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269027 Bill Ghio 2019‑08‑08 Re: Whatsit??
> On Aug 8, 2019, at 1:03 AM, Don Schwartz  wrote:
> 
> On 2019-08-07 6:41 p.m., Mike Rock wrote:
>> Reminds me of when the King locked the court Jester in a room and would not
let him out until he told a pun, to which the Jester replied, "Oh, PUN the
door".....
>> Yup, I'm sick.........  :))))
>> 
>> On 8/7/2019 7:10 PM, John Ruth wrote:
>>> Peter,
>>> 
>>>> Pretty clever, knowing that we are in a maritime museum, and that
shipwrights say 'spile', not 'scribe'. I can't cope.
>>> Oh...God! 
> 
> Looks like we're headed down another rabbet hole! Will there be an eventual
rebate?
> 
> Couldn't be helped. Had to be said.


Lots of good questions. Wish I could have handled the piece but all I could get
was the one pic. I hope it was a creative solution to a unique problem and not a
dead end.

Recent Bios FAQ