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I defy you to tell me that any 6th-grader can read and appreciate this Magi story written by O. Henry. Simply impossible. So then, why do teachers assign this story for reading in the 6th grade? Such a travesty and a waste of a good story. Just as youth is wasted on the young; then so is the Magi wasted on 6th-graders.

As far as I know, you got two choices.... a. YuSan (umbrella) b. YangSan (parasol) I think it's a parasol. A YangSan....

Agree. In their own countries, they are equally refined. You are right.

Also, heavy drinking might shrink one's noodle.

Sorry. If big. Then... No. Some guys are into big. I am not. Still, the Sopranos soap-opera was one of my favorites..... Fat or Thin, I am OK with both. I will defend my position, through thick or thin.

Yes. But... You might have missed the point. Nicholson made his last movie.....years ago. And, I think.... We now mourn his passing, as a viable actor. At least, I do. Love him or hate him, He made us laugh, and cringe.

OK. Thank you for your sincere wishes. I wish you a very merry Lazada Christmas....... With plenty of gifts from Lazada's Santa..., Such as LED ceiling lamps.... Falling from the ceiling.... Like the newly driven snow. Note: Please provide me your address. And I will send all the reject to you....gratis....

These days, there is almost nothing that is not to do with Asia, and China. Anytime you have a problem with your credit card, you need to talk to guys in Asia. Either India or the Philippines. Even the US Navy is now pivoting to Asia. So what's it, here, that you might think has nothing to do with Asia. Maybe you have never been to Asia? (just joking, of course)

Are you saying that O. Henry is purely humbug? A very weird writer, with a parasol. I never enjoyed his stories when I was young. Maybe I will read them, once more, now that I am very old.

What a memory you have. It was Greenwich, CT. Not, Darien. As to the riff-raff, which I might have also written about, here is just one very minor exemplar:

Speaking, as you do, of tradition.... I would have thought that your first thought might have been for.... Zero Mostel.

So then.... How would you characterize Christmas in the United States, 2024, compared to Christmas in 1965? Or, for that matter, Christmas in 1939? Still the same? I prefer gifts made from recycled materials. Maybe, Christmas, these days....is actually.... NOT the same.

This is impossible, just based on probability theory. If you have purchased HUNDREDS of anything, over time, then you must know that.....simple.... Probability theory says you are telling a fib, most likely. I think everyone here knows this to be true....except....maybe.... YOU Flip a coin, hundreds of times, and you are bound to come up with tails, at least once. Therefore, when you make a blanket statement, such as you did, which goes against what we know about the real world, ...then.... Your blanket statement is likely, and most probably, bound to be very much discounted, and considered to be..... FALSE. Or, are you just exceedingly lucky?