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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-21-04 09:19 AM
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Man Returns Library Book - 42 years late
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VALLETTA, Malta (Reuters) - A former British Royal Air Force employee has returned a history book to the Malta public library 42 years after he borrowed it and was given a cup of coffee instead of a fine.

Ernie Roscouet, a resident of the Channel Islands, inadvertently packed the book when he left Malta in June 1962 and returned it when his wife gave him a holiday to Malta as his 65th birthday present.

"It's actually been on my conscience all this time," he told the Times of Malta newspaper.

Although he expected a fine he was given a cup of coffee instead.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=573&e=2&u=/nm/20040421/od_nm/book_dc
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the Kelly Gang Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-21-04 10:10 AM
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1. maybe needs a course in speed reading.
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