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   Message 68,944 of 70,346   
   Troels Forchhammer to All   
   Re: did Frodo live to see Sam?   
   02 Oct 12 21:27:33   
   
   From: Troels@ThisIsFake.invalid   
      
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   Morgoth's Curse  spoke these   
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   > On Tue, 02 Oct 2012 10:55:10 +0200, Troels Forchhammer   
   >  wrote:   
   >>   
   >> As Sam went away when he was 99,   
   >   
   > Minor error:  Sam passed over the Sea in 1482 at which time   
   > he was 102 years old.   
      
   Right you are, thank you!   
      
   Well, overall it wasn't too bad considering I had to use web ressources   
   because of writing from work ;)   
      
   (I remembered the number 99, but that must have been calculated based   
   on the erroneous year of birth from the pre-2004 Tale of Years).   
      
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