Yes, you're right, ET, Zeev was looking for a pull-back here. But that's only because he didn't have enough faith in his Turnips. The Turnips told him October 16th, but he reasoned that his Turnips had a tendency to be early, so he added a week to the 22nd. That'll larn 'im.
I believe the correct form at this point in the message is for me to add a bunch of symbols which are supposed to mean grin, big grin, I'm smiling, and other bits of stage direction like that. However, I try to avoid those things unless it's REALLY necessary.
Fred