From: don@cosmoslair.com   
      
   On 11/29/2020 7:26 PM, Nan Elizabeth Jorgensen wrote:   
   > What the heck!?? Taking a class at Berkeley on Spain and Portugal up to the   
   17th C. Where the  h do these   
   > "Surely II.V" and such come from?  Even from the explanation of the   
   differences between Spain and Portugal's numbers, I mean––where?   
   >   
   > It was SPAIN'S Philip III   for god/goddess's sake, folks. He died in 1621,   
   an untimely 43 years old, which considering his long reigning  father and   
   grandfather Charles ( Carlos) V was a bit of a shock.   
   > You're damn lucky you didn't have to keep track of the Alfonsos (   
   Afonsos)!!!!   
   >   Peace out ~~~~NJ   
   >   
   >   
   > On Sunday, November 10, 1996 at 12:00:00 AM UTC-8, Simon Slavin wrote:   
      
   Congrats! You have just been nominated for the Ed Rice Award for the   
   longest gap between your reply and the post you were replying to. But   
   beware there is quite a bit of competition generated by your fellow   
   google groups members.   
      
      
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