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Old Tue Jul 20, 2021, 09:43am
BillyMac BillyMac is offline
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A Forum Cocktail Party ...

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Originally Posted by Raymond View Post
Nothing wrong with that. Forced conversation is irritating.
Agree.

But silence can also be awkward.

Reminds me of my college Astronomy professor, Mr. Ehlers. He was a former engineer who worked in NASA's late 50's/early 60's Mercury program. He looked the part. White short sleeve dress shirt, thin necktie with a tie clip, and smoked a pipe in class (one could do that back then).

Whenever he would mention s some minor trivial fact ("One million Earths could fit inside the Sun"), he would always followup with, "Good information to know at a cocktail party".
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