seriously, moderators please lock this thread; boring is putting it
mildly.  It  has been long while since I have actually considered NOT
opening posts to the Twain-LIST!

-ho ho ho, Hal B.

On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 1:33 PM, Jerry Vorpahl <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
>
> This has been the longest, most boring diatribe about a hardly significant
> matter that I can recall on this Forum.
>
> On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 10:26 AM, David Antonucci <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> >
> > Robert Stewart is either confused, or seeks to confuse; I am not sure
> > which=
> > .
> > Stewart responded privately and directly to me with this email message
> > on December 7, 2014.
> > I will not bother the Forum with this matter. I know you read my
> > emails because the forum posts come via the sender's name. Thank you
> > for the endorsement, David. As was pointed out to me by others after
> > reading your post, "down the shore" clearly does not apply to the
> > north shore. You may argue all night that :down: means downhill, but
> > this line in an 1861 letter specifies "shore." and "side," not "end"
> > of the lake. A personal letter is not a reminiscence years later, but
> > a statement made at the time.
> > This off-forum email message sought to rebut my MTF comment of
> > December 3 pointing out the problems with his scenario that assumed an
> > SLC visit at a house at Glenbrook on the East Shore of Lake Tahoe
> > during his 1861 timber claim search. You can view my original post at
> >
> https://listserv.yorku.ca/cgi-bin/wa?A2=3Dind1412&L=3Dtwain-l&T=3D0&P=3D59
> > Inasmuch as Stewart=E2=80=99s December 7 message does not directly
> address
> > =
> > the
> > issues raised in my original post, I have no further words about it.
> > On December 12, Stewart posted on the MTF about my clarification and
> > additional relevant facts about the Nevada Board of Geographical Names
> > hearing that rejected the cove naming. He stated that this was in
> > response to the above-quoted email message about the assumed visit at
> > the house. However, this email massage has nothing to do with the cove
> > naming issue.
> > Certainly, many of you are surely tired of this back and forth over
> > the seemingly minor issue of the location of the SLC campsite at Lake
> > Tahoe. I will continue to respond to Robert Stewart=E2=80=99s posts that
> > attempt to convince MTF subscribers to believe his campsite theory, or
> > seek to disparage content in my book, Fairest Picture =E2=80=93 Mark
> Twain
> > =
> > at
> > Lake Tahoe.
> > David C. Antonucci
> >
>


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