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<IMG ALT="[picture]" SRC="misc/backpage/chester.jpg" WIDTH="601" HEIGHT="315">
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<P> That's me, Didier from Belgium (of The Answer Gang fame) and Mick from
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Ireland (of News Bytes fame) in Chester, England during my UK trip in July. We
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spent the day in Chester walking on the medieval wall, looking at Roman
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columns, and visiting the Roman amphitheater and the Chester Cathedral. More
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pictures from my trip are at
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<A HREF="http://iron.cx/pix/">http://iron.cx/pix/</A> in the 2002 section.
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<P> I went to the UK in July and met Didier (of The Answer Gang fame) and Mick
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(of News Bytes fame)
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WACKO TOPIC OF THE MONTH
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<P> All this talk about England reminded Ben of a pseudo-<EM>Beowulf</EM>
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quote his <CODE>fortune</CODE> program doth said once:
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<BLOCKQUOTE><PRE>
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Meanehwael, baccat meaddehaele, monstaer lurccen;
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Fulle few too many drincce, hie luccen for fyht.
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[D]en Hreorfneorht[d]hwr, son of Hrwaerow[p]heororthwl,
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AEsccen aewful jeork to steop outsyd.
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[P]hud! Bashe! Crasch! Beoom! [D]e bigge gye
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Eallum his bon brak, byt his nose offe;
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Wicced Godsylla waeld on his asse.
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Monstaer moppe fleor wy[p] eallum men in haelle.
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Beowulf in bacceroome fonecall bemaccen waes;
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Hearen sond of ruccus saed, "Hwaet [d]e helle?"
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Graben sheold strang ond swich-blaed scharp
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Sond feorth to fyht [d]e grimlic foe.
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"Me," Godsylla saed, "mac [d]e minsemete."
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Heoro cwyc geten heold wi[p] faemed half-nelson
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Ond flyng him lic frisbe bac to fen.
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Beowulf belly up to meaddehaele bar,
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Saed, "Ne foe beaten mie faersom cung-fu."
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Eorderen cocca-colha yce-coeld, [d]e reol [p]yng.
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-- Not Chaucer, for certain
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</PRE></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<P> If that's not wacko enough, see this
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<A HREF="http://www.gilchriststudios.com/nancy/images/061802.gif">Nancy cartoon</A>.
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