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Fesshole 🧻 (fesshole@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Sep-2026 06:25:24 JST Fesshole 🧻

I grew up in a part of Cornwall where large areas were fenced off with warning signs about collapsing tin mines. I used to have nightmares of the whole county breaking off from Devon and floating towards Brittany. My main concern was that I was already 10 and knew no French.

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  Clayfoot (clayfoot@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Sep-2026 06:45:19 JST Clayfoot
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  @fesshole I would have started with French profanity, considering
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    Rotting timbers and rain cause mineshaft collapses in Cornwall
    
    Aging mines and heavy rain make collapses more likely and there have been several in recent months.
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  Ben. No, not that one. (bencotterill@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Sep-2026 06:53:04 JST Ben. No, not that one.
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  @fesshole My sister fell down an open Cornish mine shaft when walking backwards flying a kite.
  
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