LL-L "Anniversary" 2005.02.05 (07) [E]

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From: Arthur Jones <arthurobin2002 at yahoo.com>
Subject: Riddle from Lowlands Feb 5 2005


Dear Ron,

forgive the hiatus in contacting you. I've been
1. in and around the Caucasus; and
2. ill.

The two are unrelated.

Could the solution to the riddle be
--the mummy of Tut-Ankh-Amen?

Please add my submission to the bone pile of amateurish approaches.

Incidentally, your list and its participants all have grown remarkably in
stature, knowledge, and value over the past year. You, as primus inter
pares, deserve recognition as the catalyst.

If you didn't exist, we would be forced to invent you: And who has the time?

Met groeten,

Arthur A. Jones
Los Angeles/Genova
arthurobin2002 at yahoo.com

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From:  R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Anniversary

Hi, and welcome back, Arthur!

The Caucasus, no less!  I'd love to listen to your stories.

Most importantly, though, sorry to hear you were ill.  I very much hope you
are on the mend, if not already fully mended.

> Could the solution to the riddle be
> --the mummy of Tut-Ankh-Amen?

Now, that's a good one!  I take it everyone will agree it deserves the
special prize for originality, not to mention for logic.

> Incidentally, your list and its participants all have grown remarkably
> in stature,

Thanks.  I wish that in my case, for one, this would apply only
figuratively.

>  knowledge, and value over the past year. You, as primus
> inter pares, deserve recognition as the catalyst.

Thanks.  I admit I've been called worse.  To be sure, respect and
appreciation crisscrosses wildly back and forth on this list.

Whilst we are in this appreciative frame of mind, and before we start a
mutual admiration society, I remind all of you to consider contributing
personal introductions and/or summaries of your individual experiences with
Lowlands-L to our 10th anniversary presentation online currently under
construction.  You m ay send them to my private address
(sassisch at yahoo.com).  This goes for everyone, even to those that just
joined us today.  You don't have to be a "specialist," "important," an
academic, a linguistic contortionist or anything else "weird and nerdy."
And you need not write a novel; a paragraph would be fine, in practically
any language.  The assumption is that you are all special.  Someone will
rush to your aid should you require it.  For what it's worth, I would always
be happy to hold your hands if you feel unsure and shy.

Back to you, Arthur.  I hope we will hear from you more often from now on.
It would most definitely not be a case of guilding the lily.

> If you didn't exist, we would be forced to invent you: And who has the
> time?

Now there's another original bit hard to beat!  How can you be sure I am
*not* an invention?  There is such a phenomenon as mass delusion.  (And this
includes the handful of you who believe they've met me in person or talked
with me on the phone. That could have been a hired imposter, after all, and
the whole thing could be a conspiracy.)

So, Arthur, if you intended to return to the fold with a splash and a bang,
be advised that you've succeeded.  It's grand to have you back.

Cheerio!
Reinhard/Ron

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