| First off, I want to thank all of those who bravely offered their
"first time" stories and pictures. What these tales had in common was our
shared ignorance and naivete. How easily we were led, or mis-led. How
pleased we were with our new possessions. How completely clueless. It is
worthwhile, nonetheless, to remind ourselves of this from time to time;
lest we become proud and vain and arrogant in what little knowledge we've
accumulated since then. And as for you who didn't join in.... One can only
assume your first times were so horrible, so humiliating, so tragic that
you still can't bring yourselves to relive them. Darn! They would have
made the best stories. Cordially, -Jerry- |