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   MB to All   
   Re: Hello from an old timer   
   09 Jun 21 08:37:26   
   
   From: MB@nospam.net   
      
   On 08/06/2021 17:31, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:   
   > Until I read on, I had visions of you visiting Cumb* with a spade on   
   > your shoulder, intending to find out beyond a doubt! [Probably carrying   
   > a flickering lantern ...]   
      
   Some years ago there was a BBC series about parish priests, ministers   
   etc.  I think it was the one at Daliburgh who had to find a space for   
   burial so he mapped out the burial ground by poking a long stiff wire   
   into the ground to locate coffins.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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