You’re quite right. The calmer and more quietly one says something, the more people strain to hear the information, and there is a Zen quality to the method.
All is well here, for the most part. Bryan is very happy because he just bought a John Deere lawn tractor. Hee, hee, hee.
I mean, honestly. What real man wouldn't be? :)
My son would have all things John Deere, if he only had the money...