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Re: Dinner tonight (was Penang?)
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On Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 08:45:30PM +0100, abigail@foad.org wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 02:33:25PM -0500, Walt Mankowski wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 08:21:58PM +0100, abigail@foad.org wrote:
> > > There's a well known bar in Utrecht called "Zeezicht", which means
> > > "sea view". The bar is in the middle of the city, and the city isn't
> > > anywhere near the sea.
> >
> > Perhaps it got its name before the invention of the dike?
>
> The city was founded by the Romans, and it wasn't on the coast at that
> time either.
Philadelphia was founded by the Swedes, and Logan Circle wasn't
near the docks at that time, either.
Z.
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