Hey!  Suzy and I are damned near empty nesters!  Don't just go shipping 
that youngster out here on a whim!  And if you are gonna do it this 
time of year, make sure the offense warrants being marroned on a frozen 
planet.

Of course he's welcome.  (But why is Ralph so eager to shuffle kids 
around?)

Younger daughter, middle child, blessed us with her presence at dinner 
tonight.  Luckily Suzy had just returned from grocery shopping.  Kid 
ate her fill, filled her car with selected pickings from the pantry, 
ate the remains of my stash of Ben and Jerries, and drove back to 
school.  Ain't life grand?

-jc


On Nov 16, 2003, at 4:45 PM, [log in to unmask] wrote:

> In a message dated 11/16/2003 4:31:49 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
> [log in to unmask] writes:
> For that glowing report I'll see if I can't dig up one old screwdriver 
> from
> the collection to send you on the "traditional gift giving day," which 
> I
> understand coincides with the anniversary of your coming into this 
> world
> Aw, shucks, Ruth.  I only said it because it's true. Subjecting the 
> USPS to the threat of carrying screwdrivers through the mail is not 
> necessary, and probably illegal these days. 
>  
> Just show the little whippersnapper my email, and I'm sure he'll 
> straighten right out.  If not, you can ship him out to John Callan.
>  
> I understand that there are those who consider that my (and young 
> Frank's) natal anniversary coincides with a previously-celebrated 
> traditional gift-giving day.
>  
> Ralph