In a message dated 11/24/03 7:51:55 PM Eastern Standard Time, grumpy_in_orkney@btinternet.com writes: > f I could chose a period in time that I could re-live in Orkney it would be > Victorian times I've been thinking about Grumpy's choice.Others have said similar things... Not for me at all! My Orcadian great-grandmother died at age 21 (1883), 5 days after her twin babies were born. If not for modern medicine I would have died at age 22 after MY twins were born (1964) (except that they were both breech, so they would have died as well). As romantic as the Victorian age may appear, I am happy to be an adult in the early 21st century..... Anne in Ardmore (PA)