Bob Ward (bobward@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
) wrote:
> On 06 May 2008 03:47:36 GMT, 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.
>
>
> Wasn't that the year you blew off the chance to come to the San
> Bernardino area and meet me?
>
> I'm just sayin'...
>
For all sad words on tongue or pen,
the saddest are these: "It might have been."
--
Opus the Penguin
My suspension of disbelief is currently in a coma. - groo
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