I think you may have jumped to the wrong conclusion Ron. I think Rob read it as ACE and thought it had quite a different relationship to the number 46. By pointing it out and providing death information verifying his age at death, I for one, thought I was being helpful. From Rob's response I didn't think Rob was offended by that? Sue Ballarat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Phillips" <ronphillips@netspace.net.au> To: <AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 10:00 PM Subject: Re: ACE/AGE on headstones > Rob > > To be honest I'm just a bit disappointed that so many are so pedantic and > have so much time to waste nit picking the tiniest of typos. So what if > you typed ACE instead of AGE. With a little tolerance and a smidgen of > imagination is not so hard to figure out what you meant! > > Its Christmas! At least for the next few days lets be understanding and > tolerant of simple errors. I would hate to see the reaction for something > really serious. Perhaps a few folks jumping off the West Gate Bridge in > despair!! > > Merry Christmas > Peace and Goodwill to all. > > Ron Phillips > Melbourne Vic.