Geez...what a bunch of old farts! :)
James ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Forbes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 8:49 AM Subject: Re: Now Virgin Bans Some Laptop Batteries! > Well, I did my first trans-continental flight in 1952, in a DC3, of > course. Beat that. > > John > > > On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 23:07:20 +0100, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> >>> >First, let's get this straight: if you cross the >>> >Atlantic by sea, it's a CROSSING, not a CRUISE. >>> >>> Oh yes! I probably represent the last generation ever to emigrate to >>> America by ship. We came over on the Queen Elizabeth I in 1967. It >>> was, I believe, the next-to-last crossing the ship made before >> Cunard >>> Lines ended transatlantic service. Quite an adventure for a >>> 6-year-old! >>> >> >> I can beat that. I took my first baby steps aboard the Strathnaver >> coming to England from Australia in 1958. Got a photograph of it >> somewhere, me heading straight for the rails. >> >> By the time I was 1 I'd already visited about 10 countries and >> travelled half way round the world. >> >> Bob ("Sea Legs") Pugwash >> >> >> > > > > -- > Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
