From: user3274@newsgrouper.org.invalid   
      
   georgedance04@yahoo-dot-ca.no-spam.invalid (George J. Dance) posted:   
   > Will Dockery wrote:   
   > >> George J. Dance wrote:   
   >   
   >> Merry Christmas from Penny's Poetry Blog   
   > >>   
   > >> Penny's poem for Christmas Day:   
   > >> The Poor Boy's Christmas, by Ellis Parker Butler   
   > >>   
   > >> [...]   
   > >> The philosophic mind can see   
   > >> The uses of adversity.   
   > >>   
   > >> https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-poor-boys-chr   
   stmas-ellis-parker.html   
   > >   
   > >   
   > > Actually this post was made a month ago.   
   > >   
   > > CC: NancyGene   
   >   
   > You're right. The poem was posted on Christmas Day, 2025 (which was a   
   Thursday).   
   >   
   > MummyChunk, who seems to be searching the recent archives for poems to bump,   
   > replied to it on Friday, Jan. 30, 2026.   
   >   
   > You saw her Friday post, replying to a Thursday one, and (since JLA doesn't   
   put the   
   > date on each post). you didn't realize she'd dug up an older post.   
   >   
   > When challenged on that, you went back and checked. Good on you.   
   >   
   > End of story   
      
   Good afternoon, that's correct.   
      
   > This is a response to the post seen at:   
   > http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=699823309#699823309   
      
      
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