welcome. Lest I baffle any Americans, here is a suitable transatlantic celeb:

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Tue 26 Feb 2002, 5:38,
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that dubbin was wax for canoes.
My mate used to use it on his football boots, or rather his mum used to polish his boots with it.
I used to find it funny to say that his mums fingers smell of dubbin. Hence my fond memories of dubbin... ahh.
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Tue 26 Feb 2002, 5:52,
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My mate used to use it on his football boots, or rather his mum used to polish his boots with it.
I used to find it funny to say that his mums fingers smell of dubbin. Hence my fond memories of dubbin... ahh.
thank you; you're a brick, and I am flattered. i'm actually a doctor now, hence the lack of recent updates.
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Tue 26 Feb 2002, 5:52,
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I've updated it. It's probably libelous now. What do you think?
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Tue 26 Feb 2002, 6:02,
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Can you get mad bloke who puts silly things on his head? Or Prof Hawking?
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Tue 26 Feb 2002, 6:07,
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prof hawking... have spotted him several times tootling around Cam, but alas! no dubbin to hand. apparently he recently went into addenbrooke's (hospital) A&E (ER) when his wheelchair ran amok and propelled him into a wall, but I wasn't there at the time... honest
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Tue 26 Feb 2002, 7:00,
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