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I recoiled in horror when I saw this, but then in thinking about it I realized they would hardly have had grounds. Earthy comments, perhaps, but not grounds. I'm certain you;ll remember this unless some trauma happened which would spark gaps in your memory. Of course there's always the flux of time to take into consideration, but having met you I know that you combat time with some resistance.

I usually read poetry when I'm feeling old. You might try odes to see if they work for you.

Which reminds me of one of my better efforts some years ago. A friend of mine bought an ancient funerary urn while in Athens, and I was able to get his wife to give me the charge slip for it. I framed it for him for his birthday, and he still proudly displays the frame with the title: Owed on a Grecian Urn. True story.



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- twenty years ago, it was about 50,000 drachma a day, I believe.


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et tu, Bingley in Greek?


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kai su

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This thread sure has some live parts to it!

I thought I'd be back in a flash but was de-energized and decided to take a journey, man. It was a blast!


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still going...



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Bingley?


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kai su is the Greek for et tu. Suetonius gives Julius Caesar's last words as being in Greek: kai su teknon (and/even you (my) son).

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Yeah, I figured that out, when I asked you and you replied. My troubles come from your engaging in the pun fest. Hence the rhetorical question.


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All seriesness aside, no need for short tempers. Time to hook this thing back up.


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