Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The Brits issued the decree for early closure of pubs during WW1 in an effort to keep workers from reporting for work late or not at all due to late-night celebrations thus jeopardizing production of essential materials for the war effort. Joe - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Atherton" <tim@KairosPhoto.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 9:21 PM Subject: RE: [Leica] MJS on NPR > and... what was the correct answer? > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Jeff Moore > > Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 4:35 PM > > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > Subject: [Leica] MJS on NPR > > > > > > I happened to have a highfalutin' public radio station on, and > > what should I hear but that a certain Marc James Small of Roanoke, > > VA had written them correcting their notions of when England's > > early-pub-closing laws had gone into effect. H'mm: the name, an > > encyclopedic knowledge of miscellania, the urge to share that knowledge > > when something incorrect's been stated... it seems exceeding unlikely to > > me that it could be a *different* Marc James Small. > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html