> I'm not sure if you are just making jokes or you seriously think I am > ashamed of my involvement with the Art of bonsai and will flee in terror > every time you bring it up. Not so. The bonsai tradition goes back to at > least 2500 BC and you can be sure people were putting trees in pots long > before they were cutting them down and making Lutes of them. The earliest evidence of bonsai is from ca. 700 AD, which is WELL after people started cutting trees down and making Lutes out of them. RT
> >>> Another good one, a shot across the bow from Roman. It is probably a > good >>> idea that you did not root your pot either. >>> Vance Wood. >> I think bonsai-potting Welsh roots might produce a Pict. >> RT >> >>> >>> >>>>> Though my family has lived in The USA for many generations my European >>> roots >>>>> are Welsh. >>>> I'm glad you didn't pot your roots. >>>> RT >>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Arto wrote... >>>>>> The Americans and >>>>>> Englishmen, Schotts, Welshsmen, Australians and Canadians usually > never >>>>>> write so that I need dictionaries. >>>>>> >>>>>> [Ron Fletcher] >>>>>> We have several Englishmen and a few Scots on this list. But, the >>> Welsh >>>>>> (and Irish) seem conspicuous by their absence. (Are there any?) >>>>>> >>>>>> Although I am British and live in the UK, I still like to think I am >>>>>> English. >>>>>> >>>>>> Of course, the majority of English-speaking people on this list are >>>>>> American, some Canadian. All the rest have adopted this peculiar >>> language >>>>>> to share in lute-related topics. Their knowledge may be greater than >>>>> ours, >>>>>> they just may not know all our words. >>>>>> >>>>>> Best Wishes >>>>>> >>>>>> Ron (UK) >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > >
