<declan_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Al wrote:
> > Maybe if i was 18 things could have gone less smoothly, but at my age
> > (older than Declan)<snip>
>
> What?! Since when did I become the benchmark for age around here?

Look at it this way: since i am a seasoned youngster, you must be

> a sprightly spring chicken.

Windswept? Exotic? Sure...

I can't lay claim to such qualities - i'm lucky to get as far as
weatherworn and eccentric.

Al (my family lives far and wide, but we are not from Sicily)

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