Look jimmy, don't knock the brick -- this was a bloody clever invention.
Even the Gyptians admitted this.
When you slam together four wooden walls slapped together however with
wattle or daub, what you basically have is a firestorm accident waiting to
happen.
Gimmee any day a drystane dyke wi' twa cobies cackling over the bones o' the
late lamented Pip Sidney ...
R.
(PS -- have you heard of the term "bulk and file"?
Nothing to do with walls, but a characteristically Brummie avocation
<g>
R.)
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Bircumshaw" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 12:45 PM
Subject: Re: George Mackay Brown
> Excuse me sir, other than sloshing together the terms 'mud huts' and
> 'ward and bottle' (joke-g) I confess to no demeanours.
>
> My teeth, like yours, are in no condition to bite bullets!
>
> 2008/8/26 Robin Hamilton <[log in to unmask]>:
>> <<
>>
>> Thank you Mr Parochial (I have to let you know I've just spent the
>> last half-hour or so drowning in the church records index for
>> Leicester hoping to find a pasteable version of the Cobbett on
>> Knighton - all I got was endless catalogue references to it. And I am
>> not going to type it out for an e-mail - I draw the line somewhere)
>>>>
>>
>> Yah boo sucks -- so bit the bullet and admit you were wrong.
>>
>> <g>
>>
>> R.
>>
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