If shaving only every two weeks counts for a beard, I have one too... Regards,
Stephan Am 12 Dec 2004 um 23:23 hat Stewart McCoy geschrieben: > Dear Roman, > > I am aghast at the thought of a beard tax, which you mention in > connection with Peter the Great. A great many lutenists today have > beards. > > I would be interested to know what percentage of contributors to > this list have beards. My guess is that it would be surprisingly > high, maybe more than 30%, even allowing for female contributors. > > Just for the record, I have a beard. > > Best wishes, > > Stewart. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Roman Turovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Stewart McCoy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Lute Net" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 2:28 PM > Subject: Re: Question about lute courses/strings > > > > > Dear Jon, > > > > > > I am amazed > > Dear Stewart, could you ever write "aghast"? Maybe once? > > RT > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Roman Turovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "LUTE-LIST" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 9:04 PM > Subject: Re: renaissance america (AustrianArnold,etc) > > > > When Peter the Great shaved off the last boyar beard? > > Took 'em awhile to get shaved. There was also a period of beard > tax (sic!). > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
