Autobiography cntnd.
Paul Mackin
mackin at allware.com
Mon Jan 15 11:10:24 CST 1996
On Mon, 15 Jan 1996 GSnodd at aol.com wrote:
> I figure he is single and unattached. Shares a house in Queens with a guy
> named Peter, who works as an accountant. All the bills are in Peter's name.
> Peter is a neat freak, and with the exception of 2 of the 3 bedrooms
> upstairs, which are "Tommie's", Peter keeps the house spick and span. Peter
> doesn't read fiction, but Tommie gets him a gift certificate to a bookstore
> for his birthday annually, which Peter uses to buy a French Impressionists
> Wall Calendar, and a Consumer Reports Annual Guide, and occasionally a how-to
> book on origami.
Yep, I can't see Tom as a family man. On the other hand, Peter would
drive him nuts.
What _I_ really worry about is what he EATS. The thing a man
of 58 _really_ needs is a good cook. If he's to continue healthy
and creative, which we all want.
Ideally, there should be a woman in his life, a school teacher maybe,
without children, not too much younger than he. They could share the cooking
and other domestic chores. Unless she can't stand the way he functions
in these areas. In any case, she would see that things were done right.
P.
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