----- Original Message ----- From: [log in to unmask] To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 22:18 Subject: Re: [BP] Fire damages historic courthouse - The Washington Times Metropolitan... In a message dated 11/5/2004 1:34:27 PM Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: First of all, we NEVER call it historic restoration. It's historic preservation. You owe everybody a cup of coffee, except for Ruth who gets Chai. And me, who gets nothing. I was quoting the newspaper article - at least the way it appeared in our local one. But I may give you a coffee on the house anyway, cuz you're so curmudgeonly in a nice way. Well, maybe with five gallons of milk and a pound of sugar I'd make an exception and have one of my five cups per year on you. You could try one of our Snapping Turtles - caramel & mocha latte with an extra shot of espresso - extra sweet, extra caffeine really gets you going! Second of all, why in God's name are you reading, much less pasting, the Washington Times? Or is ][<en not the only Republican Follett? I went looking for the online version after reading it in the local rag. Sure. Couldn't find it in the John Birch Society Courier, huh? That's a name I haven't heard in a very long time. Ralph