>>>>>For some reason I thought you were from the East (I am not sure why). Perhaps all us westerners could put "y'all" in our signatures. Kind of a code. :-)
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>>>>>See y'all later.
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>>>Hey, hey, hey! I was raised out West and call the South home now, and gotta tell ya, "Y'all" belongs south of the Mason-Dixon. Maybe Westerners should all address each other as dude and dudette. :)
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>>Dude & Dudette are what we called the kids as teenagers. Drove them out of the house :-)))
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>>Better than "Hey, Babe" though...
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>>Barbara
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>Barbara,
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>Thanks for the tip, but was there a phrase to make them get jobs? (g)
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>George

George the phrase you need is "If you're old enough to drive a car Dude (Dudette), you're old enough to PAY for the privilege" The hardest part was NOT giving in when *I* wanted an errand run :-)

Barbara