david wrote: > TheOther wrote: >> david wrote: >>> I have a friend who owns a small farm in Illinois (6000 acres). A couple >>> of times now, he's been out in the field working on or near large >>> farming equipment when lightning struck. One time, he came to on the >>> other side of the equipment from where'd he been working! >>> >>> Hawaii's pretty tame on lightning ... >> Small farm....6000 acres of Illinois farmland... Boy *that* brought a >> smile to my face. > > He described it as small. I understand by comparison to many other farms > in the area at the time, it was small. > > That was many years ago - haven't had any contact with him since. Hello David, I believe you when he said it was a "small" farm. There's that wonderful British talent for understatement, that's very much alive and well in the Midwest of the USA. Understatement is a highly valued form of humour in the Midwest. Best, Stephen. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user