From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/28346 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Steve Harris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: The mugs have arrived! Date: 20 Dec 1999 09:41:14 -0800 Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035165211 29406 80.91.224.250 (21 Oct 2002 01:53:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 01:53:31 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: Original-Received: from spinoza.math.uh.edu (spinoza.math.uh.edu [129.7.128.18]) by mailhost.sclp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 153DAD051E for ; Mon, 20 Dec 1999 12:46:33 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu (lists@Sina.HPC.UH.EDU [129.7.3.5]) by spinoza.math.uh.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id LAB12314; Mon, 20 Dec 1999 11:42:52 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Mon, 20 Dec 1999 11:42:58 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from mailhost.sclp.com (postfix@sclp3.sclp.com [204.252.123.139]) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA27683 for ; Mon, 20 Dec 1999 11:42:48 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from horus.primus.com (seafw01.primus.com [206.253.199.40]) by mailhost.sclp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EEE98D051F for ; Mon, 20 Dec 1999 12:42:20 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from hodge.primus.com (hodge [198.187.136.4]) by horus.primus.com (8.8.8+Sun/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA17877 for ; Mon, 20 Dec 1999 09:41:15 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: (from sharris@localhost) by hodge.primus.com (8.8.8+Sun/8.8.8) id JAA19482; Mon, 20 Dec 1999 09:41:15 -0800 (PST) X-Authentication-Warning: hodge.primus.com: sharris set sender to seh@speakeasy.org using -f Original-To: ding@gnus.org In-Reply-To: Steve Harris's message of "20 Dec 1999 09:34:06 -0800" Original-Lines: 17 User-Agent: Gnus/5.0802 (Gnus v5.8.2) XEmacs/21.1 (Bryce Canyon) Precedence: list X-Majordomo: 1.94.jlt7 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:28346 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:28346 Steve Harris writes: > Apologies to the list if this bit has already been discussed, but what > does the "In a cloud bones of steel" quote refer to? There's a date > span below it as a clue, but I'm stumped. [...] Answering part of my own question, I found an old Lars post explaining that the quote comes from the poem "The Bridge" by Charles Reznikoff. [1] The second question remains open. [1] http://www.gnus.org/list-archives/ding/199608/msg00039.html -- Steven E. Harris