And it gets worse with age, I assure you. I avoid lectures and concerts where I would have to sit still for more than 20 minutes, as I'm afraid -- no, I'm certain -- that I would doze off. It's no fun.
Jim Shields At 04:34 PM 1/15/2011 +0000, you wrote: > > >Anne Spiegel wrote: > >"I do recall some years ago at Berkshire meetings, there was one man who >insisted on sitting in the front row where he frequently napped. I >considered a talk a great success if I could manage to keep him awake." > > >Anne, > > >You shouldn't feel insulted by that gentleman nodding off during your >talks. The fact that he chose to sit in the front row indicates that he >was keenly interested in hearing what you had to say. > > >Speaking from my own experience, I, too, have a hard time staying awake >during lectures. It doesn't matter how interesting I find the material or >the speaker. The same thing happens to me at home in the evening when I'm >trying to absorb information from a nature program on television. My >intentions are NOT to doze but I'm powerless to prevent it. It is >possible that gentleman is like me and learns best from the written, >rather than the spoken, word. > > >Jane Hendrix >Mountain View Experimental Gardens >Peak 7 Area - Breckenridge, Colorad U.S.A. >Elevation: 10,000 feet >USDA Zone 4 >Website: ><http://www.picturetrail.com/hendrix>http://www.picturetrail.com/hendrix > > >_______________________________________________ >Alpine-l mailing list >[email protected] >http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l ************************************************* Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA Tel. ++1-317-867-3344 _______________________________________________ Alpine-l mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l
