> I was eating lunch in the work cafeteria one day, reading a woman's mag over
> the shoulder of a girl. In one of those columns where the sage journalist
> discusses problems sent in by readers, I noticed...

> On Jul 29, 4:09 pm, "Anopheles" coolcats.net.au> wrote:
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>> I was eating lunch in the work cafeteria one day, reading a woman's mag over
>> the shoulder of a girl. In one of those columns where the sage journalist
>> discusses problems sent in by readers, I noticed a letter from a young man
>> who was about to reach 21 and was looking for his natural parents. I knew in
>> my heart from the brief details he gave that this was a son given up for
>> adoption as a new born. I wrote to the mag and after a nervous, protective
>> discussions, we got to meet.
>> Here was a man I had never met yet unquestionably the fruit of my loins. Of
>> course there were similarity in looks, but I'll let genetics have that. What
>> genetics cannot claim is all the mannerisms, the soft voice, the laugh, and
>> other characteristics which mimicked the progenitor so closely. These are
>> things I doubt are wrapped up in the double helix.

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> On Jul 29, 4:09 pm, "Anopheles" coolcats.net.au> wrote:
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>> I was eating lunch in the work cafeteria one day, reading a woman's mag over
>> the shoulder of a girl. In one of those columns where the sage journalist
>> discusses problems sent in by readers, I noticed a letter from a young man
>> who was about to reach 21 and was looking for his natural parents. I knew in
>> my heart from the brief details he gave that this was a son given up for
>> adoption as a new born. I wrote to the mag and after a nervous, protective
>> discussions, we got to meet.
>> Here was a man I had never met yet unquestionably the fruit of my loins. Of
>> course there were similarity in looks, but I'll let genetics have that. What
>> genetics cannot claim is all the mannerisms, the soft voice, the laugh, and
>> other characteristics which mimicked the progenitor so closely. These are
>> things I doubt are wrapped up in the double helix.

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>> The only problem with this conclusion is, where did the influences come
>> from? ...

> On Jul 29, 8:23 pm, Just Me bigstring.com> wrote:
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>> On Jul 29, 4:09 pm, "Anopheles" coolcats.net.au> wrote:

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>>> I was eating lunch in the work cafeteria one day, reading a woman's mag over
>>> the shoulder of a girl. In one of those columns where the sage journalist
>>> discusses problems sent in by readers, I noticed a letter from a young man
>>> who was about to reach 21 and was looking for his natural parents. I knew in
>>> my heart from the brief details he gave that this was a son given up for
>>> adoption as a new born. I wrote to the mag and after a nervous, protective
>>> discussions, we got to meet.
>>> Here was a man I had never met yet unquestionably the fruit of my loins. Of
>>> course there were similarity in looks, but I'll let genetics have that. What
>>> genetics cannot claim is all the mannerisms, the soft voice, the laugh, and
>>> other characteristics which mimicked the progenitor so closely. These are ...

> [someone presents a situation as having only two alternatives, where in
> fact other alternatives exist or can exist]