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SKIP NOVAK

If any readers are tired of my ‘back in the day’ stories please send a letter to the editor. Possibly my advanced age is to blame, and realising I might never get a chance ‘to foil.’

What brought on this reminiscence was a recent experience putting my 15-year-old son, Luca, to work during the annual Pelagic Australis refit in Cape Town. Having lost his monthly allowance through a catalogue of misdemeanours, he was hard up for cash.

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