DonnaB shallotpeel wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:15:10 +0000, in
> <v2k3i4tg6un9t1l9pgn7ajr2i3o5p3fc7e@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Trinkwasser
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> wrote:
>
>> Oh that's the worst, our French master who was a rather elderly stern
>> gentleman kept a proper silk handkerchief up his sleeve
>
> That was entirely proper. I love handkerchiefs. They are wonderful. I
have
> some. Many, really. I guess you could say I have a collection of
> handkerchiefs. But, I use them. With handkerchiefs you carry it with
you,
> showing it out of your sleeve as he was, or in a pocket, or in your
bosom. You
> bring it home. If it needs to be laundered, it is before it is used
again.
>
> It's different with Kleenex. With Kleenex I carry one of those 'travel'
ones,
> which are really pocket sized, use them & throw them away. In the winter
I
> will have them in my bag, in pocket, multiple packets. They have good
> purposes. Besides using them yourself, you can offer them to people.
>
I seem to have inherited chronic rhinitis from my father.
I *have* to carry kleenex all winter long. Bummer.
Vicki
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