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From: russell@aimmi.UUCP (Russell Ritchie)
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Subject: Re : Electric Brae
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Date: Fri, 21-Feb-86 10:04:49 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb 21 10:04:49 1986
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Keywords: Ayr,Burns.
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Just in case anyone missed it, here's the important bit :

> From: stratton@brl-smoke.UUCP
> Subject: Electric Brae

> A friend of mine was in Scotland visiting relatives in December, on
> an island called Ayr.  They took her around sightseeing, and one of
> the interesting places they visited was what the locals referred to
> as "the Electric Brae".  Here's what she writes:

> Sue Stratton
> <stratton@amsaa.arpa>
 
The island of Ayr was unfortunately scuttled on the infamous "Irvine Barrier
Reef" many centuries ago when a careless lighthousekeeper named Robert Burns
forgot to light the lamp.

Burns had earlier received notoriety as a pioneer of Alpine-style skiing -
the electric brae is still popular with locals as a training slope because
of it's natural advantages viz not having to walk back up.

It is rumoured that abroad he is better remembered for his poetry, which is
little known on his native island since the inhabitants resist efforts to
convert them from their dialect and care little for the coarse vulgarities
of the mainland tongue, which Burns was forced to adopt once exiled for his
incompetence.

Here at the MMI Unit we are only too pleased to aid our colonial cousins in
minor matters of a geographical and historical nature,

				Russell Ritchie,
				
				Glasgow, Colorado.