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Date Posted: 09:57:47 06/25/08 Wed
Author: iteo
Subject: Re: general stuff
In reply to: Aquatic Jones 's message, "general stuff" on 16:51:09 06/24/08 Tue

that's a sweet story - thanks for sharing it

also glad you heard from schizo! please send my best regards - we miss her at the forum!

>Here's my attempt to say something. Today someone told
>me an anecdote that stuck in my mind, so I might as
>well put it here.
>
>My friend Lizzie used to work in a library. Every week
>there was an old couple who used to come in, always
>holding hands, to borrow a talking book to listen to
>together as the wife was going a little blind. They
>were utterly charming and Lizzie felt all soppy every
>time she saw them hand in hand. After many months of
>this, one day the old man came in alone for the first
>time ever. His wife had died and he wanted to borrow
>some music for her funeral. When he asked her for "You
>are my sunshine", Lizzie burst into tears.
>
>
>Dunno why, but that made me feel like crying too.
>Clearly getting sentimental in my old age.
>
>Oh, I saw Schizo last week, by the way. She has a new
>man and a new baby. Wanted me to help her write a book.

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