Morrus Goes Boating in Oxford

[Krieg]

Not to pile on Piratecat, but...

- A building built in 1060 makes my mind twitch. That was 432 years before my continent was even discovered. Good god.

Actually it was 76 years AFTER.

Poor Bjarni Herulfson, nobody gives him any credit. *sigh*

 

[Piratecat]

Shush, you.

 

[Plane Sailing]

While we're thinking about old things, I might mention that I work for the Royal College of Physicians of London - which recieved its royal charter about, oh, 483 years ago under King Henry VIII (the one with all the wives). There are rumours that some of the original College Officers are still among us...

Also, a pro-USA history thought. During my visit to New England last year, we stayed with an elderly lady in Vermont, and I was fascinated to hear that she grew up in Oregon, went to a one-room schoolhouse with slates to write on, and her grandparents were among the first european settlers in Oregon. I found it jaw-dropping to meet someone whose feet were so embedded in the history of their country. By comparison in the UK most of the grandparents of the elderly people that I know are living in what seems to be much the same situation as they do now (give or take a few amenities).

It gave me an interesting perspective on "young" countries that I'd never had before.

Cheers

 

[Agback]

A building built in 1060 makes my mind twitch. That was 432 years before my continent was even discovered. Good god.

You get used to that sort of thing. My dining table was made 160 years before Europeans settled on my continent.

Regards,


Agback

 

[KnowTheToe]

I have a penny from 1954.


Russ,

Glad to hear you had a great time. It is a trip I plan to make, probably late next spring, unless an adoption lines up for us which then my wife and I will be unable to take such a distant trip.

 

[Wolf72]

Well, you know what they say - in Europe, a hundred miles is a long way. In America, a hundred years is a long time.

now that one I'm clipping and saving!

 

[Carnifex]

It was kinda odd, when I was at school, going on a politics trip to the US - and being able to rell people over there that our school was older than their country. By quite a good few years, too

 

[Arken]

It was kinda odd, when I was at school, going on a politics trip to the US - and being able to rell people over there that our school was older than their country. By quite a good few years, too

My school has a norman arch and was built in commemeration of the birth of Alfred the Great who was born in the town

fun isn't it?

 

[andrew]

In the computer lab I'm sitting in, there's a piece of the old Oxford city wall.

I'm just saying, is all.

Morrus, did you have someone in Oxford on hand to take you around? It really makes a difference if you have a member of the University to not only show you some of the lesser known sites, but get you inside of them.

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

Re: Re: Re: The Other Place

There is only Oxford. Nowhere else counts.

I know what you mean.

Oh, wait, you mean that you don't mean Oxford, Ohio, USA, home of Miami University? Silly me.

Morrus, it sounds like a fun trip. I've got to get over there some day and see some really old buildings. Not those newfangled things in Williamsburg, Virginia from the colonial era.