In article <Xns9A95E76A6FBF8opusthepenguinnettax@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Opus the
Penguin <opusthepenguin+usenet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>Charles Bishop (ctbishop@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
) wrote:
>
>> In article <Xns9A95CC91B9EAFopusthepenguinnettax@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Opus
>> the Penguin <opusthepenguin+usenet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>>Charles Bishop (ctbishop@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
) wrote:
>>>
>>>> In article <Xns9A94DCB3EEAAFopusthepenguinnettax@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>>>> Opus the Penguin <opusthepenguin+usenet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Dover Beach (moon.blanched@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
) wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> the last time you made a really close friend? Someone you
>>>>>> could call any time and tell practically anything to? I
>>>>>> think it's been 14 years since I made a close friend like
>>>>>> that. I try hard to keep the ones I've got, since the new
>>>>>> ones don't seem to be thick on the ground.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>10 years ago I guess. Other than Mrs. P, I've only ever made 3.
>>>>>One in 1980, one in 1992, and one in 1998. So I don't really
>>>>>expect it to happen too often.
>>>>
>>>> Your next one should have been in 2003. What happened? Were you
>>>> mean to them?
>>>>
>>>
>>>Why 2003?
>>
>> 12 years difference between 1, 2. Six years difference between 2,
>> 3. Three years difference between 3 and 4 ---> 2003
>>
>
>You do math funny.
>
>
>>>Does it throw things off if we put Mrs. Penguin into the mix
>>>around 1987?
>>
>> Yes, it does. You'll have to get rid of her. Try to be kind when
>> you do so.
>>
>
>If I bump her back to 1986 (which is plausible), then we have 6-year
>intervals and a missed op****tunity in 2004.
Were you mean to the one in 2004 as well? I suspect it would do no good to
look for a pattern, you've probably been mean to everybody except in 1980,
1986, 1992 and 1998.
chrles, try to be less mean, bishop
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