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Re: 2 8299 CD-ROM's Available!
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Tue, 9 Feb 1999 23:12:13 GMT
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On Tue, 9 Feb 1999 02:57:00 GMT, John Neal <johnneal@uswest.net>
wrote:

The climb to the top was a little unnerving for several reasons. First, "It's illegal to
climb the pyramids",

Yeah, I wondered about that too - I thought maybe you were, like, old
and climbed it when it was still legal - 70's or so I believe.

BTW, I did not shake JP's hand atop a pyramid, but at the Vatican:)

So.. who do you know at teh Vatican that got you there?

You must've been doing a nice "grande tour", 18th-century style, to
get all those interesting things - Did you see the

[ ]  - Tower of London
[ ]  - Tower Bridge
[ ]  - Big Ben
[ ]  - Leaning tower of Pisa
[ ]  - Tour Eiffel
[ ]  - Colosseum
[ ]  - Taj Mahal
[ ]  - Kilimanjaro
[ ]  - Macchu Picchu
[ ]  - Legoland Billund
[ ]  - Hadrian's wall
[ ]  - Berlin wall
[ ]  - Reichstag
[ ]  - Bridge of sighs
[ ]  - San Marco cathedral
[ ]  - Great wall of China
[ ]  - Forbidden City
[ ]  - Gum
[ ]  - Statue of Liberty

[ ]  - Other, namely.......................

too? [1] *

Jasper

*Check any that apply
[1 Yes, I as bored to come up with that list. And it's a good list of
stuff that I'd like to see before I die. [1.1]
[1.1] If you want, i'll tell you which are checked off on my list so
far :)



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  Re: 2 8299 CD-ROM's Available!
 
Jasper Janssen wrote in message <36c7be8d.92357965@l...et.com>... (...) I went to Europe once. Went to an audience with the Pope too. Big audience, not private. Also saw: (...) (well, I saw where it used to be, anyway) (...) (Probably want all-caps (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
  Re: 2 8299 CD-ROM's Available!
 
It was a semester abroad in college back in '81. Studied in Israel, Greece, and Italy. (...) Our group was granted a "private" audience (3000 nun & us), prolly the same thing Jesse did. (...) ALL of Israel Athens (Acropolis) Delphi Corinth Venice (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
  Re: 2 8299 CD-ROM's Available!
 
On Tue, 9 Feb 1999 23:12:13 GMT, Jasper Janssen uttered the following profundities... Dollar means seen, - means wish to see [$] - Tower of London [$] - Tower Bridge [$] - Big Ben [-] - Leaning tower of Pisa [$] - Tour Eiffel [-] - Colosseum [-] - (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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  Re: 2 8299 CD-ROM's Available!
 
The climb to the top was a little unnerving for several reasons. First, "It's illegal to climb the pyramids", so our group of about 10 caught a coupla taxis from our hotel at about 4:30 am. Second, We arrived in darkness with no idea how to proceed. (...) (25 years ago, 9-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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