On Sunday 11 October 2009 22:40:31 Peter Ruskin wrote:
> On Sunday 11 October 2009, KH wrote:
> > KH schrieb:
> > > Peter Humphrey schrieb:
> > >> The difficulty is in keeping up with the
> > >> idiom. Personally, I prefer to rely on what I've known for the
> > >> last 60 years or so and to hell with the trendies.
> > >>
> > >> Things like "its" = "belonging to it"; "it's" = "it is".
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > how old are you? How is the oldest person on the list? But this
> > > is OT, too.
> > >
> > > kh
> >
> > To correct myself (shame on me). Who is the oldest ...
> 
> I'm 71 ... is that old enough?

Oh dear. I used to call myself an old codger. At a mere sprightly 44, do I now 
have to downgrade myself to "still wet behind the ears"?

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