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To: Rambi who wrote (32979)	7/25/1999 12:46:00 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71178

Dear Penni, sobering information on the fatality rates among 16-year-old drivers, from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. This organization promotes "graduated" licensing programs - first six months with a license, an adult driver must be in the car. Second six months, the new driver is not licensed to drive in "danger" situations - at night, or with other teenagers in the car. Makes sense to me, and I will impose these rules on Ben, who is already champing at the bit at age 14! highwaysafety.org

To: Rambi who wrote (32979)	7/25/1999 12:59:00 PM
From: jpmac	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

I hope the show is going great right now, or did if it's over. I can normally slip out to get my paper without being seen as I'm right by the front door. But I just stepped out to get it, in my sloppies, and without a morning fixup and there's this guy standing at the door, with a trash can by his side, and reading the frontpage. Turns out he'd gone to take the trash out and forgotten his keys. I'm trying to be "unseen" while letting him in, and he wants to chat. Sheesh. I've never seen him before, so he might be a mass murderer, but if so, the trash can ploy was really good. Gee, I hope I'm not giving anyone any ideas.

To: Rambi who wrote (32979)	7/25/1999 3:20:00 PM
From: Gauguin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

<<If a mosquito that bites you then goes and bites Lather, are you blood brothers?>> There's no way a mosquito could fly from Oregon to San Francisco. <<.....the fact that LLR and you seem very attractive to mosquitos means you have a lot of people who don't like you.>> You know, last night I thought of that while I was cleaning the lenses to the kitchen light fixture. Since I'm bitten more than any one in the county, I got a little scared and depressed. I hate when science has bad conclusions. I wish we could see your show. Is it televised?

To: Rambi who wrote (32979)	7/25/1999 6:22:00 PM
From: PCModem	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

"If a mosquito that bites you then goes and bites Lather, are you blood brothers?" The humans would be blood brothers only with the mosquito. The relationship between the two humans thus bitten would be similar to that of two individuals who are not otherwise related, but have a cousin in common -- they are not actually related, but are "shirttail relations." Thus the most correct term would be "shirttail blood cousins." I think. "Mosquitos don't bite me. I must have no enemies. I thought I just smelled funny or something." Same was true of me regarding all insects until around age 40 (I have decided Jack Benny had it right...39 forever! Regardless, I've decided to NEVER turn 40 again!). Back to mosquitos: I understand that B complex vitamins don't smell or taste good to them. I think you must smell funny to them. They still leave me alone, but for some reason beyond my comprehension spiders think I'm quite tasty. Must be the grape soda floats with cookies-n-cream ice cream. PCM