On Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:21:34 -0700, Blinky the Shark
> wrote:

>Andy wrote:
>
>> Blinky the Shark said...
>>
>>> Andy wrote:
>>>
>>>> So what else about Kansas City?
>>>>
>>>> We road tripped to Kearney to Jessie Jame's home where he was born and
>>>> raised.
>>>>
>>>> Also stopped at Watkins Woolen Mill in Kearney.
>>>>
>>>> We then road tripped to Independence and visited the Truman Home,
>>>> Courthouse, where I got to pick up Harry S. Truman's courtroom phone. I
>>>> also stabbed at a cash register just outside the courtroom where (I
>>>> guess) bail could be set at $999.99. But when I pulled the handle and
>>>> it rang and the draw opened there was no money!
>>>
>>> Colloquialism Sensors are fweep-fweeping at "the draw".
>>>
>>> My grandmother (b. 1894) used to use "draw" for "drawer". She was
>>> raised in the upper US midwest; she didn't have much schooling.
>>
>>
>> Blinky,
>>
>> Well, duh, I meant drawer. I also meant Jessie James' which you missed. You
>> need some schoolin' too!
>
>Oh, it was a typo? Having heard "draw" used that way before, I didn't
>read it that way.

you might also tell the ignoramus it's 'jesse,' unless james had a
heretofore unknown sister.

your pal,
blake