Being able to see is pretty important in Darwinian terms. Put bluntly, it's a lot easier to avoid getting eaten if you can see the predator coming.
Apparently the average productive time of a drill in its entire lifetime is about 12-13 minutes.
Driving cars can be fun. The personal freedom, the wind in your hair and the stereo switched up to 11 while singing to Gary Numan.
No doubt that in years to come – probably with family and friends over a small glass of wine – someone will ask “Where were you when Gordon Brown left Number 10?”
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