@c_merriweather @MsMerope But so is context. I was in 2nd grade when Kennedy was assassinated. We were about to go to recess when someone in the school office put the radio on over the intercom system. We had no idea what they were talking about, and we we still went out to recess.

@futurebird I had a Canadian girlfriend once. We met at a Washington state park one hot summer day. She was definitely a girl, but we were actually just friends (and exchanged letter for several years).