Dear GDR,

Excellent, excellent.  A reminding lesson to us all.

Robyn

PS
"Handle" would do just fine.

At 22:56 5/29/96 +0200, you wrote:
>You know the story of grandfathers axe: He used it for over 70 years, he
>built up the families richdom with it.
>The blade was 5 times replaced, the wood (which everyone is holding the
>axe, I forgot the English word for it in the moment) had to be replaced
>every two years. But it is still grandfathers axe !
>Now it is in the museum, it's grandfathers axe !
>GDR
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