"dsi1" > wrote in message
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> On 7/7/2015 9:57 AM, Ophelia wrote:
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>>
>> "dsi1" > wrote in message
>> ...
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>>>> It is indeed, life needs a LOT more hugs!
>>>
>>> We're one big happy family. The young people call their elders
>>> "uncle"
>>> or "auntie" so we do have a tendency to treat others as clan members
>>> here.
>>> I suspect it's the same way on all the little rocks across the Pacific.
>>
>> That's how it used to be here, but now the youngsters call their seniors
>> by
>> their first names. It is not an improvement.
>>
>>>
>>> My wife's auntie came over from Washington state last week. Boy was she
>>> full of hugs and kisses. She was quite a jolly sort. It was not what I
>>> was
>>> expecting because her son died about 2 months ago. I thought that was
>>> curious but I don't really know her that well. Boy, life is one
>>> dangerous
>>> place - any one of us can go at any time!
>>
>> It was probably a great comfort to her after the loss of her son.
>>
>> Hugging here is not normally a 'close' thing with folk we don't know.
>> It is on a par with 'air kissing' )
>>
>> http://www.wikihow.com/Air-Kiss
>>
>> http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2...s-social-group
>>
>
> I guess we're like France in that respect! OTOH, the Maoris will press
> their foreheads and tips of their noses together and share a breath.
> That's kind of cool.

Hmmm that could depend on what they had been eating I suppose, but no, I
would hate to exchange breath with anyone


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