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Bill Lundy

San Francisco

Letitia Baldridge responds:

Wow, you really let me have it! But I deserved it, because I did not express myself fully and properly. I did sound like an unmitigated snob, but believe me, I'm not. My reference to the Armani socks was strictly in fun. The men in my family have never bought any men's designer hosiery and probably don't even know who Armani is. And we are all loyal shoppers at Wal-Mart.

I have yet to learn, after all these years, that one has to be on the same page as one's readers before removing the possibility of sounding uppity, snobbish and all the other ghastly adjectives you could use -- and probably have used in my case.

You have my apology.

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