OK Add another one to the morphing list:
* Margaret of Cortona - Bob Walkden's patron saint...... :-)> Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ On Mon, 25 May 2009 23:59 +0100, "Bob W" <[email protected]> wrote: > > This thread has become an example of why I love this list. From a > > > simple PESO it has morphed into: > > > > > > * a discussion of the decline of canals and stagecoaches in > > > Britain and > > > the rapid distribution of newspapers > > > * why railway passengers are afraid to sit next to tattoo man > > > * population distribution in Iowa > > > * whether dirt tracks qualify for the term 'road" > > > * a debate on distribution of taxation funds between road, > > > rail and air > > > * coal haulage into Chicago > > > * Disney movies (Hi ho. Hi ho.....) > > > * Changes to motor vehicle driving licenses > > > * Maintenance of moats > > > * the possibility of politicians telling the truth > > > > > > > > > And I just thought I was posting a pretty picture of a steam > > > train...... > > > > > > > I beg to differ, on at least 2 counts. > > > > Edin: Snow White et al long pre-date Disney. Especially if, > > as I did, one > > spells 'dwarves' correctly. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_White > > > > Dva: There is no "possibility of politicians telling the truth" > > > > Bob > > How strange these things are. By reading this wiki article and following > a > link I find that my patron saint is one of the sources for Snow White, > Margaret of Cortona. Strangely, I once spent 2 weeks in a farmhouse just > outside Cortona (down a dirt track (not a road!) outside the walls). > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_of_Cortona > > Bob > > -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Or how I learned to stop worrying and love email again -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
