Subject: oldest continuously working rock in the world<br/>
Date: Mar 17, 2001 @ 05:20<br/>
Author: michael donner (michael donner &lt;m@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1259921790">it seems that the stretch of the denl line from denekamp to hardenberg<br/>
which was identified by harry as the locale of the 1558 working rocks<br/>
  per brouwers  grenspalen in nederland<br/>
meanders for perhaps only 30 or 40 km in all<br/>
<br/>
& am wondering<br/>
first<br/>
whether there are dutch &or german topos &or treaty texts in anyones<br/>
possession that indicate the positions of the international boundary<br/>
monuments generally in that area<br/>
  & thus that pinpoint all the most likely search locations<br/>
& second<br/>
whether there are any members available in or near that area to either<br/>
check the positions indicated by these sources<br/>
or else to just walk the line at random for a few km<br/>
because it seems to me that one or more of these rocks ought to turn up in<br/>
fairly short order if we follow either of these simple procedures<br/>
& also that whoever finds & photographs & posts even one of them will stand<br/>
to win the gold at least for now in what might fairly be called the<br/>
grandest of all the olympic events<br/>
<br/>
m<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
i gather also that it will probably be impossible to determine which member<br/>
of the 1558 rock group is the earliest one to have received its second coat<br/>
of arms<br/>
so the first one that is found<br/>
or perhaps the one found in best condition<br/>
will stand to win on tiebreak</div>