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Subject: Re: Tipping in USA/Canada Posted on: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:26:12 +0000 (UTC)

Craig Welch wrote:
>
> Greg Procter said:
>
> >Sarah Czepiel wrote:
> >>
> >> On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:48:51 +1300, Greg Procter
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> :>> Have you read the poem, " High Flight" ?
> >> :>
> >> :>No - why would I?
> >>
> >> Intellectual curiosity.
> >>
> >> It's a 14 line poem of 112 words. You are a lesser man for not
> >> having read it at least once.
> >
> >Until now it hasn't travelled beyond N.America.
>
> Nonsense.
>
> I'm not in North America, or has that escaped your notice?
>
> As I said earlier, "the poem in question is arguably *the* most
> famous aviation poem ever".

Argue away to your heart's content!
I'm not aware that _any_ aviation poem is "famous", so *the* most famous
doesn't greatly enthuse me.