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Thanks, Andew. You are allowed out. Or is that allowed off ? Bill On Fri, 27 Oct 2017 at 9:31 pm, Andrew Burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Wonderful little scene, Bill. (I've been off internet for a couple of days > -sorry.) > > Andrew > > < > https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail > > > Virus-free. > www.avast.com > < > https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail > > > <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > > On 27 October 2017 at 06:07, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > Very, very high, P. > > B > > > > On Fri, 27 Oct 2017 at 2:28 AM, Patrick McManus < > > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > > Hi Bill I took the stilts to be very high heels cheers P > > > > > > > > > On 25/10/2017 23:08, Bill Wootton wrote: > > > > It was new to me too, Doug and Patrick. But in the annual Hepburn > > Springs > > > > Swiss Italian Festa parade (the village was settled by Swiss Italians > > in > > > > the 19th century) young local circus performers, mostly girls on > quite > > > high > > > > stilts, marched along with the brass band and others. ‘Sprung’ was > just > > > the > > > > name of their circus which performed in the afternoon but thinking > > now, I > > > > suppose the name plays mineral springs, for which the area is > renowned. > > > > I did not know her, Doug. The ‘Ah’ was to indicate that I now could > see > > > the > > > > reason for her agitation.(you try bending down to pick up anything > from > > > the > > > > ground on stilts!) > > > > Bill > > > > > > > > On Thu, 26 Oct 2017 at 3:39 am, Patrick McManus < > > > > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > > > > >> Hi Bill thanks ah those stilted feet!! > > > >> > > > >> yes and what is Sprung Circus ? > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> On 24/10/2017 23:25, Bill Wootton wrote: > > > >>> Like a stuck stork > > > >>> pivoting > > > >>> from one stilted foot > > > >>> to the other > > > >>> she jab-points > > > >>> both index fingers > > > >>> down to the footpath > > > >>> at her distant shoes. > > > >>> > > > >>> Traffic > > > >>> keeps rolling by. > > > >>> > > > >>> I pull over. > > > >>> Ah, I say, > > > >>> handing up > > > >>> the adhesive tape roll > > > >>> she had dropped. > > > >>> > > > >>> Sprung Circus > > > >>> must go on. > > > >>> > > > >>> bw > > > > > > > > > -- > Andrew > http://hispirits.blogspot.com/ > Books available through Walleah Press > http://walleahpress.com.au >