Re: [Rollei] History

[Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh >]

RUGErs

It is obvious, that as Chief Engineer for the Williams-BMW Formula 1
Racing Team, Frank has the best job in the world.

Jerry

Frank Dernie wrote:

> Hi Jay,
> I am going to France tomorrow. It is the second time to France this
> year. I have also travelled to Australia, Malaysia, Bahrain, USA,
> Canada, Spain (3 times), Italy and Germany (5 times) so far this year.
> This is typical of the last 28 years for me.
> Frank
>
> On 30 Jun, 2004, at 19:18, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:
>
> > Never leave your country....you might be disappointed with the rest of
> > the world....
> > Cheers
> > Jayanand
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >  From: Frank Dernie
> > To: rollei  us
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 9:54 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Rollei] History
> >
> > My great uncle, a fairly wealthy man, absolutely refused to have a
> > toilet in the house. He thought it was an absolutely disgusting idea.
> > My relatives who lived with him had a toilet room installed as soon as
> > he died. They had had a lovely bathroom but the toilet was outside in
> >  the courtyard. I must say I dislike having a toilet in the bathroom,
> >  something I have to put up with in many hotels.
> > Frank
> >
> > On 30 Jun, 2004, at 13:06, Bob Shell wrote:
> >
> > > Hell, they still live on dirt floors!!  Back when I did my first book
> > > for Hove Press I was very surprised on my first visit to them to find
> > > that their warehouse had a dirt floor!  Later they moved to more
> > > upscale premises, but you still had to go out the back door and
> > across
> > > the "garden" to visit the privy!!  I'm happy to say that they now
> > have
> > > an ultra modern facility with concrete floor and indoor facilities.
> > > But someone else took over their previous "digs" and still run
> > > businesses from them.
> > >
> > > Bob
> > >
> > > On Tuesday, June 29, 2004, at 10:30  PM, Aaron Reece wrote:
> > >
> > >>> But for the most part, you had a borderline Neolithic culture that
> > >>> still
> > >>> lived on dirt floors, never mind sanitation.
> > >>
> > >> Slobodan:
> > >> I don't know, the area of Great Britain is 88,795 square miles, so a
> > >> population of 10 millions yields a population density of
> > >> approximately 113 per square mile. According to the 2000 census,
> > >> modern-day West Virginia has a population density of 75.08 per
> > square
> > >> mile, so applying a liberal fudge factor owing to the mountainous
> >  >> nature of WV's terrain, I would say that 113/sq. mi.  would be just
> > >> doable for a borderline Neolithic culture that still lived on dirt
> >  >> floors.
> > >
> >

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