On Tuesday 18 March 2008, Ed Greshko wrote: >> Right you are but its been around so long that i take it for granted. I >> don't remember being impressed the first time i used it. It made sense >> that it should work that way and i've taken it for granted(a bad habit, >> taking things for granted) ever since. > >Yes, as indicated above, bad habit. > >While you are taking things for granted you should also take for granted >that the things you take for granted are probably not the same things that >others take for granted for the body of knowledge you have accumulated is >likely not the same body of knowledge that others have accumulated no matter >how obvious it would appear to you. > >Oh, and just to be clear, the word "you" above is plural. :-) As in the Walt Kelly version of plural, he is us. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug. -- Mark Twain
