On 21 July, 10:28, "CT" wrote:
Kate Morgan wrote:
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The subject of fairy rings on the lawn used to crop up on the
newsgroup years ago. People of my generation used to stand in the
middle and make a wish, many of the guys used to wish for Charlie
Dimmock *

It's Alys Fowler these days ;-)

{googles} OK, fair enough. But she doesn't have Charlie's obvious
advantages.