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Re: Cross post for all you nit-pickers:
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Ken Follett <[log in to unmask]>
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BP - "That's gneiss but I think you're full of schist!"
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Tue, 6 Jul 1999 16:55:13 EDT
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In a message dated 7/6/99 3:35:44 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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> For an especially awesome look into prison history, go see Eastern State
>  Penitentiary in Philadelphia.  (Charles Dickens came from England to see
>  it.)

When I was recently there, visiting all the way from NY, following in Larry's
path, the restoration team showed us picture boards of a late 50's plans to
turn the place into a convenience shopping mall. The developer (Brennan?) is
now building a mall out near our neighborhood in LI from a former horse
track. As to incarceration, been there done that, a few times, no thanks.

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