SLOW LEARNER

[RMoodyCom at aol.com]

In a message dated 12/26/1996 10:07:22 AM, you wrote:

<<One of the duo's contemporaries (more of less) might DISAPPROVE.
Seem to remember something in Benjamin Franklin's autobiography about
the avoidance of too much VENERY. Or was it Poor Richard's Almanac?

Nice old-fashioned word. Nothing anyone would think of avoiding today. :-)
>>

"Venery" is a really great word. The preeminent user of it among writers is
John Cheever. He used it alot. Check the collected stories.