From: Dave Pape <davepape@dial.pipex.com>
> when is the snake handlers retreat?
>
>What's that, then? (my knowledge of history is shite)
I don't know. I've never been invited. (my understanding is that it's some form of virian mysticism retreat). As far as I know, it has never actually occured, just been talked about.
>>Oh... we could have a day of mourning on the day that the Library in
>>Alexandria was burned. (do historians even know the exact day?)
>
>I like the idea of finding out the exact date of the worst day ever
for
>written records. Someone should do that.
Well, I did a bunch of reading last night. People agrue over the year, let alone the day, in which it burned. I suspect we could arbitrarly choose any day and it would be a good a guess as the next guys...
ERiC