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\title{ Me in my dingy }

\author{ Sam Wilson }

\date{ 1996 January 1 (Monday), 12:00AM }

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I was setting out to row across the river to the palm tree beach, I think from Freshwater Bay.  This may have been the time that we brought Marnie  down to see my boat, but I'm not certain.   The hat I'm wearing I had until I got dumped at Trigg in Summer 2002 when I lost it.

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