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Skriven 2006-04-26 10:25:04 av James Bradley (1:134/77.0)
     Kommentar till en text av Ardith Hinton
Ärende: A Different Drummer...
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Ardith Hinton wrote James Bradley on 04-23-06 21:48

Speaking to a sense of self, I just spent a couple of hours moving dirt around
in the front yard. As any open hole, or mound of messy stuff is always a kid
magnet, I had five picking up every earthworm they could find. One even gave a
significant effort to help. It's so true, that there is no BS with a kid, and
even though they don't readily realize it yet, many of the personalities are so
prevalent.

 JB>  If I could disarm this fella with contradicting images...

 AH>           You would have won my heart for
 AH> sure... [grin].

Aw... Shucks. {-;


 AH>           Uh-huh.  And according to various
 AH> experts on Darwin's work, survival of the
 AH> fittest has more to do with being adaptable than
 AH> with being stronger or smarter.  I saw examples
 AH> to the same effect when Nora was in hospital....
 AH> :-)

I'll be! Considering we spend so much time on the pinnacle predators, I'd never
thought of krill or mollusks, let alone the fauna. Too often the obvious is
missed. Adopting the Olympic theme, higher - faster - stronger doesn't
guarantee lunch, or that you might become lunch. Orson Wells said it best, when
the `Martians' were eaten by bacteria.


 AH>           He didn't notice what I was doing.  He
 AH> was more technically skilled, but very sloppy
 AH> about details.  That's why I needed a
 AH> dictionary... I couldn't drown him out or get
 AH> him to go along with what I was doing by
 AH> exaggerating the articulation, as I often did
 AH> with my students.  And he couldn't believe I
 AH> knew anything worth knowing although I'd been
 AH> taught to read these terms in four or five
 AH> languages. He'd accept my input, however, when I
 AH> could show him evidence that some Authority
 AH> Figure had said whatever I was trying to tell
 AH> him....  :-)

Kinda a new take on "I told ya so." 

 JB>  "Look between `stab' and `symphony'."

 AH>           "Sympathy"... it's between "shit" and
 AH> "syphilis".  Family joke.  ;-)

No, it was actually an old war joke. I just didn't want to post it in its
original form. But, seeing as you have an "in" with the moderator... <LOL>


 AH>  But these instruments can also make a lot of noise!

 JB>  I'll buy the noise part! (Ow... It hurts to laugh.)


 AH>           As I said... you're more SP than I am.
 AH>  But I'm developing a greater appreciation of
 AH> SP's nowadays, thanks to you & some other
 AH> people... [chuckle].

Shoot, I'm going off to dig up the past post to review this SP, NT, whatever
business. I was able to change `conferences' but not `areas' or vice versa,
when I tried last. Don't go anywhere, I'll be right back. <G> 

--- Maximus 3.01
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