> Looks like you're a great conversationalist. Thanks. That, too, is a learnable (and teachable) skill. It did not (and still does not) come naturally to me.

> Looks like you're a great conversationalist. Thanks. That, too, is a learnable (and teachable) skill. It did not (and still does not) come naturally to me. Took me about 20 years of concerted effort to really figure it out (and I sometimes lapse even now). But in retrospect well worth the effort.