Re: Knowledge: Formal and informal

From: Pyriform (nobody_at_nowhere.com)
Date: 06/15/04 

Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 19:00:06 +0100

Donald G. Shead wrote:
> A lot of folks think that the next best thing to knowledge, is knowing
> where to find it: After seventy-six years in the big parade of life,
> I've learned a few important things: One is that everything _isn't_
> all written down and what is isn't necessarily all right.

Including your age, apparently. On the 11th June, you told us you were
74 ("Gramp's wisdom"), but now, suddenly, you are 76. Are you using the
same units as the rest of us? Or did you perhaps stay at home while we
all nipped off somewhere at the speed of light?

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