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I was determined not to be done out of my theory , so I walked a couple of hundred yards to the plumber - cum - slater who has , singlehanded , for fifty years kept Abertulloch's pipes full and its ceilings dry .
I was determined not to be done out of my theory , so I walked a couple of hundred yards to the plumber - cum - slater who has , singlehanded , for fifty years kept Abertulloch's pipes full and its ceilings dry .
Page 78
We weren't anywhere near ; in fact , the right answer was two hundred and ninety - two pounds , seven shillings , just half our estimate . The winner was a miner who had solved the problem in his head while on night - shift .
We weren't anywhere near ; in fact , the right answer was two hundred and ninety - two pounds , seven shillings , just half our estimate . The winner was a miner who had solved the problem in his head while on night - shift .
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... on my own with two hundred Arab soldiers , their three hundred wives , five hundred children , and a hundred and fifty ancient and toothless dependents of both sexes . One December evening I remember in the Peace River country .
... on my own with two hundred Arab soldiers , their three hundred wives , five hundred children , and a hundred and fifty ancient and toothless dependents of both sexes . One December evening I remember in the Peace River country .
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