what a foolish young woman am I to post a word without understanding it completely...HERE of all places!

I retract my use of 'curmudgeon' - after so many of you denied him ever behaving as such, I looked it up and had one of those "I don't think that word means what you think it means" moments! I did think its definition had a less harsh edge! Mea culpa!

The apple has fallen far from the tree!