Hi Tweets,

Richard Rowlett writes:

>Oh well... so much for the 1998 New Years Resolution. Michael Price was all
>ready and just lying in wait for that one :-)) ["Well, *there's* a resolution
>that didn't last long! Isn't it nice to get it out of the way early? '-)]

A cynic is one who's seen too many holidays, Richard. '-)

>Subjects posted on this forum are almost constantly making
>me go off and look stuff up and relearn things that I've forgotten, plus
>spending a lot of time sifting through the dictionary.
(snip)
>Some fence
>lines and posts have been around for over a century, worn and weathered and
>over time often become adorned with a beautiful orange colored lichen.

Ha! Birds are just a sideline for Richard. Give him enough time and he
always works the conversation around to his *secret* obsession, Xanthoria
lichens. '-)

>the impenetrable hedge rows are often filled with flocks of
>Harris's Sparrows, Cardinals, Blue Jays, Slate-colored Juncos amongst an
>assortment of others.

Flocks of Harris's Sparrows. Wow.

Michael Price A brave world, Sir,
Vancouver BC Canada full of religion, knavery and change;
mprice at mindlink.net we shall shortly see better days.
Aphra Behn (1640-1689)