Uniouns, good for, bad for, indifferent on the economy?

[merrylander]

JC I guess I was applying my own observations of children before we corrupt their thinking and that led to my recalling the poem - I inherited all of mmy Dad's "Complete works of ..." poetry books as well as collecting some of my own, such as Elizabeth Barrett Browning and John Donne. I guess Donne's "No man is an island" did as much to define my philosophical outlook as anything. There was a second and bookstore in Montreal where the owner and I had many a discussion. He was a patient elderly Jew who was very kind to this young WASP, well young then.

Had I gone to university I would most likely have chosen a bachelor's in philosophy, it is a second love. For a short period I had the run of a professor's library, he held the Chair in Philosophy at McGill University in Montreal.

Apart from a few animals I don't believe that visciousness is a natural phenomena. We had a mother cat adopt us and she eventuallly brought her four kittens over from the neighbors where they were certainly not wanted. We had them all neutered - five is fine, twenty five is not - and given all the necessary shot, but because of allergies they can't come in. The main point is that although we have had pets before, this is the first time to have the opportunity to observe a family of cats. Momma is for sure the boss and the four do what she orders. Three females and one male and the plain and simple affection they show each other is beautiful to see.

Sorry. long winded old fart.