Sorry, Frederick. Mea culpa. I shall refrain from personal comment in future. But I think Roland's comment was worth the pain of your response. Again, apologies. Jeanne
On Mon, 28 Nov 2022, 10:56 fredericknoronha2, <[email protected]> wrote: > Folks, please don't discuss me... I am not a book. > (Also, I am not a "Fred". But that is entirely another matter; too many > years of taking it easy. My fault. Moral of the story: You should not let > people take you for granted, lest they really take you for granted.) > To be honest, and for the record, I am long past my best-by date. I am now > a full-fledged grumpy old uncle! Not that GOUs don't have their own utility > in life. Most of those who know me don't argue with me over this. > FN > > On Monday, 28 November 2022 at 14:17:26 UTC+5:30 Jeanne wrote: > >> Can't resist a smile! >> I was also struck by 'sweet' but put it down to age-ing newspeak. 'Sweet' >> is used very expressively in slang. Also, I think, on the way out. As is >> the way of slang. >> Remember, Selma! Don't get your knickers in a knot. I hope your MOG >> session went very well. And our Fred is indeed sweet when he's not morose >> and sad and drowning in the internet. >> Best wishes >> Jeanne >> >> On Mon, 28 Nov 2022, 02:58 Eugene Correia, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Oh, Fred has suddenly become "sweet" to Selma. How the dynamics change. >>> >>> Eugene >>> >>> On Wed, Nov 23, 2022 at 4:48 AM 'Selma Carvalho' via The Goa Book Club < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Thank you Frederick, so sweet of you. >>>> >>>> This is a talk with lots of photographs and should be fun. >>>> >>>> Take care and hope to see you there. >>>> All best, >>>> Selma >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, 22 November 2022 at 16:47:21 GMT, Frederick Noronha < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> [image: WhatsApp Image 2022-11-22 at 1.32.22 PM.jpeg] >>>> >>>> MOG Sundays! >>>> Online talk with Selma Carvalho >>>> >>>> As an extension of 0832, the on-going exhibition curated by Wendy >>>> Amanda Coutinho, Museum of Goa invites you to a talk on 'Goan Journey to >>>> Zanzibar' by Selma Carvalho. >>>> >>>> Across the expanse of the Indian Ocean lay Zanzibar. Mostly unknown to >>>> Goans, and yet from the 1850s, young men set sail for the island. Landing >>>> on the beachfront, they settled on a street which came to be known as Rua >>>> dos Portuguese. Here, they set up bakeries, butcheries, alcohol stores and >>>> provision stores, and rose to extraordinary prominence. Their stories are >>>> seldom told. 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