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Hr. Eriksson ounds like an all-around loser.

I don't even know how to answer that post Dmitry. Are you trying to start an argument, or do you really believe that 175 mph is as safe a speed as 65 mph? Remember, we are not talking about a straight strip of road where there is no other traffic, no pedestrians--no trees, etc. Sounds to me like you thing speed limits ought to be abolished--I think statistics prove their value. I will no longer take the bait.

I hope the "investigation" isn't over, but if the guy was racing, he deserves to lose the car and get his ass thrown in jail. You seem to be defending the alleged perps--why?

Well deserved, as in the guy deserved to lose his car.

I just mentioned the case of the two Irenes to Ira Gitler, who also knew Irene Higginbotham. He concurs--they were two women, not one.

The baby is ok and they've renamed it Christo.

Let me echo garthsj's post (including the pesky deadline factor--I tried, but failed to write coherently about Johnny Hodges while listening to Voss' 1st Regiment Band). Knowing how time-consuming such research is, Allen has my admiration and awe--big time!

Sounds well-deserved. I have no sympathy for people who race on public thoroughfares.

The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was the other possibility. As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5- year phase-in plan that would become known as "Euro-English". In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make the sivil servants jump with joy. The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up konfusion, and keyboards can have one letter less. There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like fotograf 20% shorter. In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible. Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling. Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the laguag is disgrasful and it should go away. By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with "z" and "w" with "v". During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou" and after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensible riten styl. Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu understand ech oza. Ze drem of a United Urop vil finali kum tru. Und efter za fifz yer, ve al be speking German like zey vunted in ze forst plas. - Jack Aeckerlin, The Netherlands

I also don't see an image, but here he is, caught in the act...

I thought some fool had squeezed the Charmin!

I don't think there was any doubt about Peter's Powell book, at least there shouldn't be. Peter very carefully checks that every dot, comma, etc. is in place.

They have pretty much removed sports from the Olympics. It has become a corrupt corporate excuse for a television show. Bringing professional competitors into this three-ring circus was a big mistake, IMO, and the very lucrative corporate carrots that are dangled before the winners is an invitation to unsportsmanlike behavior--which is what we see more and more. Anyone catch the raid on the Austrians? Will it be shown on "Cops"?

It would have to be, given the fact that Peter's options are to write a book of fiction or a book that exposes his father's self-serving twists of truth.

Weizen: "Would that be like a gas station attendant not knowing what hi-octane gas is?" Or a presi............. never mind!

From what I have seen on television, curling has all the excitement of cricket--and I saw (and participated in) far too many cricket matches during my English school days.

It will, I hope (confidently), debunk the Keepnews claims.

The invisible man? The invisible album? BTW, I'm glad at you haven't mastered the formatting system--size 7 is annoyingly big.

Ah, the good old days--and this was COACH!

Robin has been working on his Monk book for a long time. From what he told me about it, I can't wait to see it published.

Indeed, Ron.

I used to love flying and I have spent much time in the air since my first flight, a bi-plane hop to Malmø from Copenhagen--and back. That was in 1948 and it took all of 15 minutes each way! Since then I have flown in a PBY from Copenhagen to Iceland (it had several holes in it); I flew from Copenhagen to Rhein-Mein in a C-47, seated in the co-pilots seat, next to an Army pilot who had just spent a couple of hours at the airport bar; I have helicopter-ed from the roof of the old Pan-Am building to Kennedy/Idlewild, several times; and I spent a few years flying between New York and California and New York and London every month. I have only had one mishap, landing in Hamburg without wheels down (wasn't even supposed to land in Germany), and a few bumpy rides. Still, I loved flying for many years. In the 60s and 70s, it was a joy--the service was great, the food was great, and one often met interesting people in the lounge of the aircraft. Now that is all gone and airport security has made traveling a bad, tiresome experience. So, I no longer enjoy flying. I remember Alberta Hunter once telling me that she would only fly if there was no other sensible alternative--that's because she had done so much flying, much of it under adverse conditions (all those USO tours during WWII and Korea), that she felt the odds were now against her. I rather feel that way, too. Still, I will fly when called upon to do so and I don't take anything for it (what is Ativan?).

It's by Linda Dahl! My friend, Susannah deserves better.

She was Higgy's niece. I'll keep checking. Here's something from a John S. Wilson piece in the NYT, July 2, 1982.

I knew Irene Higginbotham fairly well--was introduced to her by J.C. This was in the 1960s and she had a government office job. She wrote tons of songs, always trying to come up with another "Good Morning Heartache." Somewhere, in my jumbled closet, there are a couple of audio cassettes with songs written by her, but none that I found interesting--at least not back then, when she gave me the tapes. She was always pleasant company--as was Higgy.