Hi, Genie: I didn't mean that Parker Pen didn't survive. They have just been bought out a couple of times and no longer are produced in my home town. The erasable lead pencils didn't survive, though. I still see Parker pens around... they sell them at Walmart, so they've lost a certain amount of their prestige. They always advertised that the document of surrender by the Japanese was signed with a Parker. So was my homework..

And yes, the memory of Sen Sen has survived. I also happen to have a pack tucked away that I bought with great forsight, many years ago..I just watched The Music Man again a couple of weeks ago. I also have a pristine copy of Captain Billy's Whiz Bang which was also referred to in the movie. Kinda the Playboy magazine of the 30's, minus any photographs, centerfolds, cartoons or risque jokes. I picked up a perfect copy many years ago in an antique store. For the life of me, I couldn't see what was so racy about it, but as Professor Hill pointed out, you could get in trouble using words like "Swell" back in those days. :-)

And by the way, Genie, you have not e-mailed me your address so I can keep my promise to mail you something you asked for. You can reach me at gospelmessengers@msn.com.

Jerry