> > From: "John Coyle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/09/07 Thu AM 07:56:27 GMT > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: the way it was ... the way it is (was: amusing product review) > > My dear chap, you left out the sterling silver cutlery set - so much nicer > in the hand than this nasty stainless steel stuff everyone has nowadays! > > John Coyle > Brisbane, Australia
You can't get the servants to take proper care of the ivory handles when you are that far from civilisation. One has to make _some_ compromises. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bob W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 5:20 AM > Subject: RE: the way it was ... the way it is (was: amusing product review) > > I have found the following to be the absolute minimum necessary for > > any trip longer than 1 night away from home, and further than > > Tunbridge Wells to the south, or Chingford to the north: > > > > a well-furnished tent > > 3 months' rations > > collapsible canoe > > jointed flagstaff and Union Jack > > hand pump and sterilising plant > > astrolabe > > 6 suits of tropical linen > > sou'wester > > camp operating table and set of surgical instruments > > portable humidor > > Christmas hamper with Santa costume and mistletoe stand > > cane for whacking snakes > > coil of rope > > sheet of tin > > several cleft sticks > > > > riding breeches for winter and summer > > bush shirts > > a sola topi > > a double-brimmed sun hat > > a camp bed and sleeping bag > > long boots to deter mosquitoes at sundown > > quinine pills to protect against malaria > > slabs of black chocolate for energy > > metal uniform cases > > a cedarwood trunk lined with zinc to keep ants out > > silk pyjamas to avoid typhus > > several more cleft sticks > > a stick cleaver > > > > > > Bob > > (with thanks to William Boot) > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
