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Re: Matthew Flinders
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2009 Dec 15, 21:29 -0800
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2009 Dec 15, 21:29 -0800
Is his name pronounced flin -rimes with fin -ders. Or, flind-rimes with find-ers? gl On Dec 15, 1:52�pm, bmor...@tactronics.com wrote: > Just back from a 5 week stay in Australia, out of contact from just about everything. �The list has been quite busy whilst away, I have hundreds of messages to review. > > Anyway, while in Melbourne, I noticed a statue of Matthew Flinders at St Pauls Cathedral and the inscription on the base of the statue just reads "NAVIGATOR". �Having never before seen a statue in which the only discription was navigator, I looked him up on wikipedia upon my return to normal life in the USA, meaning today. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Flinders > > In general, I found the Australian people to be warm and welcoming. �With rare exception they were a friendly lot. � > > And in an aside, the team I was working with had imperial tools and knew how to manipulate the imperial units. So much for metric purity. > > Best Regards > Brad Morris -- NavList message boards: www.fer3.com/arc Or post by email to: NavList@fer3.com To , email NavList+@fer3.com
