Can't drink, smoke, diddle my willy. Doesn't leave much to do other than watch you blokes stumble around playing Agatha Christie.

Spike ,'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'


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SailAweigh - Jan 12, 2005 6:29:48 pm PST #3677 of 10002
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

Kicky hair-do! Very, very nice. And, sorry, but it doesn't make you look 20 years younger.


dcp - Jan 12, 2005 6:32:13 pm PST #3678 of 10002
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

I need to know what was happening politically,

1950s Kenya pings "Mau Mau uprising" but not much else for me. The wikipedia article [link] has some book references at the end that might help.


Maria - Jan 12, 2005 6:32:29 pm PST #3679 of 10002
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift

Deb, here's something I found on the BBC site which should give you clues as to where to look next.

[link]


DCJensen - Jan 12, 2005 6:32:42 pm PST #3680 of 10002
All is well that ends in pizza.

Deb, wasn't Kenya still a part of, or called British East Africa in 1954?


Maria - Jan 12, 2005 6:33:53 pm PST #3681 of 10002
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift

Yet another Deb...

[link]


Jessica - Jan 12, 2005 6:37:41 pm PST #3682 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

And, sorry, but it doesn't make you look 20 years younger.

t sobs

No, wait -- t cheers!

Thanks for the lovely words, everyone. I've got a cab coming at 5 am tomorrow, so I must now be off to bed. Goodnight!


Lee - Jan 12, 2005 6:43:20 pm PST #3683 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Have a great trip!


Maria - Jan 12, 2005 6:44:11 pm PST #3684 of 10002
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift

Woo hoo, sj! Hopefully some of your luck will rub off on me.


Connie Neil - Jan 12, 2005 6:53:36 pm PST #3685 of 10002
brillig

I love my space heater with a deep and unholy love.

Perhaps I should name it Spike, because when it's going about it natural business it heats up a room quite nicely.

t Those of you who don't share my leanings may shake your heads at me sadly.


deborah grabien - Jan 12, 2005 6:54:30 pm PST #3686 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.

(loving everyone and bookmarking like a mad thing)

Deb, wasn't Kenya still a part of, or called British East Africa in 1954?

That's one thing I need to know. I could set this right across the border in Tanzania - lord knows, between the Ngororo Crater and the Great Rift Valley and Killimanjaro, it's certainly scenic enough - but for some reason Meru, the "tree where man was born", is calling to me on this one.

I need to see it. It's so damned typical, me remembering the MauMau uprising and Jomo Kenyatta, but almost no important details of the place and time.