I've been on holiday, I don't know if you noticed. We came back via Bayeux and here I post a little-known pic from the famous tapestry (yes really). You are to imagine the nice ladies of the time happily needle-pointing away, although perhaps that isn't such a good image now I think of it.
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Nice pictures....
http://www.dn.se/DNet/road/Classic/article/47/jsp/bildspel.jsp?a=677659…
Nice reminder...
surely this is an image from "surfacestations.org" -- showing the improper use & location of a temp gauge without a Stevenson screen etc.
I imagine having four testicles would confer a Darwinian benefit in the fight to reproduce...