The taffery of bygone days ...

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I was going over some web links related to an entirely different subject,
when I came across this:

"There are numbers of them about, but you will seldom see them. They
seldom even see each other. As furtively as the bats of twilight, they
shun the eyes of the world, going on their mysterious journeys and
retiring as quietly as they set out. Out of the darkness they come, in
darkness they remain and into darkness they go, with most of their epics
unrecorded and forgotten."

and also

"It is surprising, on a roof, how little is needed to betray the position
of the climber, or how much noise may be made with impunity. A loud, bold
sound emanating from the darkness is difficult to locate, and is apt to
pass unnoticed, while a low, scratching sound will arouse suspicion."

That almost sounds like an introduction to a Thief fan mission ... and a
quotation from Taffery: A Handbook. Authorised Edition.

You'll find more of it here: it's from The Nightclimbers of Cambridge,
by Whipplesnaith.

http://www.insectnation.org/stuff/nightclimbers/

--
Anders Thulin ath*algonet.se http://www.algonet.se/~ath

 

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"Anders Thulin" <ath_no_spam_please@algonet.se> kirjoitti
viestissä:eGz_e.147265$dP1.503944@newsc.telia.net...
>
> I was going over some web links related to an entirely different
> subject,
> when I came across this:

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> You'll find more of it here: it's from The Nightclimbers of Cambridge,
> by Whipplesnaith.
>
> http://www.insectnation.org/stuff/nightclimbers/

What a great find! Thanks for letting us know! This has to be forwarded to
the taffers at the TTLG. I'll give credit to you for finding this!

Thanks again!

- Mika L