Michael, What an interesting life you have led. I am green with envy over the trip to Scotland. That's where my Ggrandfather came from. Were any of the old guys named MORTIMER? I have spent my life looking for Mortimers in Scotland. I know I must have cousins there, just try finding them. Ruth At 1:39 AM -0500 1/29/04, [log in to unmask] wrote: A year later after three operations on my eye and leg I was out of hospital and on my way to Scotland where a no nonsense auntie got me to apprentice with the old guys (stonecutters and restoration setters) -- Ruth Barton [log in to unmask] Dummerston, VT -- 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>