Thank you for having me (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Jonathan Lighter]

Precisely.

You mean you thought it implied, "And I'm happy to have you in my immediate
environment so I can hold the door for you"?

Whatev!

JL

On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC <
Bill.Mullins at us.army.mil> wrote:

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> I think this is _exactly_ what is being communicated.
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> > You mean, if I hold the door for someone, and they say "Thank you",
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