[Leica] WAS: Didier's dog NOW.... (Wales)

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant)]

Lawrence Zeitlin offered:
Subject: [Leica] Re: Didier's dog (Wales)

>>>I'm not one of those leek eating, daffodil wearing, rugby playing,
slate mining, sheep farming Welsh. <<<<<<<

Now Larry lad you might want to consider modifying that a wee bit, me being 
of Welsh heritage! ;-) It kind of works like this...." You can take the boy 
out of Wales, but you can't take Wales out of the boy!" ;-)

I'd hate to send the Welsh Guards to have a talk with you. ;-) Unless you 
meant the above as a compliment to me forefathers and Mother!! ;-) ;-)

ted




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> On Mar 12, 2007, at 1:11 AM, Mark wrote:
>
>> Hey Larry Z I didn't know you're from Wales are you related to  Catherine
>> Zeta-Jones?
>
> No Mark,
>
> I'm not one of those leek eating, daffodil wearing, rugby playing,  slate 
> mining, sheep farming Welsh. My grandparents emigrated to the  US from the 
> balmy steppes of Russia about 1900. Think "Fiddler on the  Roof." But I 
> did occupy the Unilever Chair at the University of Wales  - Bangor for a 
> number of years and lived in Menai Bridge on the  island of Anglesey. My 
> livingroom window framed a beautiful view of  the Snowdonia mountains over 
> the Menai Strait. The area is almost  like Gee Bee pictures it except that 
> it has more hills and a few palm  trees along the shoreline.
>
> Catherine Zeta-Jones was my secret mistress. Don't tell my wife.
>
> Larry Z
>
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