Reply #182: That's very kind of you ...

[RoyGBiv]

Whatever I have learned about people, I learned by paying attention as I was growing up. At family gatherings, Mom and Grandma and my aunts and female cousins talked and laughed and had fun interacting. My uncle, the male influence, scratched himself, belched, and spoke only when issuing commands and announcing his toilet schedule. My male cousin entertained himself by finding new ways to torture me.

It wasn't too hard to figure out who was more fun and who I preferred to emulate. :-)