>>>south of the equator the water goes down the drain counterclockwise
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>Yes, and the seasons are reversed as well. Though it was hot as proverbial in the Midwest till last Thursday and when I got back to Godzone they had English weather.
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>BTW, on Saturday your time France meets the All Blacks and the winner of that match is the Rugby World Champ. Yeah, I know you care heaps ;-) but there's quite a good message about size not being everything.

A man from a small nation could be expected to say that ;-)

Go All Blacks!