Artefact envy and the sudden realization that the long-held truism that
women read more and have better vocabularies may not always be true. My
parents have managed to stay married for a million years because they
collect different artefacts, read different books, and have realized that
they both have huge vocabularies. I've been jettisoning printed matter to
create a simulated equilibrium in my household. Hope it works.


Sign me,

Merry Man, Librarian

-----Original Message-----
From: Ralph Walter [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, January 24, 2000 7:24 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: G&S


In a message dated 1/21/2000 11:26:06 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[log in to unmask] writes:

<< I may think of my book collection as "a fine reference library",
 but my wife calls it "your landfill".
  >>

Anybody know, or can one of you of the female persuasion explain to us Penis
People, why it is that we don't get credit (much less admiration) for our
fine reference liberries, or our witty (and erudite) repartee; and instead
get berated for our "landfills,"  basements full of irreplaceable artifacts,
and leaving the seat up?

Ralph