Hello, Bob;

27 Jun 04 14:51, Bob Lawrence wrote to Robert Bull:

 BL>  So did I. A good businessman always looks after his investment, and
 BL> a slave was a *major* investment. You could buy a good horse for $100
 BL> in those days, and only a fool would let his horse suffer for lack of
 BL> maintenance. So for his slave, times-ten...

I didn't think you bought them, not after the first generation anyway.  
After that, they bred themselves, and if they didn't, the whites rutted on 
the black women.

 BL>> else could you get to whip another human being (except in the
 BL>> Catholic Church, that is).

 RB>> Well... I've seen a few stickers on bus shelters in London
 RB>> offering specialised services... "Love me! Spank me! All tastes
 RB>> catered for!"

 BL>  And it's cheaper than buying a slave, too. Just hire one for the
 BL> night.

  everybody's outsourcing these days...

 BL>> I've just finished reading SNARE by Katherine Kerr. I put her

 BL>  This is 4,000 years on, and things have changed. Christianity seems

 BL>  The changes are part of Kerr's cleverness.

OK, interesting.  Might take a look if it appears in our local library.

     Regards,

              Robert.

CBIP:           MOBY DICK  by Herman Melville
Just finished:  HAT FULL OF SKY  by Terry Pratchett.
  Another of the "Discworld for children" books, though I don't see much 
  difference, other than the protagonist being 11 years old.  She's 
  obviously going to be a very powerful witch, because she gets to Answer 
  Back to -Granny Weatherwax-...  A few more laughs in this one, too.
Just finished:  GRIM TUESDAY  by Garth Nix, Vol. 2 in the "Keeper of the 
  Keys" series.  Couldn't put it down!

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