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Reiner Torheit
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« on: 08:50:13, 29-02-2008 »
A special leap-year Birthday Greeting for Rossini - born on the 29th of February, 1792.
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Ron Dough
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« Reply #1 on: 08:55:53, 29-02-2008 »
And Frederick as well, I guess, wheresoever he may be in Cornwall.
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Don Basilio
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« Reply #2 on: 09:58:08, 29-02-2008 »
You beat me to it.

Here's Frederic



And here is Rossini's birth place in Pesaro



and close up
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« Reply #3 on: 10:15:46, 29-02-2008 »
Well he's looking very well under the circumstances!

I can only imagine it's to do with the lack of birthdays.
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