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2. You're welcome. I don't go out of my way, just pick up bits

Reply to jls4561 (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 31, 2020, 12:48 PM

Mar 2020

Who knows why, but somewhere it said that the tough guy Romans were skeered of the open ocean - and this has stuck with me. I've also wondered how they and the rest of the Ancients did all they did wearing SANDALS - or as The Skittles calls them, "shower shoes"!1

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Thanks for posting. jls4561 Mar 2020 #1

You're welcome. I don't go out of my way, just pick up bits UTUSN Mar 2020 #2

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