It happens that Cerumen formulated :

As I say I didn't actually see the original post so assume it was a forgery
or somehow blocked because of earlier postings that were made.

It wasn't a forgery, it was Alan trolling.

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From: "Alan Holmes"
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Subject: Walnut tree?
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