Re: Traveller under the influence

> Bertil Jonnell once told me of the "Bowman Belt" from the GDW
> module _Beltstrike_.  Seems there was a Swedish politician named
> Bowman.  In an effort to explain away some faltering in the Swedish
> economy of the time he said that "We must tighten our belts" (Of
> course he probably said it in Swedish :-) but the phrase (and the
> economic downturn) came to be known as the "Bowman Belt".  :-)
					      ^^^^^^
  'Bohman' actually but it's pronounced the same.

  I don't think GDW knew about this when they named the system thou.

> But my knowlege is limited, and we have a great store out there.
> So what have YOU folks noticed along these lines?  :-)

  There are systems named Mikesh (Corridor) and Vilardi (Massilia).

> Scott 2G Kellogg

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