. > >No technical square dancing issues? I know Bill is partially blind so, apparently, you don't need full vision to square dance. You just got to hope that's an arm you grab when you're dosey doo-ing with a female. :) Glad to hear Bill is alright. Regards, -- //// (o o) -oOO--(_)--OOo- WOODY: "What's the story Mr. Peterson?" NORM: "The Bobbsey twins go to the brewery. Let's cut to the happy ending." --From USA TV Sitcom "Cheers" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Remove nospam to email me. Steve
From: Anonymous on 25 Feb 2010 13:01
In article <k25do555d4tmh3jo7pomrlc2ntvoket78k(a)4ax.com>, Howard Brazee <howard(a)brazee.net> wrote: >On Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:34:22 +0000 (UTC), docdwarf(a)panix.com () wrote: > >>I have been informed that the appropriate wish, for some folks, is 'he >>should live until he is one hundred and twenty-one years old'. > >For people I like such as him, I would hesitate to make such a wish >that could turn into a curse. I would hope that should Life be seen as a curse, Mr Brazee, that sufficient Mind - either of the Living or those surrounding - remains to make things otherwise. DD |