Hey Douglas
a) you write well, often bring us really interesting news, & are fun to
haver here
so b) yes, take her advice, 7 stay...
Doug
On 6-Mar-05, at 8:21 AM, Douglas Clark wrote:
> She was on Desert Island Discs this morning (she is vice-chancellor of
> Cambridge University) and she said something pertinent to my current
> thoughts on leaving this list and being lonely again. She pointed out
> that
> she works with people (professors) who are intellectually much more
> able
> than herself and she just accepts that. Also here there are most of the
> people who are much superior to the likes of me and can communicate
> verbally
> in a way that is impossible for me. So I suppose her advice to me
> would be
> to stick around.
>
> Inciidentally for Ken her favourite music was the Marshallin's
> farewell to
> Octavio.
>
> Douglas Clark, Bath, Somerset, England ....
> http://www.dgdclynx.plus.com
>
>
Douglas Barbour
Department of English
University of Alberta
Edmonton Alberta T6G 2E5 Canada
(780) 436 3320
http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/dbhome.htm
care to be more
precise about whatever
it is you are
saying, I said
Bill Manhire
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