Date:  Sat, 8 Oct 1994 15:38:57 -0500

From:  Alan R Slotkin <ARS7950[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]TNTECH.EDU>

Subject: Re: Positive "don't care to"



My first year in Cookeville, I started to have a house built using a

carpenter rather than a contractor. He simply told me who to contact when

he was ready for that aspect of work. When it came time to have someone

build the fireplace, I contacted the person he suggested, who, after getting

my name and the name of my carpenter, said that he didn't care to. So, I,

new to the area and this wonderful loqution, asked another mason. Needless

to say, both were thrilled when they showed up on the appointed day. Maybe

Chattanooga is outside the area of positive "don't care to." I know it's

alive and well through most of upper middle Tennessee.



Alan Slotkin

ars7950[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]tntech.edu