Old--

Uh, we've been through why the threshold is 10,000--you should ask the Maryland legislature.

And it's a good thing it wasn't any lower--perhaps you don't recall that I pointed out that small business was afraid of that very idea. So if you wanted to kill the bill, that would be a good way to go. Gee, now I wonder if you possibly had that (killing the bill) in mind. Nah, not a chance. You only want what's best for all parties. How could I doubt that?

Asplundh--red herring--look it up.

Now, how about those answers?







Don--


I'm sure Old is just as afraid of you as of me--after all, you actually know about the concepts he has just discovered --though I've yet to see any indication that he has an inkling of the meaning of the fancy words he's dropping.

To make this a music thread--it reminds me strongly of a song: remember this one?

Young man home from college makes a great display
With a fancy adjective that he can hardly say
It can't be found in Webster's and won't be for a while
But we know he's only putting on the style.

We'd have to substitute "old" for "young"--and the words are actually in dictionaries--but the general point holds.