I just got Samway's Percy bio from Amazon Books (through the UNC site) and
read the ch on the med school yrs at P&S (1937-41). No record of any bar
room brawls. But then, he was driven to NYC in a rather surprisingly
expensive new car of his own by one of Will's servants....
Obviously, brawling is not a patrician sport.
I sink to the view that a chat group is a safe form of brawling for 66 yr
olds. The point of brawling, of course, is to win, but that's the only
point, nothing personal, no showing off. Just winning.
On my Eudora application, this group's name gets truncated, to wit: "Walker
Percy Lite"
More evidence that if computers can think, they aren't polite, either.
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