Re: Anatase present in many Ancient artifacts as well

Doug Weller <dweller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:0t186153768b0ghfljqms199bmpm2rbhll@xxxxxxx:

> On Mon, 18 Apr 2005 17:53:00 GMT, in sci.archaeology, I.E_Johansson
> wrote:
>
>>How wonderful it is to learn that you David are the troll your trolley
>>name say.

And how _wonderful_ to learn you _still_ haven't learned the definition
of the word "trolley..."

So, since you apparently didn't _read_ it two and a quarter years ago:


David Johnson Jan 28 2003, 10:17 am

Main Entry: trol·ley
Variant(s): also trol·ly /'trä-lE/
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural trolleys also trollies
Etymology: probably from troll
Date: 1823
1 dialect English : a cart of any of various kinds
2 a : a device that carries electric current from an overhead wire to an
electrically driven vehicle b : a streetcar powered electrically through
a
trolley -- called also trolley car
3 : a wheeled carriage running on an overhead rail or track
4 chiefly British : a cart or wheeled stand used for conveying something
(as food or books)


I'm a fan of 2b, see: http://www.trolleymuseum.org/


David


(figured out my address yet, Inger?)

(http://tinyurl.com/8fx45)


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