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Message: [QUOTE="Susan Markowitz, post: 312919, member: 197801"] Thanks so much for those prank-tales, Erik! I'm laughing so hard I can hardly type! I guess I'm mean, too, but I adore such things. It's one of the aspects I miss most about fencing (I "retired" in 1998): all the pranks we pulled on the fencing master, like wearing surgical gloves instead of our leather ones, and turning our breast-protectors inside out, i.e., concave instead of convex. We also used to hold regular "sock nights", when everyone wore the most ridiculous socks they could find (instead of white; showed up nicely against white uniforms). I feel a pang whenever I come across a pair of wild-looking socks: no one to annoy with them anymore. At any rate, your stories and Michael's, et al., are great fun -- please keep 'em coming! :-) On a more serious note, now that cruise lines have "discovered" Newfoundland, there's talk of widening the infamous "Narrows" at the mouth of St. John's harbor, to permit larger ships to enter. Great for tourism, but, IMHO, a terrible shame, given its historical significance. All the best -- Susan [/QUOTE]