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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > <snip> > > > I'm also a fan of the "rule of thumb." Extra credit for anyone who > > > knows where that phrase comes from! > > > > Not from where you think it does. > > > > http://www.debunker.com/texts/ruleofthumb.html > > Damn! Nice naildown. > > > > **end* Totally tangential, but I noticed that I felt 'reluctant' to let go of that assumed bit of "knowledge" about what the phrase meant. Apparently I had invested in it somehow and finding out that what I *knew* actually didn't mean anything at all -- wasn't valuable anymore -- I still found myself reluctant to discard it, like a confederate dollar bill.
