awful to get old,dean. as the cliche, getting old isn't for sissies! my fingers are nimble but what goes up i sometimes don't recognize. i'm grateful for family and friends. flying, fishing and gunning still satisfactory.
i should add i'm also a zero thanker in the member info not from any lack of courtesy, memory or gratitude but because i think it's unnecessary, as are stars on the other board. we all know the importance of civility.
but morally and ethically, i think all this thanking raises the issue of benefits. recording them, counting them, ranking, puts them in another place if morals are how we treat others and ethics how we live our own lives.
i think we're judged by what we contribute to others around us, how we live to a standard of human values, without any consideration of benefits or thanks. otherwise it's what often passes as a business arrangement.
old men go on too long, and i don't like stirring things.
regards, king
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