<OT> <TID> Re: Noteworthy News Item

[Ronnie Gauthier]

On the contrary, the 13th century was a good one. Trade flourished between the 
continents. The population of Europe continued it spiral upward until the mid 
1300's then took a severe nose dive and within a few years fell to pre 1100 
levels. Ring around the rosey. a pocketful of posey. one, two, three and we 
all fall dead.

On Wednesday 19 June 2002 10:28 am, Net Llama! wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Jun 2002, James McDonald wrote:
> > On Thu, 20 Jun 2002 00:29, Net Llama! wrote:
> >  The point is that all of the list members shouldn't have to
> >
> > > be impacted by 1 person's personal preferences.
> >
> > I actually subscribed to the South China Morning Post to view one article
>
> But we're not talking about the South China Morning Post, we're talking
> about the NYT.  I registered with them nearly 7 years ago, and i've yet to
> receive a single piece of unsolicited mail from them.
>
> > Considering we are barraged with more information in one day than a
> > person in the 13th century would encounter in a lifetime I try to
> > filter... the distractions.
>
> I don't think that the 13th century was one of the most optimal centuries
> with which to be alive.  Plague anyone?