Re: RE: RE: CALL FOR PROPOSALS

**D*@aol.com**

LOL+! Actually, Adam, the guy (I now remember) was unhappy because I was 
'smiling too much'. I must have really set off the rube alarms, tripping out 
on Patti Smith with a big spacy grin on my face. And I've really got no 
excuse, since I was born in Queens. Only lived there a week before my parents 
pulled the trailer to Jersey, South Dakota, North Carolina and eventually the 
Coast, but hey I am a New Yorker by boith, and ought to have known the 
penalty for inappropriate smiling. Anyway, I like New York, and did manage to 
get a fair crop of tomatoes, beans and squash to grow in the broken glass 
behind the youth hostel near Central Park where I was working that summer 
long ago.
Don Boekelheide
Charlotte NC

In a message dated 3/21/00 11:35:04 AM, Adam.Honigman@Bowne.com wrote:

>Don:
>
>It's so hard to explain our local ethos to  ***sigh*** out-of-towners. When
>relatively sane native New Yorkers get violent it is usually purpose
>oriented ( i.e. get money - for drugs, negotiable securities, revenge.) The
>fool who didn't like the shape of your face was probably a limited
>violence-prone person from out-of-town, like the World Trade Center bombers
>or our  New York City police officers who usually hale from Long Island,
>Upstate New York or the Island we wish would sedede from NYC, Staten Island.
>
>Bottom line:
>
>Back then a real New Yorker would have become your best friend, slipped you
>some drugs, stolen your girlfriend , cleaned out your apartment and bank
>account. Today we sell .com securities.
>
>There will be a test.
>
>All the best,
>
>Adam

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