THIS SITE ON THE WWW IS THE RESULT OF COLLABORATION BETWEEN TWO SENIORS WHO MET ON A TENNIS COURT WHERE OLDER PLAYERS WERE WELCOME TO COLLABORATE AND COMPETE. COLLABORATION MEANT NEW RULES TO KEEP THE BALL IN PLAY. COMPETITION REMAINED WHAT IT IS.

AFTER TENNIS, THEY ENJOYED CONVERSATION ON TOPICS OFTEN DISCUSSED ON THE CHARLIE ROSE TV SHOW. (charlierose.com ).

Question-- HOW MANY PLAYERS, YOUNG AND OLD, "CONVERSED"?
Answer-- HALF A DOZEN -- MORE OR LESS. WAS CHARLIE ROSE PART OF THE SYSTEM? NO. BUT, IN RETROSPECT, HIS TV SHOW MIGHT HAVE BEEN.

IT WAS REMARKED THAT WE ALL TALK TO OURSELVES -- EVEN MORE FREQUENTLY AS WE AGE. OLD FRIENDS ARE REMEMBERED -- BUT NO LONGER HEARD. IT WAS AGREED, THAT CONVERSATION IS MORE REWARDING THAN TALKING ONLY TO YOURSELF -- YET CONVERSATION CAN BE BORING IF IT TENDS TO RAMBLE.

SO THIS SITE WAS BORN TO PREVENT RAMBLING -- BY TURNING CONVERSATION INTO PLANS -- THAT COMMAND MORE RESPECT THAN NOT.

AT THE TIME OF THE SITE'S REBIRTH (SIMILAR REBIRTHS PRECEDED IT) THE WORLD WAS HOST TO MANY VERSIONS OF A DEBATE BETWEEN AUSTERITY AND GROWTH. SO WE JOINED IT -- BECAUSE IT WAS THERE.

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