Thanks. But that doesn't hold a candle to your duty.
And this happened to be a pretty well respected minister of a non-flaky
denomination. If it had been the mayor of the town, I might have behaved
completely differently. <g> Of course, his family never would have tolerated me
on their property.
--Bob Whitmire
Registered Neanderthal
On Jun 25, 2013, at 3:45 PM, Chris Barker wrote:
> Well done, Bob. It's a real shame that journalists have that reputation, but
> it's well-deserved in parts of the British press.
>
> Chris
>
> On 25 Jun 2013, at 20:36, Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> To make a long story, short, M. Lappin did not get me the information I
>> needed. Instead, he got me an invitation from the family to come to the home
>> and talk with them. That was just about the roughest morning of my lift (to
>> that point). Not only family present, but also more family and all manner of
>> congregants arriving moment by moment. In and among all of this sat your
>> Bob, dutifully taking notes while trying to be invisible and unobtrusive and
>> sensitive and all the other things journalists are _not_ known to be.
>>
>> After what seemed like two or three months, the morning ended. The story got
>> written and the paper put to bed. Bob started drinking early in the
>> afternoon and didn't quit for a while.
>
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