Date: Wed, 19 Jan 94 15:23:52 EST
From: justin@dsd.camb.inmet.com (Mark Waks)
Message-Id: <9401192023.AA00909@dsd.camb.inmet.com>
To: groff@epee.enet.dec.com
Cc: carolingia@bloom-beacon.mit.edu
In-Reply-To: <9401191731.AA07057@us2rmc.bb.dec.com> (message from touche!  19-Jan-1994 1215 on Wed, 19 Jan 94 12:31:19 EST)
Subject: RE: Principality

Danulf writes (with respect to the Far North):
>Honestly, I am much more interested in going there than, lets say, Iron Bog.

True. On the other hand, as I mentioned before, I probably get to NJ
alone as much as I do everything north of us. It really varies quite a
bit from person to person.

>Better to ask, what are the odds of anyone other than Nova Scotians visiting
>Newfoundland.  (Answer: Low)  For those that are not from the Meritimes, what
>are the odds that they are from Carolingia (Answer: High).  

True; on the other hand, the number is still vanishingly small -- perhaps
half a dozen Carolingians have made it up there, and I don't *think*
anyone's gone twice. (It's a very pleasant place to visit, but it's
expensive and time-consuming getting there.) And the circumstances
should be noted -- that *was* an EKU that most of us went to, and
Carolingia is (I believe justly) well-known for enthusiasm for arts of
all sorts, and teaching...

(We don't even have that many people get up to Nova Scotia, which is
considerably closer -- if you discount Vlad (who is effectively
Carolingia's ambassador to the Far North) I doubt that we've had
six person-visits to Ruantallan in the past two years...)

>At EKU, except for the King, all the "visitors" where from Carolingia.  Given
>Carolingia's reputation for travelling, I found this to be amusing.

Indeed, but I think any reasonable person would concede that that
reputation is a dinosaur at this point. There was a point (not even
all that long ago) when Carolingians were isolationist as a rule,
but I really don't think that's the case any more. However, there
really doesn't seem to be all that much consistency to *where* we
travel...

				-- Justin Fartraveller
				   Who *has* been to both Ruantallan and
				     Ar n-e'lian-ne, but many other places
				     as well...

Random Quote du Jour:

"My name is Inigo Fudd. You kiwwed my miwwionaiwe. Pwepawe to own a
 mansion and a yacht."