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   From: tanghuyen@gmail.com   
      
   On 8/29/2016 7:06 AM, Kitty P wrote:   
      
   > "Tang Huyen"   
      
   > On 8/28/2016 9:26 AM, Tang Huyen wrote:   
      
   >>> Old hacks surely went through some hard   
   >>> knocks, if they wanted to do things and   
   >>> go places,   
      
   >> Sorry for the self-follow, but I should   
   >> have written "Old hags". However in   
   >> the present climate of computerese   
   >> bleeding into everything, the wrong   
   >> expression also fits right in. It can go   
   >> both ways. Old-fashioned and modern.   
      
   > The word worked, although I was surprised that it wasn't more   
   > contextually derogatory heh   
   >   
   > To be honest, it's the very best time of life. I can't remember a time   
   > (including pre-school) that was more free, joyous, and lacking in   
   > responsibilities not of my choosing.  I wish I had known about this when   
   > I was younger. What a pleasant surprise.   
      
   Join the club, Kitty my sweet and loving daughter.   
   I am now a senior citizen also, and I said previously   
   that when I first came to the US, there was a   
   bumper sticker: "LBJ's father should have   
   withdrawn early", to which you congratulated me   
   for a good intro. So you can time me.   
      
   Some people get grumpy, even angry and bitter, in   
   old age, but others relax and have a good time, and   
   as you say, it's the very best time of life. I can't   
   remember a time (including pre-school) that was   
   more free, joyous, and lacking in responsibilities   
   not of my choosing. I wish I had known about this   
   when I was younger. What a pleasant surprise. You   
   have unknowingly put words in my mouth (served   
   as my mouthpiece) that I think that the Ninja star   
   that I cast into your mind had been cast back (in   
   blowback, like a kangaroo boomerang) into mine,   
   in some weird transmission with reverberation.   
   Any more than that, and there will be a mind-meld.   
      
   "Ah! Now I have two bodies!"   
      
   Tang Huyen   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)