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Yvonne Abraham

Washed-up bottle connects man to his past

Sometimes, the past pays a visit at just the right time.

Forty one years ago, a shy, tow-haired 12-year-old hatched the kind of plan kids on lazy summer vacations do. He wrote three notes, wrapped them around sticks, tied them with string, and sealed them into glass Pepsi bottles.

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Did this Smoot also lay down and have his length marked from one end to the other of the Mass Ave bridge?  If so, a busy childhoodmeasuring bridges and seeding the ocean with secret messages!