Hey guys, can you try to keep this on topic? This topic is about the history of fly rods. :-) It is NOT about how old a house has to be to be considered old.
Seriously, though, if you could change the subject heading when you change the subject, that might be useful. Also, if you could put OT is the subject line, that might also be useful. Regards, Ken On 5/31/2010 8:19 PM, Dave wrote: > On 5/31/2010 4:20 PM, Sven Wesley wrote: > >>> The estate I bought it from was quite old - the house was 150+ years old >>> etc. The guy was in his late 90's when he died. I've had it for >>> 10+ years now. >>> >>> Dave >>> >>> >> Ok, totally off topic, but you got to redefine "old estate". The house I >> live in is about 100, and that's a young house. My parents live on a farm >> with 350 years on its neck. And that's not old either. ;) >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Emc-users mailing list >> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >> >> >> > Here in the new world .... in the midwest USA, old, IMO, is anything > over 100... ;-) The house across the street from me was built in the > 1840s and rebuilt in 1910 (since it was getting old then), it is sort of > a house within a house. > > That house is considered really old around here. When my sister > bought a house a few years ago, she insisted on a new one.. Now her > house is 12+ years old and considered an older house by many ... (not > me.. ) > > I've been to Rome where I seen the shopkeepers often hold open the doors > with a piece of carved Roman column. Some there, would consider your > parents farm relatively new! > > I was running Ubuntu 8.04 but that was pretty old (2 years! ). So I > started using 9.10 (less than a year old). But that was getting old, > so I loaded up a copy of 10.04. > > So it is all about perspective I suppose. :-) > > FWIW, I'm not sure they actually had fly rods 150 years ago. > > Dave > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > -- Kenneth Lerman 55 Main Street Newtown, CT 06470 203-426-3769 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
