In a message dated 12/25/2000 1:14:00 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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<< My dear Humorless;

 If all goes well

>>>>>>>>>>Speak for yourself, please<<<<<<<

you will have Pirate as your neighbor most of the spring and
 summer as the earstwhile

>>>>>>>>>>Warning to literary types: "erstwhile" means former, as in
previous, and used-ta-be<<<<<<<<<<<<

Super for Gommage on the Pan Am building across from
 Grand Central
 (Met Life)...

>>>>>>>>Oh, great, now we're gonna have gummi bears (or is that process with
used rubbers?) all over the street for months on end, thanks to you.<<<<<<<<<<


Its a long way from Mississippi

>>>>>>>>and to Tipperary, too<<<<<<<<<<<

 but I will be able to spy into
 the Linclon building

>>>>>>>>Our fabulous offices are on the exclusive south side. nyah nyah nyah
nyah nyah.<<<<<<<<<<<<

with impunity and report your comings and goings

>>>>>>>>>I'll have to start using the 41st Street entrance, rather than
having my carriage call for on 42nd.  Besides which, it's not bad enough I've
got Dick looking for me all the time, now I've got you, too?<<<<<<<<<<<<<

with accuracy and  they have given me an make shift  office in the old
heilio-port
 waiting room  on top

>>>>>>>>>I'll loan you a pair of low-power binoculars, the better to not see
me with, my dear<<<<<<<<<<<<

 where I will hold the usual 3 card monty games

>>>>>>>>>A woid of warning: foot traffic is better nearer the street. You may
not have many takers, other than the peregrine falcon(s)<<<<<<<<<<<<<

and fleece my old friends


>>>>>>>>>Now there's a select group<<<<<<<<

in Ma Jong and tall tales of pirracy on the high seas
 of 42 street.

>>>>>>>>>High seas of 42nd St, eh, matey? Well maybe global warning has
progressed further than I thought since Friday afternoon, when last I trod
the sidewalks of New York?  What's the latest, Sharpshooter?  Had yer windows
converted to portholes by the $5,000 man?<<<<<<<<

.....Fa- lease-navi-da ...

>>>>>>>>>>>>And, for our Spanish speaking friends, as the car dealers'
commercials used to say in Phoenix, pendejos ano nuevo.<<<<<<<<

Michael
  >>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>>>>Ralph<<<<<<<