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Re:The man who posted himself to Australia by bobajeff on Thursday March 05, 2015 @10:45PM (#9155460)
Great story. Sad little addendum at the end though.
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Re:The man who posted himself to Australia by damian2000 on Thursday March 05, 2015 @10:56PM (#9155501)
That was a long time ago though - he's been out of jail for 20+ years.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reg_Spiers

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Re:The man who posted himself to Australia by kalleboo on Friday March 06, 2015 @05:09AM (#9156397)
I'm not sure if that Wikipedia article helps make things any less sad:

> In 2011, Spiers's daughter Jane was convicted on counts of manufacturing a controlled drug, and one count of doing so for sale

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Re:The man who posted himself to Australia by jacobwcarlson on Thursday March 05, 2015 @11:03PM (#9155521)
Could have been worse: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gift_(The_Velvet_Undergroun...
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