Thank you for your correction. I find that being ham fisted and feeble I need correction from time to time. I appreciate the fact that some people are affended by language that they feel may be insulting or derogatory. I certainly would never intentionally make a person feel small about themselves or ill used by me.

In New York State where I live the police sometimes call the people who come into town and bilk old folks out of their life savings in scams for a new roof or a visit with a dead relative "Travelers". They used to be known as Gypsies but it was learned that not all itinerant peoples are theives or scam artists. Many of the Romany Gypsies in New York State, of which there are a few, prefere casual and seasonal employment in honest work to the largely innaccurate description of swindlers and highbinders that the Travelers have been given. This allows them the traveling life without the consequence of being condemed by a mere word of description.

Now I only have this information on second hand knowledge. I have never asked a stranger on the street if they were a Gypsy and if so how would they prefere to be called by me and my family. I always assumed that they were another person on the road. Deserving of my consideration and respect until they prooved otherwise.

And in that Ham fisted and feeble manner I try to get along with everyone I know as well as people I have never met.

Don