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Skriven 2006-02-14 23:19:00 av George Pope (122.survivor)
    Kommentar till text 258 av Ardith Hinton (1:153/716.0)
Ärende: School Daze
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AH> GP>  I find my OED compact to be a handy quick-reference
AH> GP>  supplement to my Arcade Dictionary of Word Origins
AH> GP>  that gives comprehensive etymologies. . .
AH>
AH>
AH>           Noted!  I have a dictionary of word origins too, but I've never b
AH> really impressed with it.  IIRC it's packed away somewhere at present....

I find the Arcade one to be an enjoyable afternoon read (a reasonable
substitute for a nap, for relaxing on a weekend afternoon. . .)

AH> and when last I heard, the average musician earned less than $10,000 per ye
AH> So at least one of us had to do other things to put food on the table....

Yeah, most can only do it as a bare supplement to a "real" job (aka "day job")

AH> GP>  How's yours doing?
AH>
AH>
AH>           She's becoming a young lady now, and IMHO a delight to be with!
AH> managed to hold sleigh bells (with some modification) in her left hand for
AH> hours in rehearsal just before Xmas, with a break at the midway point.  She
AH> still having a few problems with the release, but once she gets her fingers
AH> position the grasp is there.  She's also been playing bongo drums this year
AH> band... not quite the way other people do, but the conductor is very tolera
AH> And recently she's started going on outings without her wheelchair to famil
AH> places where she knows she won't have to walk very far in order to save wea
AH> tear on the family chariot.  She's taken your advice to heart about working
AH> her therapy & she's still working away at it, for which we thank you....

How old is Nora now?

How's the school thing been going?
(getting through the day, plus peers. . . ?) :)

Because I care,
|<+]::-)  (Cyberpope(the Bishop of ROM!))
(aka Reverend George A. Pope)



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