08-15-2007, 07:19 AM
Greetings All,
I'm the new boy in the dorm (to use a British boarding school analogy).
I'm terribly impressed by the quality of this resource, and also by its good nature.
I'm a mouldy old new joiner at 47, but I still recall with affection things which have shaped and influenced my interest in the classics: Timpo and Airfix Romans; plastic armour which never fitted wee boys; the BBC classics 'Up Pompeii' (Oh Lurcio!) and 'I Claudius' (Clau..Clau..Claudius); Monty Python's 'The Life of Brian'; Latin lessons with our brilliant, but sadly long gone, teacher Tubby Tailor, who taught us all about tyranny and freedom; walking Hadrian's Wall with the Army Staff College.
Although a nasty, hairy, cheapskate Scot, I absconded with a fine English woman and decided to settle in her Vicus (one mile from a Roman villa in Kent). However, I work in Eboracum (York).
If there is anyone out there who fancies gathering for the odd jar of ale or cup of finest Falernian in York, please let me know.
With regards to all!!
Ewan Carmichael aka Lochinvar (yes, I realise the name isn't a Latin one).
I'm the new boy in the dorm (to use a British boarding school analogy).
I'm terribly impressed by the quality of this resource, and also by its good nature.
I'm a mouldy old new joiner at 47, but I still recall with affection things which have shaped and influenced my interest in the classics: Timpo and Airfix Romans; plastic armour which never fitted wee boys; the BBC classics 'Up Pompeii' (Oh Lurcio!) and 'I Claudius' (Clau..Clau..Claudius); Monty Python's 'The Life of Brian'; Latin lessons with our brilliant, but sadly long gone, teacher Tubby Tailor, who taught us all about tyranny and freedom; walking Hadrian's Wall with the Army Staff College.
Although a nasty, hairy, cheapskate Scot, I absconded with a fine English woman and decided to settle in her Vicus (one mile from a Roman villa in Kent). However, I work in Eboracum (York).
If there is anyone out there who fancies gathering for the odd jar of ale or cup of finest Falernian in York, please let me know.
With regards to all!!
Ewan Carmichael aka Lochinvar (yes, I realise the name isn't a Latin one).
Lochinvar/Ewan Carmichael