[Magdalen] From +Georgia

[Lynn Ronkainen]

...I've always maintained however, that in the Episcopal/Anglican world there's only one degree of separation <gdr >
Lynn 

On Feb 12, 2017, at 8:50 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

It sure does. My brothers both went to Harvard, one as an undergrad and the
other for medical school, so I have lots of "one or two" stories there,
plus the younger one spent ten years as a professional musician, so there's
that. My personal knowledge of famous people is of a fewvery obscurely
famous ones....those you would only know if you watched a certain TV show
pretty closely, or were well-versed in a certain type of
archaeology....that sort of thing.

On Sun, Feb 12, 2017 at 7:19 AM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I think six degrees of separation is generous.  Far more often it turns
> out to be only one or two.
> 
> Marion, a pilgrim
> 
> 
> 
>> On 2/11/2017 11:34 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford wrote:
>> 
>> It's neat that our coworkers and accomplices often knew some interesting
>> people.
>> 
>> I knew Peter Schickele had attended Swarthmore, and my colleague mentioned
>> once that she had attended Swarthmore, and that there was this strange man
>> who always had students getting together to play these really bizarre and
>> outrageous musical things. It became very obvious that she was talking
>> about Peter Schickele in his student days.
>> 
>> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
>> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
>> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
>> 
>> On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 7:30 PM, Marion Thompson <
>> marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Maybe coincidentally, I recently hooked up with the Doonesbury page, so
>>> I'm there with you.
>>> 
>>> Back many decades, a friend of mine, Janalyn (Jancy) Gibb, worked at Yale
>>> and knew Gary Trudeau.  I've lost track of her....  deep sigh.  I'd love
>>> to
>>> know what became of her.  Foot note:  She wore Gor-Ray skirts and
>>> Brevitt's
>>> shoes, Quadruple A.
>>> 
>>> Marion, a pilgrim
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 2/11/2017 4:29 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford wrote:
>>> 
>>> We are having a rerun of Doonesbury, and we are going through that
>>>> section
>>>> where Zonker is in England, having claimed his title, whatever it was.
>>>> Zonker in a fancy wig is a hoot.  Zonker, for those deprived ones, is
>>>> the
>>>> character Gary Trudeau invented to throw contemptuous barbs (all in fun)
>>>> at
>>>> the irresponsible and perennially childlike cannabis crowd.
>>>> Zonker is invited to the home of a genuine lord of a genuine manor, and
>>>> he
>>>> just does not leave for four months or so.
>>>> 
>>>> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
>>>> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not
>>>> preserved,
>>>> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
>>>> 
>>>> On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 2:38 PM, Roger Stokes <
>>>> roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com
>>>> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> On 11/02/2017 05:57, Mahoney, W. Michael wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 10:48 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com
>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> But, Lynn, just look at how much fun we've had while trying to figure
>>>>>> it
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> all out!  And how much we've learned about the various designations
>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>> bishops!
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> And it's not just a church thing.  English nobles were often referred
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> by
>>>>>> the place to which their title was fixed.  So, when speaking of Lord
>>>>>> Buckingham. for example, one could simply say "Buckingham" rather than
>>>>>> using his given or family name. One reason the Shakespeare history
>>>>>> plays
>>>>>> can be so confusing is that both uses are employed.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> They sign their name with that single place name so "Bedford" is the
>>>>>> 
>>>>> signature of the Duke of Bedford, who was the Marquess of Tavistock
>>>>> until
>>>>> his father died. He then inherited the senior title while his son
>>>>> succeeded
>>>>> to the honorary junior title. The father had four official styles
>>>>> during
>>>>> his left. Initially The Hon Henry 'Robin' Russell from birth until his
>>>>> fathewr became Marquess when he inherited the title Lord Howland a few
>>>>> months later, which he held until he was 13 when his father became Duke
>>>>> of
>>>>> Bedford for nearly 50 years, then he was Duke for some months before he
>>>>> died and the titles cascaded down again.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Roger
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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