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Lionel Mandrake

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12. I'm so glad we exploited your hospitality when we could.
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 12:44 PM
5 hrs ago

Cologne is local by comparison with, say, Frankfurt am Main, but as I remember it was something of a trek from Ratingen.

I also recall a discussion of how to spell Neandert[h]al. One of my biologist friends explained that a specific epithet like neanderthalensis, once named, can never be changed. So the "h" will always be there.

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Thank you, DFW, for the update. May the news be good. niyad 11 hrs ago #1
Keep the faith. So glad things went well. riversedge 11 hrs ago #2
Great photo, DFW gademocrat7 11 hrs ago #3
Thank you, DFW!! DarthDem 11 hrs ago #4
Thanks, DFW! Scrivener7 10 hrs ago #5
Thank you! spanone 10 hrs ago #6
Awwww. . . Thank you so much, my dear DFW! How very kind of you. CaliforniaPeggy 8 hrs ago #7
Hard to believe it has been that long! DFW 6 hrs ago #8
I'm so glad we exploited your hospitality when we could. Lionel Mandrake 5 hrs ago #12
In German, there are two generally accepted spellings for the word for "valley." DFW 3 hrs ago #14
Thank you for the good news! pandr32 5 hrs ago #9
Thank you! blogslug 5 hrs ago #10
Miss Peggy os Golden! 1WorldHope 5 hrs ago #11
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Good to hear, TY! Good Luck California Peggy! electric_blue68 2 hrs ago #15
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