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Re: Headhunters

lawre...@fogelberg.de (myoarin) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:27:49 UT

I know all about the textile virus.

It is especially virulent this time of the year, when people come in
contact with more textile than is comfortable.
The only cure - temporary - is to avoid all such contact for as long
as possible, preferably in a suitable climate.

Cheers, Myo

Re: Headhunters

hardm...@gmail.com (mathtalk) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:28:59 UT

[myo wrote:]

Personally I was having quezi feelings, after being
crestfallen that executive recruiters were not any
way involved in the telling.

--c

Re: Headhunters

saro...@gmail.com (David) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:43:29 UT

Not the intended meaning, I know, but your comment reminded me of the
disease known as CJD -- the human version of mad cow disease -- which
was first identified in tribes that feasted on the brains of their
vanquished enemies, I believe.

Just the type of feasting we had cows doing, for a while there,

Re: Headhunters

roger.bro...@gmail.com (eiffel) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:01:33 UT

Actually, no. But then again, I had never heard of the "textile virus"
either, so the article was quite interesting in several ways. Thanks!

Regards,
Roger

Headhunters

lawre...@fogelberg.de (myoarin) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:41:28 UT

Let's see if anyone other than crawlers are still around.

I am sure you have had queezy feelings when reading about headhunters,
wondering just what they did with their trophies. The Iban in Borneo
take them home to their wives or mothers - well, they used to, and
the women had special cloths to receive them. That is what the link

Re: Victorian London

roger.bro...@gmail.com (eiffel) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:39:33 UT

A couple of years ago I tried to learn French (I didn't get very far
though). One of the videos I borrowed from the library was made in
France. When the actors flagged down a policeman to ask for
directions, the policeman immediately saluted them, as if to say "I am
your servant". I'd forgotten it was like that.

Re: Victorian London

lawre...@fogelberg.de (myoarin) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:26:49 UT

Me too, reminded of Doyle's - I believe - writing that cops
signaled for colleague support by knocking their club on the pavement.

Ah, the good old days, when there was a policeman around the nearest
corner and didn't need anything more than a trundgeon.
In the late 1950s, the police in Stockholm still carried swords.

Re: Victorian London

roger.bro...@gmail.com (eiffel) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:34:55 UT

I'm not sure what qualifies me as an insider, apart from being
voluntarily exiled in England.

Yes I was struck by question 3351
[link]
where the burglary victim, speaking in court, matter-of-factly says "I
pulled him [the burglar] into Drury Lane, and shouted for the police —

Re: Victorian London

lawre...@fogelberg.de (myoarin) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:44:11 UT

Of course. You two are insiders, especially AF. Did you ever wear
the blue?

The stories, Holmes and crime reports, would let one think there was
once a time when one was within calling distance anywhere in London.

Cheers, Myo

Re: Victorian London

goo...@answer-finder.co.uk (answerfinder) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 07:19:00 UT

Myo.
Thanks. I found this site a few years ago, I still pop in occasionally
to have a look.

A policeman's lot is not a happy one.....
[link]

Re: Victorian London

roger.bro...@gmail.com (eiffel) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:52:52 UT

Just taking a wild guess here, that it might be one of Robert Peel's
bobbies?

Victorian London

lawre...@fogelberg.de (myoarin) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:52:19 UT

For those with more than a passing interest in Victorian London, this
site should be of interest:
[link]

Lee Jackson has done a remarkable job of collecting/linking and
writing an immense amount of information. The topics on the left open
more detailed headings. A direct search is opened by clicking on

Re: Union Jack

goo...@answer-finder.co.uk (answerfinder) — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:20:57 UT

In 1999 the office building I worked in was to be sold off. Our office
had been in use as a library and information centre for at least 40
years. One part of the wall was used for maps. We took the maps down
to roll them up and discovered at the very bottom under some wallpaper
an old map of the world at least 60 years old. A large part of it was

Re: Union Jack

lawre...@fogelberg.de (myoarin) — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:51:36 UT

Hi Chip,

When no one near Camilla knows, notices or cares ...?

Obviously a sign of the decline of the British Empire ("Sail on
Britannia" in distress.). But Last Night at the Proms is still a lot
of fun, even if it may be the last vestige of the empire the sun never
set on.

Cheers, Myo

Re: Union Jack

hardm...@gmail.com (Chip Eastham) — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:48:08 UT

Even a few who will confess not to know which way
is up for the Union Jack!

colonially, mt