On Thu, 14 Dec 2000, Jerry Yen wrote: > I think they put all the old folks in some out-of-the-way retirement homes, > so we don't see them walking around. > > Out of sight, out of mind. I think it's simply because once people retire, they aren't really relevant to the story anymore. With a couple of exceptions, I think. Hank Wong hankwong@csua.berkeley.edu LoGH List Admiral http://www.logh.net EFNet: #logh "So swift... like a gale..." -Vice Admiral Al-salem LoGH ML Archive: http://www.logh.net/loghlist/index.html