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Eb — Mon, 09 Nov 2026 00:06:45 GMT

Great Water-Beetle, Dysticus marginalis

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	=== Great Water-Beetle, ''Dysticus marginalis'' ===		=== Great Water-Beetle, ''Dysticus marginalis'' ===

	Also known as the great diving beetle. ([https://www.~~smithsonianchannel~~.com/~~video/series/macro-worlds/67226~~ A Smithsonian video with footage of it swimming])		Also known as the great diving beetle. ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hwqja6FWUzA A Smithsonian video with footage of it swimming])

	=== Laura Ashley dresses ===		=== Laura Ashley dresses ===

MediaWiki:Common.css

Eb — Fri, 06 Nov 2026 21:19:28 GMT

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Project:About

Eb — Fri, 06 Nov 2026 19:42:16 GMT

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	= What? =		= What? =

	This is a bunch of commentary and annotation by Eli Bishop on fiction, drama, and comics.		This is a bunch of commentary and annotation by [http://www.errorbar.net/ Eli Bishop] on fiction, drama, and comics.

	[[wiki:Nitpicking\|Nitpicking]] involves finding little things that, if left alone, would just make you itchy. At a '''nitbar''', you can ~~taste an assortment of nits~~ and ~~be nourished by them~~. Or ~~just~~ let them hatch and maybe they'll make conversation.		[[wiki:Nitpicking\|Nitpicking]] involves finding little things that, if left alone, would just make you itchy. At a '''nitbar''', you can eat these and get whatever nutrition they might contain. Or let them hatch and maybe they'll make conversation.

	Sometimes I read books and I can't resist making notes and looking things up; this is the result. Some (not all) of these things are pretty easy to look up anyway on the Internet, but I like the effect of pulling them together in one place. Other things might be obvious to someone from the U.S., but not to readers elsewhere. There are also some notes that are just there to clarify plot connections, but I'm not trying to insult anyone's intelligence— it's more like helping myself keep track of the story.		Sometimes I read books and I can't resist making notes and looking things up; this is the result. Some (not all) of these things are pretty easy to look up anyway on the Internet, but I like the effect of pulling them together in one place. Other things might be obvious to someone from the U.S., but not to readers elsewhere. There are also some notes that are just there to clarify plot connections, but I'm not trying to insult anyone's intelligence— it's more like helping myself keep track of the story.

Turtle Diary

Eb — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 19:14:20 GMT

her Postal Savings book

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	=== her Postal Savings book ===		=== her Postal Savings book ===

	Like many countries (including the US until 1966), the UK ~~offers~~ personal savings accounts through the Post Office.		Like many countries (including the US until 1966), the UK offered personal savings accounts through the Post Office. In 1969, this system was moved to the Treasury Department, but was still referred to informally as "postal savings" and continued to use a similar style of account book until the 2000s.<ref>{{cite article\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/3451555.stm\|title=R.I.P. Post Office Savings Account\|publication=BBC News\|pub-date=February 2004}}</ref> The current system is {{wp\|National Savings and Investments}}.

	== Chapter 51 ==		== Chapter 51 ==