Posted by Ed Kiser on December 24, 2004 at 20:07:34 from 152.163.100.6 user Kisered.
And a HAPPY CHRISTMAS to you and yours, as we count our many blessings, not the least of which is the happy association of minds all brought together by the works of one, overweight, balding man who loved to fish and to simply mess about in boats - and then taught so many of us to share those pleasures as he did. After all, we all have the same set of friends, those people we grew up with from our childhood, and have, even after over so many years, remained in that wonderful state of childhood, forever in our hearts, as the lessons they taught us remain firmly with us:
"When a thing's done, it's done, and if it's not done right,
do it differently next time. Worrying never made a sailor."
"We're all duffers sometimes, but it's only now and
then we get found out."
Captain Flint (chapter 8, SD)
Best wishes for a safe gathering of family and loved ones for this glorious moment in memory of the Child.
Ed Kiser, South Florida