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   Message 295,914 of 297,461   
   HenHanna to Peter Moylan   
   Re: Possible accidental sighting of a ne   
   30 Jun 24 00:54:40   
   
   XPost: alt.usage.english   
   From: HenHanna@devnull.tb   
      
   On 6/25/2024 3:58 PM, Peter Moylan wrote:   
   > On 26/06/24 06:41, Stefan Ram wrote:   
   >   
   >> I was combing through the interwebs for the lowdown on this whole   
   >> "electromagnetic mass" of the electron deal (J.J. Thomson, Abraham,   
   >> Lorentz, and that crew) when I stumbled upon this gnarly footnote in   
   >> "Poincaré on Mass-Energy Equivalence". Then it hit me like a   
   >> Mavericks wave - the author was some dude called "P. Moylan"!   
   >   
   > It ain't me, babe. Just a coincidence of names.   
   >   
   > My uncle is currently trying to organise a Moylan family reunion.   
   > Perhaps I should write to this fellow in Pennsylvania with an invitation.   
   >   
   > That reminds me. An AUE regular once asked me whether I was related to   
   > the linguist Séamus Ó Maoláin. I contacted him, and indeed he was from   
   > the same small region that my people came from. So there's probably a   
   > connection, but we could find the missing links. He died three years   
   > ago, so we likely never will.   
   >   
      
      
   Moylan is Irish?   
      
      
   Hugh "Blazes" Boylan -- Works as a musical impresario, managing Molly   
   Bloom's upcoming concert tour (which is a pretext for his visit on   
   Bloomsday).   
      
      
                     iirc...   he is hung like a horse.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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