On 29 Jun 2005 07:46:40 -0700, "Calvin" wrote:

From your posts, and assuming you aren't trolling, I can't believe you
have ever witnessed the effort and distress experienced by some people
with regard to spelling. snip

Don't worry Calvin, our Mary isn't a troll and infact is a very wise
lady, however, she comes from an era where if you couldn't spell,
write or recite your tables correctly you were 'stupid' and suitably
thrashed ;-)

Kids were also thrashed for using their left hand (satans spawn etc).

All the best ..

T i m