09-27-2012, 01:29 PM
I saw Minor Markle III leaving the supermarket just now.
He is 77 and worrying that his partner will not only burn all his tons of notes in the ancient greek and studies of artifacts when he dies (he was sick last year so this has been worrying him- I am going to ask my friend bill oates the archivist if he is interested)
but also his sarissas that were made up for the doco made by the japanese film crew (15 years ago?)
SO- he is giving them to me (the sarissas that is) They do have plastic heads and sauroters and he was quite cross when one smashed when I last borrowed them while helping research for a Baz Luhrman film that never got made due to that other one came out first- but he doesn't seem to remember that.
It will greatly assist Australian moves to develop some Macedonian phalangites as timber is becoming quite expensive and these ones are well cured.
I hope to help him write some of his papers in the oncoming months. He is revising one on Demosthenes and Phillip currently.
God he is a funny bugger .
wanted to share my good fortune with you as I think he is a legend.
regards
Richard
He is 77 and worrying that his partner will not only burn all his tons of notes in the ancient greek and studies of artifacts when he dies (he was sick last year so this has been worrying him- I am going to ask my friend bill oates the archivist if he is interested)
but also his sarissas that were made up for the doco made by the japanese film crew (15 years ago?)
SO- he is giving them to me (the sarissas that is) They do have plastic heads and sauroters and he was quite cross when one smashed when I last borrowed them while helping research for a Baz Luhrman film that never got made due to that other one came out first- but he doesn't seem to remember that.
It will greatly assist Australian moves to develop some Macedonian phalangites as timber is becoming quite expensive and these ones are well cured.
I hope to help him write some of his papers in the oncoming months. He is revising one on Demosthenes and Phillip currently.
God he is a funny bugger .
wanted to share my good fortune with you as I think he is a legend.
regards
Richard