> It swings out into the channel and locks in place, 
> restricting the width to approximately 7ft. It is 
> automatically deployed whenever the sensors detect a 
> dutchbarge (*) passing through Lock 8 from the Severn.
> 
> (*) cf 'narrowboat'. It would be a sad day if the English 
> language were ever to be pickled in aspic...
> 
> M

As indeed did Latin, in the Western Empire's dying days. Grammar was taught
to a *very limited number of set texts

Ian Cardinal
aka Norman the Narrowboat 


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