Re: [Rollei] History

[FRANK DERNIE <frank.dernie >]

Don't you believe it Jerry, the travelling gets to you
after a while, and it is getting worse, but in my
opinion no safer, with the latest systems which
inconvenience bone fide travellers and could only stop
the most amateur of terrorists.
Frank

- --- Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh  > wrote: >
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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