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Back in Cambridge there was a sign above the washing-up trolley. I forget the exact wording, but the gist was that only clean glassware was to go into the washing up. Similarly, I have a friend who will clean everything before it goes into the dishwasher. Everything. In drought-stricken Canberra, this seems a bit odd to me.

I mean, get rid of sharks and crocs, yes, but to rinse everything before it goes into the dishwasher, which rinses everything before it does anything else. . .

That's not a problem in Sydney these last twenty four hours. It has been wet, very wet here. Water, water everywhere/And all the postdocs did shrink — except in the Cage, where

There are problems with the RO water in the building again, please avoid using the RO & Milli -Q Water over the weekend.

<sigh>

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