The seller is no doubt referring to the fact that wool was big business during the Renaissance. So big that the pasturing of sheep drove many off the land, especially in England, and eventually resulted in enclosure laws, complete with hedges. The end of the commons, as it were. Many unhappy peasants and farmers.
*Sheep have eat up our meadows and downsOur grain, our wood, whole villages and townsYea, they have eat up many wealthy menBesides widows and orphan childerenBesides our statutes and our iron lawsWhich they have swallowed down into their maws.* That has to be it, right? Unless. Could they be confusing the Renaissance with Middle-earth? Nah. 16th century wool industry reference, for sure. On Tuesday, June 21, 2016 at 9:08:55 PM UTC-4, Fullylugged wrote: > > Here's a copy/paste from an ebay ad for a Ram. The contest is: how many > inaccuracies are there? > > "Here is a rare bicycle designed and sold by Rivendell during their > "renaissance period". This was their second production bike sold (the first > was the Atlantis). The Rambouillet was hand built in Toyo Japan. Production > ended for this bike in around 2010. Subsequent production moved to the US > when the exchange rate became unfavorable with Japan. I believe only around > 300 were made and sold annually during its production period between 2001 - > 2010. Or maybe that number was from when it was first introduced. No > matter, it's a special and unique bike." > > The 'bay is always good for a smile. > > It IS a nice bike. That part is right. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
