-=> On 08-17-96  13:04, Fred Runk said something about Grimes and the Pub 
tour to der.......
 Hello Fred....
 
 FR> "Oh, to be in England
 FR> Now that April's there
 FR> And whoever wakes in England
 FR> Sees, some morning, unaware,
 FR> That the lowest boughs and the brushwood sheaf
 FR> Round the elm-tree bole are in tiny leaf,
 FR> While the chaffinch sings on the orchaard bough
 FR> In England--now!
 FR> - Browning -
 
Ah, indeed, England is beautiful in the spring....but only if it doesn't
rain everyday, or if the fog isn't so thick that you can't see a hand in
fron t of your face! 
 
 DER> About ten miles from there is Guildford...the highstreet is paved with
 DER> cobblestones laid by the Romans, there are the ruins of St. Catherines
 DER> Abbey, which Henry VIII burned during his great snit, the Cathedral, a
 DER> really nice little pub just down the hill from St Catherines, where
 DER> the Pilgrims actually stayed on their journey to the Mayflower...
 
 FR> Works for me....
 
Good!  Actually I worked across the street from St. Catherines Abbey,
and the building I worked in was an Inn at that time.(Mayflower).  It
was protected by the National Trust so could not be modernized with a
great deal of paperwork!  It still had the original muck and plaster
walls (whitewashed many times) and the original leaded light windows.
Man, what a pain they were to clean!  The floors were so old, they
actually undulated!  I worked upstairs, and was always somewhat afraid
that we were going to get to the ground floor a lot quicker than we got
up stairs!  I did not have the same appreciation for things ancient in
my youth, as I do now.  I didn't realize quite how unique my surrounding
were.
 
 DER> How long do we have for this "fact finding" tour? 
 
 FR> How long is your imagination?
 
A lot longer than the numbers in my check book!!
 
 DER> Get your passports ready!!
 
 FR> Ready!
 
How many are going on this trip, anyhow? 
 
der
 
 
... Come on... Lead me into temptation... I'm really BORED!
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