He must be a Twitter employee or a friend of one, to get the @fart handle. Or a VERY early adopter.
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If it is, she's a lot older than she looks!
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Bob Dylan is 75 years old, and he's still touring.
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Double-checked. Tussie-mussies came about in the 18th century, stuck around a long time, and her book is about the Victorian era. I think I've fixed it as much as I could!
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Hmm, guess I could drop the reference to the Middle Ages. The rest comes from the linked article. Thanks for keeping me straight!
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Thank you, Edward!
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Yep.
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I would have loved to see that!
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The ultimate point of the article is that we shouldn't trample on the wishes of another culture, whether we understand it or not.
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You'd have to be an incredibly dreary person to find an exotic outpost boring. Combine that with a superiority complex, xenophobia, and homesickness, and you've got a disastrous job. From what I've read about the rise of the British Empire, there were plenty of bureaucrats like that.
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I thought about that, too, and that's why I didn't excerpt any of the actual "incriminating" story. But all that took place years ago, the principles are long gone, and he said the younger generation on Tristan da Cunha really doesn't care that much.
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You can see more of him in Saturday's post.
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Thank you, Edward!
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Regarding the top picture: do bakers not weave their lattice crusts anymore? I will have to take pictures next time I make one to show how its done.
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Because you seem to be a pretty smart person.
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