>From: Ken Follett <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The fundamentally unclean listserv ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: New Thread >Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 15:27:21 EST > >It was in this context that I recieved the cow info. > >I suppose you never know when a cow will come up in conversation. I advise >all younger BP members to take note and study up. I request all older BP >members to tell us their most infamous cow trivia as an histo presto >educational excercise. You never know, the expatriate movement (perfectly >good stonemasons moving from NYC to Switzerland) may be caused by an >uncomfortable lack of cow conversations in urban environments. > >][<en This was is in fact my problem. As a youth, growing up on Long Island, we had nice beaches but few cows. As a college student at Gettysburg College in rural PA, I experienced cows more fully and the great monuments of the historic battlefield as well. This was germaine to my becoming a stone carver. For me, stonecarving and cows go hand in hand (somehow). After 17 years in the URBAN environment and no cows, I have come to Switzerland to make up for lost time. Nick _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus -- To terminate puerile preservation prattling among pals and the uncoffee-ed, or to change your settings, go to: <http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/bullamanka-pinheads.html>