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		gumby on April 25, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Four Hobbies, and Apparent Expertise You can't possibly be old enough to have met him in person, so I consider you impertinent in using the author's given name. Have a bit of respect and use his last name!

addled on April 25, 2023 [–]

Perhaps they're the time traveller in https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Say_Nothing_of_the_Dog?

gumby on April 26, 2023 | [–]

Had not considered that possibility, perhaps because I don't remember a traveler to that period, thinking only of plague era.

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