Still tuning up, Pat?
> On 9 Jan 2014, at 8:44 pm, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Plague of plaques
> Plaques of plagues
>
> Replying to myself
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Patrick McManus
> Sent: 09 January 2014 09:05
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Bridges
>
> A plague of plaques
> P
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bill Wootton
> Sent: 09 January 2014 08:28
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Bridges
>
> Now see what you've unleashed, Andrew.
>
>> On 9 Jan 2014, at 6:21 pm, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> an old Irish joke (whose?):
>>
>> Joyce and O'Casey both abused Dubliners so you'd think they'd say A plague on both your houses.
>> Instead it put a plaque on both their houses.
>>
>> [If not Joyce and O'Casey, then some other suitable names ]
>>
>>
>>> On 09/01/2014, at 6:05 PM, Andrew Burke wrote:
>>>
>>> Ah, stupid mistake. Sorry.
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 9 January 2014 14:59, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Wow, Andrew, I hope your cousin wasn't infected by Burke's pla g ue.
>>>> Yes I can imagine a squat item built of that chunky redgum. I will
>>>> ask around locally more about the bridge.
>>>>
>>>> Bill
>>>>
>>>>> On 09/01/2014, at 12:35 PM, Andrew Burke wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I have a cousin in Melbourne who has a small table made from
>>>>> timbers of
>>>> the
>>>>> original Burke's Bridge.It's a squat, sturdy item with a plague on
>>>>> the
>>>> side
>>>>> stating its origins. It exudes mysterious tales of past passages. I
>>>>> have
>>>> no
>>>>> idea how Patrick fits into family history, although there are
>>>>> copious family histories about.
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