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Lawrence was obsessed by bodies, wasn't he?
I was taught that POM meant "Prisoner of Mother England" in relation particularly to punishment by transportation to the Strine. Port Arthur is an interesting place NOW, but imagine how interesting it would have been 130-odd years ago ...
The idiot also known as Capfka ...
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