Apech

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has everyone gone Tarot all of a sudden?

I get a steady stream of PMs on this subject.

This sex talk is flopping all over the place - it should be far more rigid!

F**k that! Let's have a fight.

And you are our fairy.

Only one man can pull the sword from the stone.

It's not easy being tediously boring you know.

But you keep coming back

It means not wearing a suit and tie while doing it.

For comfort and hygiene.

...changed my underwear...

You'd have to tie me up and whip me before I would consent to such a thing.

Jackboots! he said casual sex not S&M.

You can roll up your trousers if you like - but please don't post any pictures.

*pictures Luke casually leaning against naked bodies*

I vote for just getting back on topic - and I'll try to do so.

Could argue about this one:

Here we are arguing about maps now!

Well its still not ideal but with hard water it deposits a scale on the inner surface of the pipe (like you can get in a kettle sometimes) and this means the amount of lead dissolved in the water is much less (not sure what safe levels are considered these days) - in soft water areas the risks are much higher and especially if the water is slightly acidic.

Sure I wasn't trying to set up a 'whose was the best plumbing' thing - I was was just struck by the quality of those Roman faucets - which by the way look like copper or possibly bronze - while the pipe is lead (which would be ok if the water is hard).

Roman faucets from 79 AD discovered in Pompei: ... quite impressive eh?

Also it's a bit naive to think that trade routes consist of someone sailing half way across the world. A more realistic model would be someone in South America trades with North Americans who trade with Greenland - who trade with Iceland - who trade with Ireland, who trade with Britain - who trade with Spain - who trade with North Africa - who trade with Egypt. Thus products find themselves half way across the world. Not saying this happened - just that its more believable.