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Listed below are comments made by Researcher 194083 between Tuesday, 5th August 2008 and Saturday, 23rd August 2008.

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Is it time for a really modern pentathlon? 02:41am on 23 Aug 2008 As I understand it (and I served in REME at the time when the corps produced the British, World and Olympic team champions) the event tested the skills required of the King's Messengers (presumably Queen's dittos nowadays) an elite service of high speed confidential couriers. The service was created by Charles I, who produced the original silver greyhound bdges by breaking them from he edges of an ornamented silver salver (or so the story goes).
Milking it 03:20am on 05 Aug 2008 Empty yoghurt cartons or similar are effective at keeping the blue tits out. And the milkman will transfer them from the empties to the new bottles.

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