Hattie told Mattie, ``Let's don't take no chance''

``So, what do you think about woolen computers?''

``I don't think about them at all, but am now concerned what you mean by bringing the subject up. You're not trying to trick me into expressing opinion which will hurt my Senate campaign?''

( Yes, it's another of these weird-dialogue ones. Some topics just feel more natural handled this way.  )

``What else, the nickels?''

Trivia: Spanish weavers of fustian, a blend of cotton and wool or linen, organized themselves as guilds in the 13th century; many streets where they worked are still named for the fustañeros. Source: Big Cotton, Stephen Yafa.

Currently Reading: Armageddon Averted: The Soviet Collapse 1970 - 2000, Stephen Kotkin.