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I've been welcomed back by so many of you. Thanks.
Now, especially in light of these recent postings, I need to pay much more attention to the sexes of you all. Honestly, I think I've let my mind artificially construct genders based on who-knows-what (subconscious interpretations of things mentioned in threads) for those whose names aren't gender-obvious.
If I want to wink-wink (or even understand others winking), I'd better get on board. (this reminds me of a horrible experience I had reading a book; for several pages, the narrator's gender was not mentioned, and I unwittingly constructed a gender. When it became apparent I was wrong, I had a hard time going forward with the plot because all my mental constructions were failing me...)
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Now you've opened the flood gates...  Whos gender have you misguessed? 
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this reminds me of a horrible experience I had reading a book; for several pages, the narrator's gender was not mentioned, and I unwittingly constructed a gender. When it became apparent I was wrong, I had a hard time going forward with the plot because all my mental constructions were failing me.
That's nothing. Once I totally mistook a narrator's species. I thought he was a dog, but then it turned out he was a human and the cat's name was Cat. The cat's name was what confused me.
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Nope, this was after I joined. How did I know someone would say that?
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Did you check my profile before you dubbed me "Mr." O'Neill, Brandon? ON FEWER...FEWER: Maybe written by an aspiring political speech-writer?? Sure...it's called ownership and management. They've been downsizing for years, and now that they're complaining about the decreased workforce and hourly output they want to work enough ambiguity into the statement so then can shirk responsibility for causing it! Does the word "propoganda" come to mind? 
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...and if the word used was 'less' instead of 'fewer'... could we make it more or less ultravague. Someone with more lingustic creativity than I (anyone ackchully) could CAT (combine appropriate threads) together a construction... I know there is one in here... somewhere... As soon as such a construction makes you stop and think, it becomes self defeating as a tool of communication, doesn't it? Is this the same form of cognitive dissonance that we enjoy when comedians are successful? NTTAWWT ps - I think you are correct!
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 I leave this place for a day and you guys descend into the gutter hi Jackie!Helen, I hadn't considered a threesome, but your suggestion is under review . Brandon, what's my gender? wow,* re: packing list - are you a mind-reader? OK, enough emoticons for now. *edit: oops, rather, Sparteye!
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AnnaS's packing checklist:
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___ monogrammed towels ("S" and "M"*)
This point got me wondering, so I checked with Anna and she said that, no, they weren't labeled "S" and "M", but rather "B" and "D"*. Since this made perfect sense to me I can only assume that you got this confused with something else, Sparteye, although I am hard pressed to say what it might have been.
*For Betsy and David, of course.
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