On Fri, Jul 18, 2003 at 07:11:46AM -0700, David Silberstein wrote: > On Thu, 17 Jul 2003, David Goldfarb wrote: > > > > >I've lived in Oakland/Berkeley all my life, and I've noticed this > >many times. Do people really not? I suppose there are just a lot of > >people who rarely look up; I've heard that there are those who > >haven't even noticed that the moon sometimes appears in the daytime > >sky. > > > > "I left Earth seven years ago. In that time, do you know the > most interesting thing I've learned about downsiders?" I knew the book, and even the scene from this line. Of course, if only he had been wearing the floppy clown shoes. :) ...and I like "The Long Run" better. I think one of my favorite lines was something like: "...and that's how you can tell if it's a long stemmed rose or a short stemmed rose" -Jot -- Jot Powers <books at bofh.com> http://www.bofh.com/books/ "I'm upping my standards, so up yours!" -Pat Paulsen (1927-1997), Presidential Campaign Slogan