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He missed them only in a very remote way at times I think. Like ".... I'm supposed to miss them, therefore I miss them..."
In reality, even sitting there alone in the desert at the Waystation I...

Thanks for the free laugh! Great reference.[/QUOTE]
Yes, but it would have been prudent to fart in their general direction whilst saying it! :lol:

The first & second sentences there don't fit too well together for me, say sorry.
Yes, his parents were rich.
They paid for him to go to a good school.
They paid for a good nanny/housekeeper to...

Dark, that's a good distinction with the PC thing.
I certainly would not call Jakes parents 'normal' either - it just would'nt ring true for me - but 'good enough' ? Maybe...

I see where Letti's...

The 2 characters were well used by King in the Book.
Typical of a certain kind of parent in real life nowadays. They had too much happening in their own lives to be seriously interested in Jake's...