Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/10

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Peace and reconciliation developments (probably off-topic)
From: Carl Socolow <csocolow@microserve.net>
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 15:55:33 -0400

Alex Hurst wrote:
> 
> Hi fellow LUGnuts.
> 
> Bearing in mind the atmosphere of goodwill and mutual understanding lacking
> in certain current threads on the LUG, I thought you might like to know
> that on this little island of Ireland we have just taken the first steps to
> real peace in Northern Ireland for 70 years.
> 
<SNIP>

> My wife and I are cracking open a bottle of champagne tonight to celebrate
> this first step towards lasting peace. As she's Irish and I'm English, you
> can see that we practise what we preach.
> 
> Just my two pennies' worth.
> 
> Slan
> 
> Alex
> 

Alex,

I'll drink to that. I hope it carries through to the end and that there
is finally a reduction in tension and hate, pain and suffering. It's
nice that it came at such a significant time of year.

Carl S.