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The Workmans' trip to India, Burma, Ceylon, and Java lasted two and a half years, beginning in November 1897, and covered 14,000 miles (23,000 km). At the time, Fanny was 38 and William 50. They bicycled about 4,000 miles (6,400 km) from the southernmost tip of India to the Himalaya in the north. To ensure they had access to supplies, they rode along major thoroughfares near railways, and were sometimes forced to sleep in railway waiting rooms if no other accommodation was available. They carried minimal supplies, including tea, sugar, biscuits, cheese, tinned meats, water, pillows, a blanket for each of them, writing materials, and medical and repair kits.[28] They dispensed with their bicycles at the northern end of their trip and hiked over passes between 14,000 feet (4,300 m) and 18,000 feet (5,500 m).[28][29] The trip was grueling. They often had little food or water, dealt with swarms of mosquitoes, fixed as many as 40 bicycle tire punctures per day, and slept in rat-infested quarters.[30] Fanny Workman's book, written after the trip, highlighted the ancient architecture that they had seen rather than the contemporary local cultures.[29] Mrs Workman mentions in "My Asiatic Wanderings" about India "I have wheeled through much enchanting scenery, in the palm and banyan grooves of Orissa, Over the green and scarlet slopes of the Terai... But I have never cycled 1200 miles in a country so continuously beautiful."
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Leicester can’t win the league
Heard that before
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The phrase 'Get in the Sea'
said to other people's floaters ?
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supersalad is using directuploads.net - my provider is blocking directuploads.net
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Things crossed for this poor sod ...
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/oct/28/fire-chiefs-request-help-rescue-man-dangling-from-carlisle-chimney -
They probably mean anyone younger than themselves.
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An old colleague sent me this - I'm trying to think of a decent reply ...
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-UDuk9Cy48