Fun with Windows 10

[Richmond Mathewson]

Dear Jacque,

I was appealing to the male contributors to this Use-List.

As a man who won prizes for sewing, cooking, flower-arranging, woodwork
and was a Sergeant in the school Cadet Force I am the last person to 
have any
truck with daft social stereotypes.

I am aware as the next person who has their head reasonably well screwed 
on that
there are male, female and in-between "Paris Hiltons".

You do not need to prove to me how "butch" you were; any more than my 
football teacher had to
start calling me  a "pansy" when he found me making daisy chains round 
the back of the goal
while other boys managed to score 3 goals because I wasn't there.

Love, Richmond.

On 15/8/2018 12:04 am, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote:
> On 8/14/18 11:26 AM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode wrote:
>> That's why I'm saving up for a Petticoat 5
>
> A brief diversion:
>
> I have always hated pink since I can remember. I climbed trees and 
> read books up there as soon as I was able.
>
> When I was some high 1-digit age, I asked for a chemistry set for my 
> birthday. My mom was shocked, didn't I want a nice doll? No, I wanted 
> a chemistry set. I got one, but was disappointed that the most 
> advanced thing it would do was write with "invisible ink" made from 
> lemon juice. I wanted to blow up the bathroom.
>
> When I was approaching puberty I asked for a Kenner Girder and Panel 
> set. This was a bunch of preformed, snap-together plastic pieces that 
> allowed you to construct buildings and skyscrapters. My mom was 
> appalled. Wouldn't a nice play kitchen be better? No, it wouldn't.
>
> When I went to college my mom nagged me constantly to wear more 
> makeup, paint my eyes like a boll weevil, and "do something with your 
> hair," preferably helmet hair. She kept telling me that was the only 
> way to catch a man. I told her I didn't want to catch one, I wanted to 
> find one who liked me for how I was. She was positive I would never 
> marry. But I did, and we still are, and my sister who wore more makeup 
> masks and slept in beer-can rollers is on her third husband.
>
> I would never buy a girlie computer. Besides, I've never in my life 
> had long fingernails.
>