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On 17/10/11 01:37, Jonathan Leffler wrote:
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cite="mid:CAH+RLGF6j6n31Xs3prnXrEwUapTMKLQOFTGOX-VkHd5chCjeyw@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 14:40, Clive D.W. Feather <span
dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:clive@davros.org">clive@davros.org</a>></span>
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<div class="im">Kevin Lyda said:<br>
> How did the British actually manage to build an empire
anyway?<br>
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By accident.<font color="#888888"><br>
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And mostly in an era when time wasn't as critical as it is
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It's a mystery. What did they do with dates and times in telegraph
messages?<br>
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jch<br>
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