End of ADS-L Digest - 19 Jan 1998 to 20 Jan 1998 ************************************************ Subject: ADS-L Digest - 20 Jan 1998 to 21 Jan 1998 There are 13 messages totalling 609 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. On the Level; On the Beam (2) 2. folk tale, "1, 2, 3" (8) 3. bong letter 4. German word of the year 5. German word of the year - REPLY ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 00:34:47 EST From: Bapopik Subject: On the Level; On the Beam Perhaps "on the level" is related to "on the beam"--a seafaring term. If a ship's not "on the level" it's a titanic disaster. --Barry Popik (seriously rethinking his upcoming trip to Guatemala)