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spot
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I've just discovered the profession I ought to have followed, simply because it has such a perfect name. A margaritarius is a trader in pearls. In Latin, anyway. I want to be a margaritarius.
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I thought you were going to post that you like margaritas but yeah that would make a nice change in conversation when asked "well, what do you do ?"
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Post by Lon »

I just did a Google on margaritarius and Spot's initial post to FG was the fourth hit. Google is really something else.
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