From: corun@access.digex.com (Corun MacAnndra)
Subject: Re: Great diesel beasts at Pennsic
Organization: Express Access Online Communications, Greenbelt, MD USA
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 00:44:55 GMT

In article <1992Sep2.140519.284@lrc.edu> hammond@lrc.edu writes:
>In article <1992Aug31.203734.21956@access.digex.com>, corun@access.digex.com (Corun MacAnndra) writes:
>> In article <1992Aug31.123211.16136@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> carl@silver.lcs.mit.edu (Alexander of Kiev (mka Carl Alexander)) writes:
>>>John McGuire (John T Dillon) writes:
>>>>
>>>>  The great diesel beasts at Pennsic were an annoyance, bleating their 
>>>>challenge out in both daylight and darkness.  However blame not all of 
>>>>them as being unfriendly and malicious.  Most of them were blaring not to
>>>>awaken campers, but to express displeasure and alarm at the throng of smaller
>>>>dragons perched on the roadside, or in the road, peering into the camp.
>>>>
>>>I suspect the State of Pennsylvania would be happy to permit us to 
>>>engage in a roadside beautification project:  We could acquire a 
>>>bunch of saplings, of one of those fast-growing tree varieties that 
>>>various lumber companies have developed, and plant them in a fairly 
>>>close-packed row along the fence, as far up the embankment as the 
>>>State would permit.  If we did the planting during the war, there'd 
>>>be plenty of volunteer labour.  (We'd want to have the holes dug 
>>>beforehand, of course -- doing that by hand would be a little too 
>>>period for most people's taste -- but I suspect the Coopers own 
>>>a backhoe; if not, it wouldn't be that expensive to rent one for 
>>>a day or two.  Dropping the trees off a truck, setting them in 
>>>the holes, and filling in the holes wouldn't be a big deal for a 
>>>bunch of healthy young fighters.)  If we started off with 15-foot 
>>>saplings, it would do some good immediately, and probably make 
>>>the campground completely invisible from the highway by PW XXX.
>>>I for one would be willing to contribute both time and money to 
>>>such an effort; I suspect the Coopers would as well.  (For those 
>>>who object that we may not be at Coopers' Lake that much longer:
>>>I disagree, for a variety of reasons there's no point in going 
>>>into here.  But you're entitled to your opinion:  if you think 
>>>it would be a wasted effort, then don't contribute to the effort.)
>>> 
>>>I'm serious about this, and would like to know what other people 
>>>think.  (Can you tell I was camped on the Serengetti, too close 
>>>to I-79?)
>
>Seems like a great idea to me. I also was on the serengetti and had
>wondered at the continued noise from the adjacent through way.
>I don't know what my situation will be for nexe pennsic, but if I 
>am available I believe I can contribute some time to such a worthy project.
>
>				Michael of Hammond
>				from the soon to be (we hope)
>				incipient Barony of Winding Waters,
>				Kingdom of Atlantia

Actually, Michael, none of what you qouted here was by me. I think there were
too many headers. I left your entire message intact so you could see the >
symbols (what are those things called), and see that I was quoting Alexander
of Kiev who was quoting John McGuire. This has not been the first time this
has happened to me (the other was on another forum), and fortunately there
was nothing there that I did not agree with, so there is no harm done and
I'm not being misquoted as saying something really bad. ;-) Anyway, all I
can say is to be careful of the headers, and count the > symbols (I know they
must have some kind of name) to see who's quoting who. This must be a fairly
common occurence, and as I said, there was no harm done.

In service,

Corun
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