Dear all, Fascinating thread, quite amazing the assembled combined knowledge. I subscribe to several lists from astronomy;telescope-making; thro' meteors;seismology to homebrew beer( 3 on that topic ! ) and I can say that this time and calendar thread has been the most educational and entertaining of them all in a long time ! Great stuff chaps. Thanks.
BTW, if I may humbly say to Wm Maddux and anyone else who has posted and been corrected, dont worry, that is what a discussion group is all about, is it not ? In fact I had an idea when I posted that CUT word order thing that it might have been a French influence. If Mr Maddux had not posted I would have continued under that misapprehension for even longer. For Richard Langley :- Sorry ol' chap, I have just one glass of Laphroiaig, Islay single left, and guess what I am about to do with it? heh heh. Well, it is 02:10am local (GMTish) and I think the sun should be well past the yard-arm by now. :-) Oh ho, I can feel an OT thread in the offing :-) Where are the sailing ships and whisky lists ??? I had not read your article ( on your web site?) before now, (see my previous post on the cost of internet time ! ) but now it is the cheap weekend, Wahooo>> I shall do so forthwith ->>> whoosh ->> Malcolm. Cloudy & wet SW England, my dial stopped working for days now, could be depressing if it were not for this list :-)
