On Sunday, July 29, 2001 at 10:28:13 AM UTC-5, Noel Jackson wrote:   
   > Clyde in Coal refers to transport of coal from the Clyde, ie Glasgow in   
   > Scotland. 21 days is not an unreasonable sailing time under sail. Though why   
   > anyone should want to imort coal to the West Indies is another question   
   > altogether.   
   >   
   > Noel Jackson, Ebchester, Co.Durham. UK   
      
   Maybe it is like the United States Military hauling coal from Pennsylvania to   
   Germany.   
      
   https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2014/03/14/290238727   
   long-dead-congressmans-earmark-lives-on-in-europe   
      
   Could be pure politics.   
      
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