> "Isolated" meant 130 miles from the nearest pub at the time.

130 miles? And having to drive on the wrong side of the road to get there!! Dear heavens! A man or a woman could die of water consumption. I trust you got hardship duty pay rates.

Speaking of which, such hardship pay has a very long history. It has been reported that the two maiden aunts who raised William Penn also lived a long distance from a pub. They demanded and got an increase in their monthly stipend because of that fact. Soon all of the colonies were talking about the pay rates of Penn's aunts.


TEd