I blame all the warlords around the world.
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And they are downunder too, I accept the high priced Australian beef, though doing so effectively means I am supporting this and. Had just realised such that made me sad today.
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Time to go to sleepā¦ night night lovelies!
Also: why so seriousā¦?
Photograph: The bar at the grand opening of the Opera House, Dawson, Yukon Territory, by Eric A. Hegg (1899)
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Thereās a cocodrile in the water, venomous platypuses on the banks, dropbears on the trees, poison spiders under them and that tree in the foreground is considering seriously to chase and strangle you.
Also the temperature is 115 heathen or about 45 civilized.
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Time to go to sleepā¦ night night lovelies!
Also: ā¦and now hereās how youāll spend 12 hours a dayā¦
Photograph: Loudon Hosiery Mills, Loudon, Tennessee. Children ravelers and loopers by Lewis Wilkes Hine|, december of 1910
Ravelers sorted and fixed loose threads on stockings, and loopers operated the machine that sealed the toetips. Those jobs required swift hands and good eyesight, but the pay was low and adults wouldnāt take it so it was mostly children who made those and other low force tasks. Girls were preferred because they were more attentive and less prone to distracting out of boredom.
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Yes and reason for inviting fang for a swim.
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ā¦poor beastsā¦ even poor wannabe killer treeā¦
I think Iām going to sleep. Night night lovelies!
Also: layers upon layersā¦
Photograph: āWindow dressingā, by Vivian Maier, 1954
Those waves under the skirt kind of remember of a flower, or maybe a Georgia OāKeeffe paintingā¦
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There are more dangeous things in the water than crocodiles
You have summoned me
NO, I have not returned
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I wondered how long you could hold your breath for! 
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Iām also back!
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The Swamp is muddy and we knew that fang was lurking.
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Time to go to sleepā¦ night night lovelies!
Also: from the sea to your tableā¦
Photograph: Norfolk fishermen, by Francis Frith (1893)
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Time to go to sleep, but first, hereās a nifty little web to peek beyond paywalls:
It fetches archived versions of the page, just paste the relevant address and try different archive options. Option 2 uses to work fine.
And now Iām off to bed. Night night lovelies!
Also: thatās one large unique selling pointā¦
Photograph: Vikki Dougan āThe Backā, Beverly Hills Hotel, CA, 1957, by Ralph Crane
Her backside was used as inspiration for the cartoon character Jessica Rabbit
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Time to go to sleepā¦ night night lovelies!
Also: when youāve seen thingsā¦
Photograph: USAF Pilot Victor Vizcarra, getting evacuated from a jungle landing site. After ejecting, his flame-engulfed F-105 fighter-bomber passed beneath him as he parachuted and the plane crashed into a mountain. North-Vietnam, 1966.
Thatās what they call āthe 1000 yard stareā, a mix of āImma gonna dieā and āwhy I am not dead?ā common in shell-shocked servicepersons
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Thatās just shock. Not the 1000 yard stare.
A 1000 yard stare has lifeless eyes.
Had to clarify for all who suffered from it from any country.
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On a lighter note. I saved my co over 16k by fixing something they thought could not be fixed.
While I live in MA, I now need to drive 3.5 hrs to my sister in Kennebunkport ME to find a restaurant that serves a good baked stuffed lobster as my reward. No one cooks Maine lobster like a Maniac!
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