Hum, Laphroaig... hum! Thank you, Kipling!
I am not sure I'll be able to answer your frank letter in the same
sincere way (partially because I'm not a native speaker, you know), so
let me wish you all the best - I really mean it.
Regards,
Yan Shapiro
K> No need to apologize, Yan, on the contrary you have given me
K> something to think about. For what it's worth, I recently sent an
K> email to a Victoria book dealer with the subject: "I'm crazy"
K> telling him I wished to cancel my bid on a copy of A Song of the
K> English, the 1909 edition signed by Heath Robinson. I'm a single
K> parent with a son in university, the last thing I need is another
K> book, and besides, I recently acquired a first edition of A Book of
K> Words for $13--that's my limit, stay within it!
K> Jerusalem makes makes me crazy, but I'm all right, now. If I
K> ever get to London, I owe you a drink--Laphroaig single malt!
K> Best regards,
K> Kipling Hedley
>> Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:44:56 +0200
>> From: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Some reflections on The Burden of Jerusalem
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>
>> There is something in Jewish heritage that makes some people insane.
>> It's very strange, isn't it.
>>
>> Yan Shapiro, an Ashkenazi Jew
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>> K> Approximately 90% of people in the world today who call
>> K> themselves Jews are actually Khazars, or as they like to be known,
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