I've always found that a timeout is called for when I reach an impasse. No shame. It allows our concious and subconcious time to get together and 'talk'.
I don't think that Es was mocking you. Not one bit. It was a story that appeared to be appropriate to the situation. How the hell can we communicate with each other? I've noticed, more and more, that when I'm talking with someone 1/5 my age that they are quick to take offense in the manner that the older person (me) is using. *sigh* When I was your age I used to get on about the 'generation-gap' also...unfortunately when dealing amongst ourselves we need to take time to understand that not everybody thinks or acts in a manner which we are used to. I hope that you'll hold out on this one 'cause we have a ways to go and we both are learning things! Thanks for being curious enough to ask and (hopefully) patient enough to communicate with these old bones (I'm not implying anything about you, Es (IMG:
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