On 17/8/08 11:06, in article
, "FarmI"
ask@itshall be given wrote:

"Sacha" wrote in message
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I
especially like the bit above about no such plum stones being found at
Pompeii - for some reason human details like that make a topic much more
interesting to me!

I'm going to do the unforgiveable on usenet....

Me too :-)) Prolly why I like that book so much. It's full of such
snippets.


I think it's because you can then imagine 'real people' sitting around
outside their caves, munching on plums, or oysters, or whatever it is that
is found. It becomes rather touching in a way, because it creates a human
link stretching back centuries.

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon