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A very challenging day

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September 13th 2014
Today I had a wonderful English breakfast made by Hamish, the son of the people who own the house. It consisted of two fried eggs from the hens they raise in the back yard, mushrooms and grilled tomatoes. After eating it, I wondered why grilled tomatoes never caught on in the US because they are delicious. I will be serving them at my house forever after, you can be sure. After breakfast I v ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more