Hi, Tuesday, July 15, 2003, 11:27:11 PM, you wrote:
> My, aren't you preciousd! what's precious about it? Somebody else raised this, and I merely joined in. Everything there is just a plain fact, which I thought some people might find interesting and amusing in the context. If you don't that's fine, but you don't have to react like a twat. -- Cheers, Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Bob Walkden wrote: >>well, that's very new indeed. Most of us live in houses that you guys >>would treat as museums. My house was built in 1896 and is perfectly >>ordinary. My sister's was built in 1837, which is no age at all. My >>boarding house at school was built in 1585. >> >>And New College, Oxford, was founded in 1379. >> >>We're not the only ones. The French do it too. The Pont Neuf (New >>Bridge) was built in the 1500s - and is the oldest bridge over the >>Seine. >>
