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                                             March 9, 2004
                               Rearranged:   June 19, 2006


My Dad evidently told this story (I never heard
him do this myself) that took place in his late
teens/early twenties.

He threw a baseball back to some kids who were
playing around on the street.  They yelled back
to him "Thanks, Mister Brenner!"

He was struck by that "mister", and went off
thinking to himself "That's right, I'm a Man
now."

It was time for him to be an Adult.      And it probably wasn't all
                                         that long after that story
                                         that he ended up enlisted
                                         in the Air Force during
                                         World War II.
    There used to be a much
    sharper sense of
    transition between child
    and adult.  No "rite of
    passage" required.

    This "taking time to find
    yourself" business is
    pretty new.

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