> At 11:58 PM 9/8/2004, John Adams wrote:
>
>> Okay, a third question: I'm really interested in the history of
>> "nature" and "natural" as ideas. Can anyone point me to interesting
>> writing on this?
>
> Carolyn Merchant, _The Death of Nature_.
Thanks--and sorry for not putting a smilie on the telco-powered appliances link. Technical humor sometimes catches the unwary. (I'm still chuckling over John Mage's remark from a few days ago, the one which took me some time to figure out was a joke. I suppose legalese is a form of technical jargon.)
> PS - Thanks for all the help re: batteries. But, are you guys nuts?
> I'm looking at thousands of dollars in medical expenses and still need
> another vehicle. I'm not about to spend 150 on a radio that I can plug
> into my telephone wiring.
All the best,
John A