From: grinder@no.spam.maam.com   
      
   Tom Lake wrote:   
   >> You sir, underestimate how stingy I am.  Your advice is good, of   
   >> course, but I'll confess that this is a sort of mania that may pass   
   >> before my purchase could be delivered.   
   >   
   > Stingy is such a harsh word to describe a good person! 8^)  Shall we say   
   > frugal?  How about niggardly (which, despite the unfortunate similarity to   
   > a vulgar word, has always meant extremely stingy and has NO racial   
   > connotation whatsoever - ya could look it up!)   
      
   I would hate to have to resign from my position because of a   
   misapprehension of that n word.   
      
   http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/longterm/williams/williams020499.htm   
      
   I am self-employed, and I have reason to fear my boss would be less   
   reasonable than Mayor Williams.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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