In a message dated 6/13/2000 5:13:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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<< I spent the $117.00 on two pairs of shoes at Steve Madden,
 one pair black with huge platforms, the other pair of light blue patent
 leather with small spike heels. >>

Olivia,

So you didn't want one of those fine Corinthian leather commemorative tomes
featuring a bio of the Old Man, Olivia?  Don't tell Mollie about the shoes,
though, will you?

Also, noted a minor but equally smooth and informative error of incommission
regarding name of the raised-from-the-deadbeat chair inhabitant.  Thanks for
the warning.

I regret to inform you that you were mistaken in thinking you were wrong to
refer to the alleged individual as the inhabitant of a chair: those who
neglect to pay their bills have a great deal in common with the various types
of vermin which in fact inhabit restaurant chairs.

Well done.

Uncle Ralph