Just to further complicate things, I never receive the full text of a PM, but I sometimes - maybe half the time - receive an e-mail notification that I have one. And the on-Sphere notification of a PM usually appears when I open the Sphere, but not always - maybe 80% of the time. Alex and I went around it a few times, and basically decided that he had bigger things to worry about. And it may relate to the fact that my prodigy.net e-mail address goes back to the days of dial-up and tin cans on a string. Or possibly it's because of that awful incident with the albatross before I became a poet.

It's the albatross. That probably also explains why you're still on prodigy.net. Didn't their whole network collapse way back in the 'oughts?

You should really think twice before playing with that crossbow... ;)

Best,

Bill

Yes Ann, email notifications are switch-off-and-on-able in your user settings.

Thank you, Matt and Bill. I have very seldom, if ever, flagged posts like an infant before. There were reasons that I thought momentarily sufficient, even if I was wrong.

Ah, just ignore His Grumpiness. He's actually a good guy. If you met him in person, you'd think him witty, civilized and even debonaire. De Bon Aire... never actually thought about that word before, but it's perfect... ;)

Best,

Bill

We have met - at West Chester. Several times, I think. And it was perfect. I called him "Alan" for four days, and he heard "Allen", and we were mutually satisfied.

I lip-read quite well, Michael, and, under my tutelage and tender leadership, you came to say "Allen" almost without realising it. Today, by the way, I'm in Cambridge, England, and have learnt how to say Caius properly, almost without realizing it. It's one the keys to finding one's way about this place, where not everyone speaks American. Fortunately, perhaps.

PS : Fresh air!
In England as I am, when I go to Google News, there isn't a single word today about Hillary, Obama, or Trump! No H., no O., no T - it's so cool. Ooooh ! ! I can breathe like a human again.

Tut! Allen, why didn't you say you were coming over here?

I have organised summer gatherings of Sphereans for several years . . .

If we know in advance, anything from three or four to a dozen of us will arrange to meet in Cambridge, Oxford or London for an afternoon of eating, drinking and talking.

Next time . . .!!

Jayne