Brother am I late with this!

In a message dated 02/04/2000 11:35:08 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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 If Lee had kept his commission, the war would have been far, far, shorter.
 Too bad he didn't--too much blood was spilled.  Plus, he got suckered into
 commanding a Confederate army when all he wanted to do was defend Va.  Then
 you got Jeff Davis--talk about your incompetents!

Agreed!  And it just wasn't possible for Lee to really command the entire
confederate army in his circumstances!

 Ever read Shelby Foote's seminal "The Civil War"?  Wonderfully in-depth.  It
 certainly ain't baf'room reading.

No I haven't and bad on me.  My nephew and I were talking about Foote not
long ago too -- how about that?  He is the one in the family who knows the
most about this, but I'll get right on the reading assignment.

 I've seen my family's coat-of-arms.  I think it features a drunken Scotsman
 scratching himself underneath his kilt.  I believe the motto is, "Semper
 Pruritis" (Always Itching).

Semper Pruritis -- I love it!  Man you've got me beat by a mile.  Mine
features a duck walking on her own eggs.  What idiot duck does that?  Maybe
it's a drunken Scotch duck.  And who's the idiot in my family who thought
this would make a good coat of arms?  Do you have any idea how embarrassing
this is?

 BTW--to me, "sugah" is hugs and kisses, as in when a plump aunt comes over
 and says, "Gimme some sugah, hon".
  >>

Ah...well, my grandmother used to call everybody sugah, but I'm familiar with
both meanings.  I'm plump and I'm an aunt, but I never demanded "sugah" from
my nephew.  He'd probably toss his cookies.