Standing Bear observes, > Kinda like the Chinese symbol for 'interesting times' containing the symbol for 'danger' and the symbol for 'opportunity'!
Yes... but the so-called "curse" can only be traced back as far as Scotland !! http://hawk.fab2.albany.edu/sidebar/sidebar.htm But that should come as no surprise to those who have read: "How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World and Everything in It" by ARTHUR HERMAN http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0609606352/002-7595920-9025657?v=glance Beannachd leat, Shamus MacBain