X-Message-Number: 16292 From: Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 22:11:52 EDT Subject: Statues, etc. Yes, Ken Wolfe was right: it was supposed to be statutes not statues. I've enjoyed Kennita's mirth and even enjoyed making the error; it is gratifying to know that somebody is actually reading this stuff. A lot of people I used to meet would often say "Oh you're Mike Darwin..." and then run on for a while after which they would conclude by saying "But I never read your posts because they are way too technical." I know this is supposed to be a compliment, but somehow it falls short :-). So, thanks for catching the blooper. I am writing this to caution readers that I am a lousy grammarian and a worse speller. I'm not sure how I ended up with either defect since I won all kinds of awards in grade school in spelling, penmanship and grammar until around 7th grade. When I hit puberty my exemplary penmanship vanished followed by the other two skills. The testosterone probably killed off all those brain cells. In the past I've had my text extensively proofread before posting or publication. That isn't possible now. (Hugh Hixon where are you when I need you?) Try as I might I tend to drop any small word such as "and," "is," and "an," and to drop these words with even greater frequency if they follow a word in which they are a component like "is" following the word "his" or "this." I apologize for these errors and I would correct them if I could see them; but I can't. Fortunately, I have a good sense humor about these deficiencies -- all I ask is that those of you who read my words do the same. Anyway, Thanks For Reading! Mike Darwin Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=16292