On 28.09.1998 3:39 PM, Daniel Pearlman at [log in to unmask] lamented: >Carpenter's wrong. I can personally attest to having shared >many a meal with EP, at which--in his eighties--he still >enjoyed his glass of white wine. White, never red. >==Dan P Well this cd just be the Continental inclination v. American prudery, not a destructive habit, cdn't it? Not that I am challenging yr direct experience---hats off to firsthand evidence, by all means. But there is a difference betw. wine with a meal and using it as a stimulant for Dichten. At any rate, Cheers (no pun intended) Michael K. ______________________________________________________________________ Caelum tueri taedet. ______________________________________________________________________ Michael Kicey EMAIL & WEBPAGE PHONE school: [log in to unmask] school: 717/399.6281 home: [log in to unmask] home: 717/464.9284 anywhere: [log in to unmask] ABODE web: acad.fandm.edu/~M_Kicey/ 210 Meyran Hall ______________________________________________________________________