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owlfish at 12:39am on 21/08/2002
owlfish at 12:39am on 21/08/2002From today's reading of the online news: A pretty and thought-maybe-no-longer-around parrot still is, in Columbia, and what a pretty breed it is too! The colors are very striking.
In other news, the UK government will be rereleasing the 5 pound note... this time without the rub-offable ink. (And the bill in general has a woman on the back of it! I was initially going to exclaim over a member of the female persuasion being on it at all, but rethought that with the Queen in mind. The U.S., in sad contrast, only has a token female, much unused coin - Susan B. Anthony was replaced by Sacajawea, but either way, it was the token female coin.)
In other news, the UK government will be rereleasing the 5 pound note... this time without the rub-offable ink. (And the bill in general has a woman on the back of it! I was initially going to exclaim over a member of the female persuasion being on it at all, but rethought that with the Queen in mind. The U.S., in sad contrast, only has a token female, much unused coin - Susan B. Anthony was replaced by Sacajawea, but either way, it was the token female coin.)