[Magdalen] From +Georgia

[Marion Thompson]

True 'nuff.  :-)

Marion, a pilgrim


On 2/12/2017 10:42 AM, Lynn Ronkainen wrote:
> ...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
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>