Carla was noticeably agitated as she attempted to navigate us around Birmingham’s sprawling hinterlands. The M40 became the M42 somewhere south of its shadowy perimeter, and westbound seemed a natural choice. Map reading does not appear to be one of Carla’s strengths, though this accusation could arguably be leveled at the majority of women. It has often occurred to me that navigational aptitude is tightly coiled up within the Y chromosome. In retrospect though it was perhaps a mistake voice my theory as an icebreaker.
Defeated by the continuing silence, my...
Day 7 of the recovery effort is dedicated to removing the second flatbed container car from the bridge. The other railcars that were closer to shore from this one have been removed on earlier days. (see here and here
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