Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:
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Thus it is, that all Franz's posts are now fed direct to worms
and
turn into compost, saving me from going blind and mad trying to
disentangle them. (The posts, not the worms). Try it, and your own
confusion will melt away like snow off a dike.

Do dikes stand still long enough to get a covering of snow?

Ask the little Dutch boy.

Mike.