City streets (was Re: [Sca-cooks] Kitchen Scene by Campi)

[Robin Carroll-Mann]

On 3 Jan 2003, at 9:31, Laura C. Minnick wrote:

> Dunno. But the streets of Washington DC were known for being similarly
> er... decorated for most of the century. Apaprently one of Mary Todd
> Lincoln's many complaints about the town.

Had she gone to London, she would have found the same situation.
Some people eked out a living as street sweepers, clearing a path
across a street, so their betters could walk without soiling their
shoes.


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