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To: cosmicforce who wrote (4028)	2/14/2001 6:42:48 PM
From: Poet	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 6089

Great posts, cosmic. First, I can't imagine what it feels like to sunburn the top of your head. Probably like sunburning your breasts for the first time; way uncomfortable. Doesn't it kill you to be spoken to as "sir"? I'm not particularly fond of "ma'am", but what's worse, IMO, is to be flirted with by a kid who's young enough to be my son. Creepy. May not be the same for middle aged men, though.... I, too, try to keep my mind on the degree to which circumstance and luck effect us all, every minute. Gratitude's an important thing to me, an elemental thing. It's recognition of all the forces, cosmic and otherwise <g> and how they bump up against each other, effect each other's orbits in interesting and profound ways. I'm not sure I'll ever really understand any of you who take the time each day to post here, but it makes me feel good to see each of you imprimaturs here regularly, hashing things out. It makes me feel grateful.

To: cosmicforce who wrote (4028)	2/14/2001 7:25:26 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6089

I'm glad you guys are talking about age. I had a wonderful treat today. I had sent an email to a particular set of clients informing them that I was retiring and that someone else would be taking over the program. I got several messages back with good wishes and one from this gorgeous young man who was just flabbergasted that I was old enough to retire. Even after I assured him that the program had been transferred and there was no longer any need to flatter me, he insisted that he thought I was still in my thirties. Thirties. In fairness, I must say that the guy is gay so he probably never looked at me all that closely, but I'm determined to grow old gracefully so his message was an unexpected treat. When I look in the mirror tomorrow morning I'll be back to reality, but this is fun for now. Karen