US to invade Van Diemans Land

Ewoud Dronkert writes:

Thanks for the report Davey (or rather, the teaser in order to lure us
to your website); note that it is Van Diemen's Land, not Van Diemans
Land. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_van_Diemen


I pondered awhile about that and eventually went both ways in my newsfeed
article to try to keep everyone happy. But quoting from The Tasmanian
Distillery history site :

[quote]
The Tasmanian Distillery proudly continues a long tradition of Tasmanian whisky
making that dates back to 1822.
What is now called Tasmania was once a British penal colony called Van Diemans land.
Established in 1803, Van Diemans Land was designed to be a convict settlement
from which escape would be improbable as it is an isolated island at the
southern end of the earth.
The fierce and unforgiving Southern Ocean fortresses this colony.
Many a person of Celtic origin was transported to Van Diemans land as
punishment for their misdemeanors
[ENDQUOTE]

Not that it really matters.


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On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 15:20:01 +0200, Donald Munro
wrote:

Apparently track cyclists of Irish descent have to work for free
(http://u2.lyrics-songs.com/lyrics/63043/).

We apparently transitioned from politics to poetry. It would be
complete if someone could break the link that keeps that other thread
bleeding over from rec.bicycles.soc.

Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...

On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 15:20:01 +0200, Donald Munro
wrote:

Apparently track cyclists of Irish descent have to work for free
(http://u2.lyrics-songs.com/lyrics/63043/).

We apparently transitioned from politics to poetry. It would be
complete if someone could break the link that keeps that other thread
bleeding over from rec.bicycles.soc.

Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...