You're wasting your time, Joe - At least on me. The world needs more bee-keepers. Jack On 1/11/08, Jinx wrote: > > Sorry to hear about Sir Edmund Hillary > > pssssst, 'ere a minute > > I'm English. I was rooting for Mallory in '24 > > But Sir Ed always maintained that, whether or not Mallory got > to the top 29 years before, a successful climb includes a safe > return > > On the radio yesterday someone suggested Richard Pearce as > another ground-breaking New Zealander. It's claimed he flew > before the Wright Brothers. Which may be true, but it wasn't > exactly controlled flight. More, er, ground-breaking > > I think it's reasonable to expect the job to be completed to get > bragging rights, otherwise you could just shoot someone up to > Mars right now on a one-way ticket > > Regardless, Sir Ed was a great and unpretentious humanitarian > (the only living person on a bank note) and his passing is big > news > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist