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On 2017-03-20 12:25 PM, Janet wrote:
> In article >, says...
>>
>> 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)
>
> The miserable tightarse.
>
> "1 John 3:17 - But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his
> brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels [of compassion] from him,
> how dwelleth the love of God in him?"
>
> Janet UK
>
"The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose."
Shakespea M.of V., I/3, 95