Ahh.. dem were The Days of Wine & Roses ..a few months before 9/11 became an Ozymandian Obelisk-in-the-desert.
(And the dis-US won't ever get beyond that.. never mind The unCivilWar, Slavery ... and The Puritans. :-}

(At least One IWE-er was Possessed of Certainty)-in-all-Matters; 'course a one or dozen Can't 'argue' with That! {sigh}
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'Our' attention spans have become moribund, ever since (?)



Carrion ..sometimes it comes in too-many-words. Or, too-few?
..or just too-vague-[Referents]-for-words, as Mr. Chase might chime in..