On 3/20/2017 10:51 AM, graham wrote:
> On 2017-03-20 8:27 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>
>>
>> It's simply amazing to me what some of these folks ask to borrow/use.
>> This morning someone on Dataw asked about borrowing a potty chair for a
>> visiting toddler grandchild. They frequently ask for things like car
>> seats, cribs, air mattresses, bedding. Gee, I thought you knew you had
>> grandchildren or guests coming to visit. Heh.
>>
>> Jill
>
> A useful piece of advice I had from a friend as I was about to go to Uni
> many years ago was: "Neither a borrower nor lender be."
> He was right (he's a retired RC priest now) and although he meant money
> and not objects, the same old saw applies.
> Graham

Yes, the same old saw definitely applies. I loaned someone the walker
my mother used. It came back a bit bent.

Jill