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   Henry to StrongTea   
   Re: Down and Out in Paris and London - w   
   28 Sep 06 08:18:08   
   
   From: henry999@eircom.net   
      
   StrongTea  wrote:   
      
   > I'm reading this book at the moment.   
      
   Wonderful book. One of my favourites.   
      
   > He writes about staying at a   
   > 'spike' (a kinda hostel and soup kitchen for the homeless)   
      
   Well...I suppose that's 'kinda' what it was...   
      
   > He may have altered the names so to   
   > avoid getting sued by the owners of the spikes (Salvation Army in both   
   > cases I think)   
      
   Yikes. You need to do a bit of googling, mate.   
      
   cheers,   
      
   Henry   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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