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Bill Just the wanderings of an aged mind P wandering mindfully -----Original Message----- From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bill Wootton Sent: 09 January 2014 09:49 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Bridges Still tuning up, Pat? > On 9 Jan 2014, at 8:44 pm, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Plague of plaques > Plaques of plagues > > Replying to myself > > -----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 > > -----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. >