I'm back...
Cheers,
bcg
Where did you go? Originally Posted by ANONONE"I traveled for two years in Tibet, therefore, and amused myself by visiting Lhassa and spending some days with the head Lama. You may have read of the remarkable explorations of a Norwegian named Sigerson, but I am sure that it never occurred to you that you were receiving news of your friend. I then passed through Persia, looked in at Mecca, and paid a short but interesting visit to the Khalifa at Khartoum, the results of which I have communicated to the Foreign Office. Returning to France I spent some months in a research into the coal-tar derivatives, which I conducted in a laboratory at Montpelier, in the South of France."*
"I traveled for two years in Tibet, therefore, and amused myself by visiting Lhassa and spending some days with the head Lama. You may have read of the remarkable explorations of a Norwegian named Sigerson, but I am sure that it never occurred to you that you were receiving news of your friend. I then passed through Persia, looked in at Mecca, and paid a short but interesting visit to the Khalifa at Khartoum, the results of which I have communicated to the Foreign Office. Returning to France I spent some months in a research into the coal-tar derivatives, which I conducted in a laboratory at Montpelier, in the South of France."*
* extra points to anyone who can identify that quote... Author, story, and speaker. Originally Posted by bluffcityguy
I'm not sure, but I think it's Sherlock Holmes, after his fall and reported demise at the falls in Sweden during his fight with Professor Moriarty. Originally Posted by AKA WayneWell, the Reichenbach Falls are in Switzerland, not Sweden ["Oh, come on! They're both European countries beginning with "S", that's close enough!" I hear you say], but you did get more of it than I expected anyone to, so I'm happy enough).
. . .OTOH, your recent review of Sierra Colleen reminds me that I have an aunt in Chattanooga who I really need to visit sometime soon, and since my unemployed cousin (her daughter) and her son have moved in with her, I don't have to make any excuses about needing a hotel room nor account for why I need to visit "a friend" they've never heard of until that visit. Win on at least two levels. Originally Posted by bluffcityguy"You'd be a fool not to."