Re: Quick Announcement

Roger Mills wrote:

> David Peterson wrote:
>
> >    My mother just went to the hospital about twenty minutes ago, some
> > sometime today, I'll finally be a big brother to a little sister.  ~:D
> > I'll keep you updated (as with everyone else in existence who's somehow come
> > into contact with me at any point in time in my life).  helIj fAglo paf sejli!
> > (Happy day to all!)
>
> How odd it must feel, to have a little sister young enough to be your own
> child.   Or, when you have children, that their aunt will be almost a
> contemporary.....
Oh, it wouldn't be so weird if there are lots and lots of children.  Benjamin
Franklin was, for example, the youngest of 17 children, which was only
slightly unusual for colonial America, where the fertility rate was more like
only 8-10 children per woman.  (Not that that carries over to David's situation.)

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