Bravo! Book! Book! Gene > > From: "Stein" <rstein@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: 2006/02/26 Sun AM 05:26:35 EST > To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [pure-silver] Re: OT-- chroma list > > Dear Nephew Bill, > > Sometimes the jester takes off the cap and bells, deflates the pig's > bladder, and sits down to soak his feet. Oh I admit there was a temptation to > digress from the thread of the post and tell you about the evening spent as > an extra in the recent production of "Casanova " or the upcoming beer and > sausage festival to be held on Labour Day, but I decided to stick to my guns, > or tanks as it happenes, and stay on topic. > > I regret it, you understand. LIFE, as any dog going for a walk will > confirm, is much better when you can follow your nose in all directions at > once. You are never required to complete anything you start. You can > overspend and underearn right up to the door of the courthouse. Children run > screaming from you and nubile women slip their phone numbers into your > pocket. ( This has actually happened to my cousin, Donald Trump, so I know it > works. ) Too much focus leads to deadful feelings of guilt and insecurity and > such. > > But sometimes you just gotta know something. And other people can be a > fine source of information, particularly if they are approached in the right > way. Quentin Tarantino has illustrated a number of means of information > retrieval in his fine films and I do practise some of these techniques on the > local camera store staff, but even the most robust shop assistant will run > out of blood before they can adequately explain digital camera instruction > books or the finer points of chemistry. This is where the pure-silver list > comes in handy. Pure information and nothing clots up on you in hot > weather.... > > Uncle Dick > Be Just And Fear Not ============================================================================================================= To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.