RE: re: Lunar Regiments

From: David Cake <dave_at_...>
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2005 14:29:23 +0800


At 11:22 PM -0400 26/6/05, Light Castle wrote:
>On Mon, 2005-27-06 at 00:27 +0100, Jane Williams wrote:
>>
>>
>> But no, units that even exist over thousands rather than hundreds of years,
>> much less exist unchanged, are rare even in Britain. I know we like to tease
>> the Yanks about how you think 100 years is a long time, but there are limits
>> even for us :)
>>
>
>Yeah, I've always loved that difference between North America and
>Europe. (500 years is a long time in the first, and 500 km is a long way
>in the second.) *grin*

        And then there is Australia. In the state where I live (Western Australia), 200 years is longer than white history, and there are many parts of the state where you often drive 200 km without passing *anything*, barely a single tree let alone any evidence of human habitation apart from the road. Just had lunch with a friend who last weekend drove 300km round trip just to get to a decent cinema.

	Cheers
		David

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