[Buddha-l] A vocabulary question for StephenandLance(oranyoneelse)

[Stephen Hodge]

Richard Hayes wrote:

Wonderful news! I have been using an early draft of that book (so early it 
was
done on a typewriter!). Even that early draft was superb, and I'm sure the
published work will be much improved.
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Dear Richard,
Glad to be of service !   Sounds as though it might fill a lacuna in the 
textbooks available.   Well, with my free publicity here and your 
endorsement, the deserving Tubb will no doubt sell enough copies to retire 
on.
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A bit of completely meaningless Sanskrit trivia: Gary Tubb and I went to the
same high school and hated many of the same teachers, especially the 
sadistic
Fascist ex-Marine who taught physical education.
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There is some kind of causal / karmic mechanism that leads some to study 
Sanskrit (definitely for the masochist) and/or Buddhism (all that duhkha) --  
my most hated teacher was also a sadistic, fascist ex-army PE teacher.  We 
must share stories to see how the UK brand of sadistic, fascist PE teacher 
compares with yours.  An example to give you some idea:  my secondary school 
was newly-built and I had never seen a spacious fully-equiped gym before. 
But it was over three months before we ever got to use it.  All we did was 
to change into our PE togs, rush down into the gym, stand in line, rush back 
up, strip and shower, dress, go outside and line up again and then repeat 
the process for the whole hour.  There was some kind of time target 
involved -- we were never going to use that gym until we could change in 3 
mins and then shower + dress in 7 minutes.  To this day, I hate the stink of 
gym changing rooms.

Best wishes,
Stephen Hodge