Hi, Mosaic. I hope you will indeed stay around, and Gretel too. Your presence here is a reminder of the cycle of life.

Meanwhile, here's a timely PM I received from Dr Bill in Jan 2004: the man didn't miss a thing.
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Dear AS: I remember your saying that you lilked the O.Henry
story "The Gift of the Magi". Here is a URL to several of his stories. The one I like even better than the Gift.
You have to scroll down perhaps an inch.
While you're at it, you might like the first one.
http://sailor.gutenberg.org/etext98/optns10.txt
I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Bill