Greg Pavlov wrote:

People do that to acknowledge us as fellow human beings
and sometimes to strike up conversations. They aren't
stupid, they're just being friendly.

Most of us were brats once and many of us are the better
for it for being allowed to run loose in someplace other
than a gym or playground.

Ah, you mean like ROFF? :-)

Oh well, thanks for the perspective. I guess SWMBO is right, I am
getting to be a cranky ******* in my old age. :-}


Chuck Vance