Thank you dear friend Albert for your kind history lesson re the Crimean War etc. I suspect it is a good lesson for many of us on this list. I know that I could have "Googled" for the information, but I always find it far more interesting and informative to ask people such as yourself who reply with clever and entertaining answers. Thank you for the reminder: "..rode the 400" etc. Off topic: How are you surviving the hot weather down south? We are now the recipients of same up north! Nine o'clock at night and it is still 30C or 90F...with no cooling. Best to you and yours, Lorna

Lorna - In strictly US terms, I'm up North, in Pennsylvania. Of course, to my cousins in Ontario ...Still hasn't hit 100F here yet, but it's early in the season yet.Albert > From: hlmw1@telus.net > To: Cornish@rootsweb.com > Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 21:12:29 -0600 > Subject: [CORNISH] Albert re Crimean War etc. > > Thank you dear friend Albert for your kind history lesson re the Crimean War > etc. I suspect it is a good lesson for many of us on this list. > I know that I could have "Googled" for the information, but I always find it > far more interesting and informative to ask people such as yourself who > reply with clever and entertaining answers. > Thank you for the reminder: "..rode the 400" etc. > Off topic: How are you surviving the hot weather down south? We are now the > recipients of same up north! Nine o'clock at night and it is still 30C or > 90F...with no cooling. > Best to you and yours, > Lorna