I believe this has your answers.

I was blown away by these!

Updating to include that info, Alex! :)

I know! My fingers hurt just from reading this.

Just so you're aware, no one deleted your comment.

How cool to hear from someone who has been there! Thanks for your comment.

I appreciate your review! Thank you.

The use of the word "shocker" couldn't be more sarcastic. I thought from what I wrote, that was fairly obvious. Secondly, I wasn't envisioning some vicious, all-male yearbook staff tying each female student to the proverbial whipping post. Whether the staff was mostly comprised of males, females or it was even — a fact that you can't possibly know by comparing "yearbook staffs around that same era" — the captions are a product of the times, representative of the attitudes of the age.

I'm glad someone likes them besides me. I'm thinking about buying the blue one for the "Blue Room" in my house. As for the U.S. switches, I don't have an answer for you. Perhaps there's a reader out there who has a good answer.

Certainly a missed headline opportunity by me, anyhow! :)

Thanks! I came across that site when I was writing this. I linked to it for an explanation of "helic arc" in the first paragraph. I'll add another link in at the end. Thanks for your comments, they're always full of good information.

Interesting point of view from someone dealing with them first hand! Thanks for your comment (and yuck about the bloody stump)!

Mmm. Hippos. Fresh from the oven. :)