>>>>>>>>>>OTOH, wasn't Washington a slave-owning landed gentleman before he entered politics?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>AIUI, Washington came from money, but didn't have much himself as a younger son.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Tamar
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>AIUI?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>As I understand it?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Thanks, Tore. Normally the UI listed abbrevs get expanded for me (account setting) but this isn't in the list, didn't, and I've never seen it before. AFAIK is the uusual.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>What does uusual stand for? (ducking)
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>>>>I've g-got a s-stutter today.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Actually I had not heard AIUI before, either.
>>>
>>>Talkin' 'bout my g-g-generation....
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>>Old Roger didn't die before he got old, eh? Instead he's making a small fortune from the CSI shows, and kicking back in his trout farm.
>>
>>Stll gigging as well. Why don't they all fffffffffff-ade away?
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>Roger? ROGER? Pete Townshend wrote those words, mate. Roger Daltrey was just his boy singer.

Aye, but Roger sang them, in the first person :-)

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>I wish I had the opportunity to write Pete's obituary. The lead would be, "Pete Townshend, who penned the timeless rock phrase 'Hope I die before I get old,' died yesterday of old age."

lol

Or "Pete Townshend, whose wish never came true"