I called Neil and he says my coon must be about a year or two old. He says I'm an idiot and that his downtown B&N had a copy the other day when he was there and perhaps I could get it quicker on the net. Sure enough, readily available!!!! So it was an embarassing evening, but now I know how old a coon is and it's almost as good as the metric system. Split the difference and make the coon one and a half.

"How long have you lived at your current address?"
"Oh, about 7 coonsage."

Also note new word!

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