Re: Moving, Vaseline, Kashka, fine art, Dax, Reedy River, angry energy

[Scott Telford <st@dcs.ed.ac.uk>]

In article <1992Jan23.213602.24733@ultra.com>, keving@corin.UUCP
(Kevin W. Gurney) writes:
> In article <9201231858.AA09683@twitch.media.mit.edu>, nessus@mit.EDU
(Doug Alan) writes:
> |> Kate has said that at the time she was living in the city and that she
> |> found it very stressfull.  She was also very upset about the death of
> |> John Lennon.  This made also made her fear for her own safety, living
> |> in the city and all, and she installed a security system in her home
> |> with remote cameras at the gate so that she could see someone before
> |> letting them through.  (This is mentioned, by the way, in the song
> |> "All The Love": "So now when they ring I get my machine to let them
> |> in.")  The age of 25 is also a very common age for people to be filled
> |> with all kinds of angst.

Hmm...didn't know this. Was this her flat in Lewisham, the big house
in Eltham, or the cottage in Kent?

> Interesting, Doug. I had always interpreted that line to mean, "When they 
> call me on the phone, I let my answering machine let them (i.e. their voice) 
> into the room.", like when people screen their calls.

Exactly what I thought.

> Does the term "to ring" mean to visit, in addition to meaning to call on
> the telephone, in British English?

No!

Also, (pedantic trival point) KaTe must have written most of TD during
1981, when she was 22-23 - some time before 25 8^).


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