"Scout" wrote...
Doug,
how did you come to have such an extensive background in literature?


(bowing) thank you, sir. With luminaries such as yourself and Tadpole
here, I'm barely qualified to be an appreciative onlooker.

katysails wrote:
all those years closeted in the engine room of some dismal ship?

Sometimes it's best to seek illumination far from the sun.

Regards
Doug King