> "Welcome", to the Edge. I hate public speaking, too. That's what's so great about this place(well, that and other things). Fear of public speaking(____phobia) is not as likely to be a problem.

Heh, it's kind of funny. I don't have much trouble speaking in front of a large audience (because such audiences are generally impersonal), but speaking to a *small* group of people--or even one person--gives me quite a bit of trouble. Perhaps it's my asociality (is that a word?), an aspect I believe I've mentioned before in here...

> If anyone else here has a ketchup addiction, you two can keep in contact. That way, you can support each other, and you will not have to have mustered all your strength.
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> Nyper"You didn't relish that? Let us be kind..."old

Ignoring the groaners in that sentence, I must say that I'm probably the Rinker who's as far from being a ketchup addict as possible. I'm not much of a ketchup fan myself; I actually prefer my fries plain, for instance. I also don't mind a bit of ketchup on a hamburger; but I always take the tomatoes (and pickles) off...

-- codeman"yeah, I'm weird, but you already knew that, didn't you?"38