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You see a few places like that in South Africa, but the roof is normally thatched, not shingles.

Zanzibar

And from the other side of the planet. Grognerd, it's too late in the day for that stuff.

Belinda Carlisle beat everyone to it.

https://theconversation.com/body-armour-made-from-silk-is-being-developed-but-this-apparently-cutting-edge-idea-is-centuries-old-227475

Towing the guy behind, or braking the guy in front? Curious minds need to know.

On a lesser-played Dire Straits binge.

Forever Young Early 12" demo prior to the album Album version Laura Branigan cover Leo Moracchioli metal cover

Is that a shower or a launch control system for missiles?

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-68702870 Did they flip it to side B?

The insane ginger one again.

My concern on that bottle would be that the cap does not look like a high pressure cap. It looks more like the flat, wide cap I see on fruit juice bottles and takes less than one turn to remove from the threads. Was the cap a rigid plastic or somewhat flexible? The bottles used for Pepsi and...

Vampires in high heels....

LibreOffice and Firefox, who said you could use my PC?

I would hope that I'm also not the only one who knew them from reading the Far Side.