You know you have problems when you almost drive off the road while looking
at historic architecture . . . . . more than once!   I even had a cop stop
me and ask me if I had been drinking because I was swerving so much.  He
simply warned me to keep my eyes on the road instead of on the scenery.

Chris

-----Original Message-----
From: Trelstad, Derek <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
<[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thursday, April 01, 1999 5:12 PM
Subject: Re: digging


><Mom thinks I'm weird.  :-}
>
>So probably do a lot of the rest of us. But, only because we are always
>looking up -- at glass block ceilings, outrageous cornices, and falling
>shards of terra cotta. Maybe I should carry a mirror in front of one eye?
>The best of both worlds?
>
>
>Derek.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Christina Manning [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: Thursday, April 01, 1999 2:16 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: digging
>
>
>I'm always looking down at the ground for interesting tidbits of history.
I
>have a large hodgepodge mixture of pieces of colored glass and other old
>material shards.  Mom thinks I'm weird.  :-}
>
>Chris
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ken Follett <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
><[log in to unmask]>
>Date: Thursday, April 01, 1999 1:07 PM
>Subject: Re: Welcome me!
>
>
>>In a message dated 4/1/99 10:35:41 AM Eastern Standard Time,
>>[log in to unmask] writes:
>>
>>>  I guess I'll just have to keep
>>>  looking at standing structures and leave the digging to my
colleagues...
>>
>>I've found a lot of interesting artifacts when looking down to see where I
>was
>>placing my feet. Is it similar for professionals? One time I found a Colt
>>bullet mold in the dirt beneath a window where I was lifting up a bucket
of
>>mud, another time I discovered that I kicked an Andy Warhol Brillo box (I
>>still think it is a stupid idea to keep art on the livingroom floor) while
>>looking at the glass block ceiling.
>>
>>][<en