Cecil Moore wrote:

...
My quote above, quoted by you, puts "service" in quotation marks
to *draw attention to a usage very different* in style from the
context that you were using, i.e. service to the public. Why are
those quotation marks not drawing your attention to my very
different usage? :-)

Cecil:

Perhaps I can offer an explanation. I mean sitting back here in the
background, with others I am sure, they demonstrate their lack of education?

I mean, what other explanation is possible?

Regards,
JS

John Smith I wrote:
Perhaps I can offer an explanation. I mean sitting back here in the
background, with others I am sure, they demonstrate their lack of
education?

Was it W. C. Fields who objected to having a battle
of wits with an unarmed opponent? Winston Churchill?
--
73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com

Cecil Moore wrote:

...
Was it W. C. Fields who objected to having a battle
of wits with an unarmed opponent? Winston Churchill?

Cecil:

Well, yes and no. While it is true you must be born with the "gray
matter" necessary, it is how you end up using it that really matters.

Education can assist to that goal very nicely. Indeed, it is possible
to "educate" a monkey--well, at least to some degree. puzzled-look

Regards,
JS