Phil Dayson said:

> I once went to a Player Piano Group meeting in London in mid-winter
> where the only sources of light and heat were a couple of Victorian
> fishtail gas lamps -- original equipment in the house.  I have been
> to houses with "million dollar" collections but where the inhabitants
> live one step removed from street people.

We in the UK know that one!  Phil missed the meeting there when the
owner's Rottweiler ran amok.

"Some people have no sense of humour," the owner said afterward in an
injured tone. "He just gave 'em a nip or two."  Two PPG members had to
go to the hospital, though.

Dan Wilson