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[mklotz]

Thank you both for the comments.

Marv I think anyone with a hobby like ours needs a sense of humour But most of all a great imagination to overcome anything that is put in front of us. Sometimes the solutions can be instant and others take a bit of time. This forum is great for stimulating the grey matter. Love the idea of hiding a note for the future. Didn't even thick of doing that.

The ability to see the humor in everything is essential. After all, if you think this 'life' thing is serious, you'll go mad for sure.

Phrase the note a bit on the risqué side. Archaeologists love to find ancient inscriptions but they're really happy if the inscription, once translated, is a dirty joke; they find so few of those.

That's why they're digging up the rest of Pompeii. The walls have lots of Latin graffiti, many of the form "for a good time, visit the house of ...". It really was a party town.