Quote - @jevans69...shrug...still too narrow a usage on your part...

Okey doke. I have no idea what you mean, then. I've got a pretty good vocabulary and access to a lot of reference works, but perhaps you know of some definition of the word that eludes me. I'm always willing to learn, though, so if you feel like sharing your usage instead of refuting me and moving on, please do.

Quote - ...also I'm a bit disappointed you couldn't recognize the quote "...people either have their eyes open or their eyes closed... " surprised, in fact, considering everything else you apparently know...

Yeah. I get that a lot. For some reason people make the leap from me being above-average-smart and a polymath to "I thought you knew everything". I don't know where that comes from. I don't recognize the quote, and I can't find it as is. Is it possible that the original was worded differently, or that you paraphrased it? Who said it, and in what context?

Quote - It has NOTHING to do with the question of whether you agree or disagree, or who's right or who's wrong. It's a statement about seeing what's...oh, nevermind...clearly just a waste of time to explain it...

Well, that sure makes it hard to have a conversation, doesn't it? If it's so clearly a waste of time, why post anything in the first place? Why not delete the post before you type it? Now, my perception is that you're wanting to appear to be martyred just a bit, above the fray and slightly wounded by it.

I get the literal meaning of the expression, I believe I understand what you intended by it, and I don't believe that it was your intention to communicate the thought that I described. I just wanted you to know that I was inferring a sub-text.

Quote - @StaceyG...shrug...I re-read the thread AGAIN, and it does seem like alot of...oh, nevermind...just a waste of time to say it.

Again, there goes the conversation stopper. I suppose we'll just leave you in your quiet corner where you can wring your hands over the injustice of it all. Time is, after all, the one precious commodity that we all have, and there's no sense in you wasting yours.

Quote - ...carry on everybody...

Thank you so much, I surely will.

Captain Jack