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tweety_fan
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16 Nov 2010, 4:57 am

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16 Nov 2010, 6:34 am

Really nice story -- thanks for posting it!



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16 Nov 2010, 8:54 am

A heartwarming story.

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16 Nov 2010, 11:24 pm

How stupid. If he had lost the book they might have made him pay it's cost. Probably about five shillings.

I read where some English Lord discovered a book which had been borrowed from the Oxford library 200 years ago by one of his ancestors.

They were amused to get the book back and didn't think of charging him any money.



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17 Nov 2010, 6:15 am

That is a sweet story :)

I'm sure though that here in the UK there is only ever a maximum fine of something like £12 or the price of the missing book...


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