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Old train wheels found on Lyme Regis harbour wall. Used as weights for mooring linesRelated content
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We have a saying: "Who's resting is rosting" (Wer rastet, der rostet). Means "A rolling stone gathers no moss"
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We have the same saying (the rolling stone and moss one!!) I don't think this wheel is rolling anywhere and is just gathering rust on a harbour wall!
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Like my old bones 
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Oh,mine too!! Even the thumbs are now complaining.
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... and the teeth and the toes and the knees ...
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Maybe because we are of the same age???
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You could be correct, although I had always imagined you to be younger than myself! Without giving away too many secrets to all on dA (I have no objection to you knowing my age) I did see almost half of the 20th century!!
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Haha, me too! I'm born in the year when your Queen was crowned
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Wow, we are so old! I missed her father by 7 weeks!!
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But such as world is going on I'm mostly glad to be so old!
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Absolutely .. I definitely would not want to be young again .. youngER perhaps but not young!!
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Thank you. I almost dismissed the photo then noticed all the colours in the rusting wheel. Thank you for commenting.
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