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Sydney Lea's avatar

Oh, Doug! I knew that under your quiet and most demeanor coursed a radical flow of ancestral blood!

More seriously, though I am ready to click "Like" by this tale, it's hard to speak of as enjoyable. Yet, as ever, you present your materials masterfully. Talk soon.

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Douglas Glover's avatar

Yes, Syd, ancestral sin runs deep in my veins. I have to keep a tight rein on my natural instincts for mayhem, eternally vigilant for the impulse to pick up a knife or a maul. Actually, I don't think I have a maul...

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Sydney Lea's avatar

I mean ‘modest’ not ‘most.’ And I was an editor once? Yeeesh.

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Kathy Storring's avatar

Good grief! The horror! I had to scan parts of these descriptions so I could latch onto your pithy commentary. (These early journalists knew how to spin a tale, didn't they?)

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