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   N Jill Marsh to All   
   Re: Granny Weatherwax: -I Ate'nt Dead-   
   08 May 25 15:45:15   
   
   From: njmarsh@gmail.com   
      
   On Wed, 02 Apr 2025 19:49:07 -0700, Snidely    
   wrote:   
      
   >Snidely wrote on 4/2/2025 :   
   >> N Jill Marsh speculated:   
   >>> On Mon, 31 Mar 2025 17:24:09 -0700, Snidely    
   >>> wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On Monday, Snidely exclaimed wildly:   
   >>>>> Watch this space, where N Jill Marsh advised that...   
   >>>>>> On Mon, 31 Mar 2025 02:19:58 -0700, Snidely    
   >>>>>> wrote:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> On Sunday, N Jill Marsh exclaimed wildly:   
   >>>>>>>> On Tue, 25 Feb 2025 16:39:23 -0400, Alistair Gale    
   >>>>>>>> wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> Hi, where are the cool kids at?   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> I ain't dead, but I ain't cool, either.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Cooler than some of us.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> That's a pretty low bar, though.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> I am guilty as charged.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> The coolest thing I do is probably carriage driving on a small scale.   
   >>>   
   >>> That's pretty cool, though.   
   >>   
   >> Usually a very little cart, and a VSE (very small equine), though I've had a   
   >> turn or two with drafts and a wagon.  Only been a passenger in any carriage   
   >> of elegance.   
   >>   
   >>> You're probably in the top 5% for   
   >>> coolness in this group.   
   >>   
   >> If you only count the current cast, maybe.  I may manage to be above the   
   >> bottom 5% when you count some of the posters of yore, but I usually lump in   
   >> with the geeks and nerds.   
   >>   
   >> /dps   
   >   
   >And just to be clear, posts from njm have definitely been among the   
   >ones I have enjoyed and looked forward to since I first drank from this   
   >well.   
      
   They are few and far between these days, though.  And that's done   
   little to increase the average quality of them.   
      
   --   
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