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Elbrus, Russia (Caucasus): 18,510 feet / 5642 meters for the Mountain

and  have you read his book Medieval lives?

Life should consist in at least fifty percent pure waste of time, and the rest doing what you please.

by ceebs (bunchofwankers (at) gmail (dot) com) on Wed Jan 23rd, 2008 at 09:25:57 AM EST
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Correct for number 1!

I'm halfway through Medieval lives.

Don't fight forces, use them R. Buckminster Fuller.

by rg (leopold dot lepster at google mail dot com) on Wed Jan 23rd, 2008 at 09:31:13 AM EST
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Nice introductory article, written by Terry Jones:

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,6903,1143405,00.html

Don't fight forces, use them R. Buckminster Fuller.

by rg (leopold dot lepster at google mail dot com) on Wed Jan 23rd, 2008 at 09:34:39 AM EST
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and both have matching TV series.

Life should consist in at least fifty percent pure waste of time, and the rest doing what you please.
by ceebs (bunchofwankers (at) gmail (dot) com) on Wed Jan 23rd, 2008 at 10:10:02 AM EST
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Glad I lurked before going to bed.  I've just ordered Medieval Lives AND Who Murdered Chaucer.  So much to look forward to, 640 pages altogether.

On the main subject, maybe we could suggest topics that we'd like to see addressed in diaries, or there could be threads that begin with a question such as "how good are public services (postal, libraries, street cleaning, etc.) in your area?"  Or "what do you think are popular misconceptions about Brits/French/Poles/etc.?"  For instance, I'm stumped as to why the Germans I know have the idea that Americans read very little.  But the books in Germany are SO expensive, and it seems harder to find bookstores.  My husband was amazed at the number of bookstores he saw when he first came here.

Just an idea.  

Karen in Austin

Thence comes our true nobility by grace, It was not willed us with our rank and place. Chaucer

by Wife of Bath (bakerswife13@yahoo.com) on Thu Jan 24th, 2008 at 12:54:29 AM EST
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