Congrats on the grandfatherhood! Interesting article in this month's Discover magazine about a family (can I think of their name at the moment???) that encouraged marrying cousins to keep the wealth where it started. - Pam -----Original Message----- From: When I'm in bed I'm a tourist. [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of John Callan Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 9:36 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: the end of a family Its probably easier to hold a family together when there is a piece of land, a pile of money, or some other tangible asset, like a railroad, steel mill or a bank. If the assets are large, some families seem to enable and empower otherwise dull characters who would have trouble competing on an ordinary playground. But its also possible to hold onto an asset, even land, when its long past time to cut one's losses. Wang Lung's world may not have been quite so dynamic as ours. Families in our time and place are created and destroyed and occasionally reassembled in an incredible array of possibilities and in response to strange forces. I'm going to be a grandfather. -jc On Friday, July 11, 2003, at 06:39 AM, Met History wrote: > "It is the end of a family - when they begin to sell the land." > > ---Wang Lung on his deathbed in "The Good Earth" > > -- > To terminate puerile preservation prattling among pals and the > uncoffee-ed, or to change your settings, go to: > <http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/bullamanka-pinheads.html> > -- To terminate puerile preservation prattling among pals and the uncoffee-ed, or to change your settings, go to: <http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/bullamanka-pinheads.html> -- To terminate puerile preservation prattling among pals and the uncoffee-ed, or to change your settings, go to: <http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/bullamanka-pinheads.html>