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So nobody mentioned Kit Kat, a candy bar invented in Leeds? Oh, for shame.

Steam is so dramatic, so interesting to watch as those locomotives pass by.

Back in medieval times when water was not drinkable, mulled wine was a welcome drink.

In the middle of a rerun of Perry Mason, watched the Ball Drop and listened to Frank sing his homage to New York. Oh that tickles the heart! Then finished watching Perry Mason. Tonight, saw the sun set, the purple clouds were amazing...

I celebrated Boxing Day by mailing off a box. Our wonderful mailman advised us that the box did not have a USPS return label (but rather a UPS label), thereby saving us a useless trip to the post office.

Speaking of turkeys, if one were to be advised of the inside scoop on their lives prior to being the main dish, one would be totally aghast. Vegetarians unite!

I haven't noticed any shrinkflation BUT the price increases are absolutely jaw dropping!

Well, there are the walls. In LOTSW, Compo walks on top of walls, and in KUP, Hyacinth, to keep the truth about her family from Elizabeth, climbs over a wall.

Speaking of tides, somewhere in England there is a tide that goes up a river and due to a natural funnel action, this creates a wave. And man o man, when you have a wave, surfers are on it! By the hundreds!

Actually, in Japan it is a known fact that octopuses in this one island area normally come out of the water and "walk" briefly on a rocky hillside.