At 02:23 PM 10/28/97 -0800, you wrote: >Jude wrote: > >> The older I get the more I value "nice". <snipping myself> all those other things that Malcolm mentioned are great also, but >> I do not think of nice as being mere. > >I fully agree. The older I get the more I also realize these things are scarce. I >just don't see it as a proper antonym for "phony" which to me is a much more >complex, uh, attribute. I fully agree. Nice is one of those things that mellows with age, something that I suspect Seymour already thought of. But right up there with nice is exactitude of vocabulary, another quality in short supply these days. Oh my I am feeling curmudgeonly. But anyway, I see your point Malcolm. Jude