On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 08:17:28 -0500, Brian Lawson
wrote:

Hey Gang,

Got a busy few days starting right now, so gotta do this now.

So, here's to you "Robert".

Anybody heard how Ellen is doing?

Take care.

Brian Lawson,
Bothwell, Ontario.


To absent Friends

Gunner

The aim of untold millions is to be free to do exactly as they choose
and for someone else to pay when things go wrong.

In the past few decades, a peculiar and distinctive psychology
has emerged in England. Gone are the civility, sturdy independence,
and admirable stoicism that carried the English through the war years
.. It has been replaced by a constant whine of excuses, complaints,
and special pleading. The collapse of the British character has been
as swift and complete as the collapse of British power.

Theodore Dalrymple,