...as I seem to have that affect on the traveling ladies. Most pretend to have retired when I try to set up an appointment, but Nettie opted for the "stealth dodge" instead. The Stealth Dodge seems to be more popular amongst the providers with a large and loyal following, no doubt to avoid the mass of hobbyist suicides that usually come in the wake of the retirement of a popular provider.

In fact, I have it on good authority that the recent suicide of a well-known writer was in fact the result of the casual use of the Retirement Dodge by [Edited by Moderator]. Has she used the Stealth Dodge, that writer might still be here today.

[sigh]