To: bonnuss_in_austin who wrote (229676 ) 2/21/2002 4:44:46 PM From: Neocon Read Replies (5) | Respond to Hey, crazy lady, I drink iced tea out of a faded plastic cup I picked up at Disneyworld the last time I chaperoned a major trip for my son's high school chorus. I am not even quite sure what a scone is. I have never had high tea, and live in a duplex with a small yard and no gazebo. I have two cars. The first, which is 3 years old, cost about $22k. The second was half that much. Neither my father nor my mother went to college. Neither my wife's father or mother went to college. I am Jewish and Italian with some WASP thrown in. The WASP great- great- grandparents were tenant farmers. My maternal grandfather worked construction. My paternal grandfather went back and forth: he sold insurance, and tried to own a filling station franchise a couple of times. My father worked his way from a blue collar job to sales to being an executive in small business. My mother raised her children, taking in kids and sometimes cleaning apartments for extra money. My parents are divorced. I have a brother with cerebral palsy, who is confined to a wheelchair. My mother was determined not to institutionalize him, so it limited her ability to work. I helped out a lot. For years, I was the main person who carried him, put him in his wheelchair, pushed his wheelchair, took him out of his wheelchair. Fortunately, they now have gizmos which help, like a hoist for the bathroom, and electric wheelchairs. Sometimes, we needed welfare to make ends meet. I went to public schools, and got extensive financial aid to go to college. I had to work throughout college, and during the summer, and had campus jobs during the school year, like putting up mail or manning the switchboard. I will not go on, but you know nothing about my life, and your mockery is not only ridiculous, it is offensive......
