but no gathering here...(YET!) LAST CALL...

[grip at netcom.com]

On Sat, 1 Feb 1997, Henry M wrote:

> Get a grip! <smirk> 

A clever reply, Henry. Would you believe you're the first person in the 
6+ years I've been using this handle (get it, grip, handle) to use the 
phrase? No? 

> What's the hurry for a last call? 

I have a terminal illness and don't know how long I have to live.

> There might even be people who discover that they'll be in SF once you 
> have set a date. 

Yeah, but what if they come next week?

> It took the DC Thang a month to coalesce. 

Not my fault you guys are so slow. I suppose being so close to the 
Congress has had an effect

Besides which, in an old but occasionally still useful phrase, "Whatz it 
to ya?", and also, why are we having this dialogue on the list instead of 
privately?

grip