lee lady writes:
>I kind of think that maybe he would have.  Worn it almost
>constantly except maybe to bed, wearing it on a cheap chain
>around his neck over his scruffy shirts open at the collar
>and whatever he wore in Italy.  He would have joked about it,
>saying things like, "A thousand dollars would have been a lot
>more useful," but at the same time taking a certain
>semi-facetious pride in the fact that at last somebody had
>done at least something to acknowledge his ceaseless struggle.
 
 
lee,
    thanx for this.
    he comes to life.
    bob
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Everett Lee Lady <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Monday, November 22, 1999 4:55 AM
Subject: Re: Integer vitae scelerisque purum
 
 
>>Date:  Sun, 21 Nov 1999 19:40:50 -1000
>>From:  BK <[log in to unmask]>
>>Subject:      Re: Integer vitae scelerisque purum
>
>>bob scheetz wrote:
>>
>>>       in the fog-o-battle of historical existence
>>> it seems a great pt just to preserve
>>> even a shred of the standard of meaning,
>>> ...and fer attempting a stand gainst nihilism
>>> ...it do seem like ep,
>>> albeit with maybe the order of the cabellero de la mancha,
>>> otta be decorated, eh?
>
>......
>
>>but....Would Ez have worn the ribbon  ?
>
>I kind of think that maybe he would have.  Worn it almost
>constantly except maybe to bed, wearing it on a cheap chain
>around his neck over his scruffy shirts open at the collar
>and whatever he wore in Italy.  He would have joked about it,
>saying things like, "A thousand dollars would have been a lot
>more useful," but at the same time taking a certain
>semi-facetious pride in the fact that at last somebody had
>done at least something to acknowledge his ceaseless struggle.
>
>-- Lee Lady    <Http://www2.Hawaii.Edu/~lady>