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   Snidely to All   
   Re: John Hopkin   
   03 Nov 22 15:14:24   
   
   From: snidely.too@gmail.com   
      
   Just this Thursday, Bob puzzled about:   
   > On Thursday, November 3, 2022 at 2:23:45 PM UTC-4, Snidely wrote:   
   >> Remember when N J Marsh bragged outrageously? That was Thursday:   
   >>> Marianne Hopkin just posted this on Facebook:   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> John Hopkin died suddenly, but very peacefully, surrounded by his family on   
   >>> Sunday 16th of October 2022.   
   >>> We are celebrating his life at his funeral on Friday 25th of November at   
   >>> 11:30am in the large chapel at the crematorium on Chanterlands Avenue,   
   >>> Hull.   
   >>>   
   >>> If you would like to attend, you are very welcome. We'd appreciate it if   
   >>> you would let us know in advance.   
   >> Oh, my. One of AFCA's best. Hats off for the Hatpin.   
   >>   
   >> /dps   
   >>   
   >> --   
   >> "This is all very fine, but let us not be carried away be excitement,   
   >> but ask calmly, how does this person feel about in in his cooler   
   >> moments next day, with six or seven thousand feet of snow and stuff on   
   >> top of him?"   
   >> _Roughing It_, Mark Twain.   
   >   
   > John Hopkin was John Hatpin?   
      
   The Hull he was!   
      
   -d   
      
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   Trust, but verify.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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