[Sherman Logan]

The English language is quite literally the result of efforts by Norman soldiers to pick up Saxon/English barmaids.

[Constitutions Grandchild]

They had barmaids back then??? Who knew? I'm all for furthering US/UK relations. I'd like to explore more in depth the “enthusiastic cross breeding” aspect. I, for one, would like to start with Sean Connery. We can move briskly on to Michael Cain and Peter O'Toole (my choices have become somewhat limited over the years with the passing of many of the heartthrobs of my salad days).

All joking aside, I have found my recent brush-ups on world history to be as fascinating as they were when young and truly enjoy hearing and reading as much as possible about long ago and far away. As bad as the good old days were, they sometimes provide an escape from the bad old current days and may shed light on how we got from there to here.