Honestly, I was only joking...maybe I am pyschical after all :-)
Roger
Now placing bets at the 3:30 at Kempton tomorrow.
On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 20:47:55 -0000, david.bircumshaw
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> Cor,
>
> I've just caught up on all this. Waal, re Roger's, Rob's and Jesse's posts, the reasons for my quietness have been multiple: partly
> because I had a problem with my e-mailer that I've only just resolved so I was getting a five day time lag on messages, partly
> because I've had more pressing things to do than look at e-mails, and partly because, hence Rob's jokes, I spent much of last week
> in retreat at a Cistercian monastery (they be the Trappists, but these were members of the Ordinary Rule, who can talk). Not that
> I'm a Catholic btw, the only church I'm a communicant of is the Methodists, but they practise Open Table so you don't have to become
> a member in order to be a communicant. I could never become a Catholic for a number reasons, including the Papacy's attitude on the
> ordination of women ministers. But, anyhow, this retreat, in a monastery designed by Pugin, was bliss: no TV, no radio, no internet,
> great food, good library, doors closed at 8 pm and the bells wake you up at 3.30 am for Vigils, which is almost supernatural. If you
> happen to have a bedroom right to the church tower like I did the effect of church bells going off at 3.30 am is quite electrifying,
> rather as if a small nuclear device has just detonated in your room, you don't so much open your eyes as jerk up bolt upright and
> jump out of bed!!
>
> All the Best
>
> Dave
>
> David Bircumshaw
>
> Spectare's Web, A Chide's Alphabet
> & Painting Without Numbers
>
> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.bircumshaw/
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robin Hamilton" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 7:19 PM
> Subject: Re: David Bircumshaw Is A Pod
>
> > Maybe it's vow of silence? A retreat into some hermit's cave from
> > whence he'll issue forth, later, with stunning insights! !(Pod person)
> > == Dave.
> >
> > Roger
>
> Nah -- it's not a Closed Order.
>
> I mean, naturally the first thing I asked would be if they insisted he keep
> his mouth shut.
>
> As if ...
>
> He's promised to write a pome based on the experience.
>
> Forthcoming, keep hoping ...
>
> R.
>
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