Charlie wrote:
I laughed. I nearly cried. I shook my head and scratched it. I
got no nearer to really understanding but ended up thinking that
there but for fortune go I. Will he take more care with the little
bottles in the medicine cabinet in future? There is no certainty.

David.

Ahhh.....celebrate the diversity, David!


I do appreciate this sentiment.


Your relative sounds delightfully wonderful to me. Not cut of the
same cloth as the rest of the world about him? Excellant!

I agree with Fran on this, and Trish. One of my 6 yr old grandson's
best friends has Asperger's and comes about often and is a delight to
be with and could be described as eccentric and otherwordly and
"alien"...at seven years of age!


And I appreciate him as an individual, we have had some delightful chats
over a scotch or two (he also has a hollow leg).

Does your relative appreciate the writings of one of our great cynics,
IMO? Mark Twain. And others who chose the "other road"?


The road less travelled is quite a familiar one to me. I wasn't suggesting
that we should all be the same. Perish the thought. Taking that route
doesn't mean you have to be so careless of reality that you Darwin yourself
from the gene pool..

David