I heard rumors that workers at McMurdo have been sneaking surfboards into the compound, something that hasn't happened since 1964.

No bathing suits, though, as they do a better job checking luggage for contraband than they do checking cargo.

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I am Mugs, of the Alien clan of Usa, Nordamerica, a Terran, of Sol.

Mine: "Perception isn't reality. It's merely an abstraction thereof, and quite often not a very good one at that."

Heinlein's: "Staying young requires the unceasing cultivation of the ability to unlearn old falsehoods." "Freedom begins when you tell Ms. Grundy to go fly a kite."