Bull, back atcha, John.

I never said I knew what it feld like to have been a slave. Might of fact, there isn't anyone alive today in the US who was ever a slave (in the historical sense)...

Might of fact, the reference I made to walking in one's shoes was about your inability to know what it's like to be politically and socieo-econimicly "excluded"...

And since when has empathy become a four-letter word? Yeah, I like to say I work at having some and if you'd like some, I'll be more than willing to share...

As fir yer fingers hurting, sorry...

Maybe one of the womenz folk here, who might have gone thru child birth, will have some secret women-folk home remedy... I use Super-glue on cuts but don't can't recommend it since I ain't 100% sure that it's safe to use. But it works for me. Hand creams is also good...

Bobert