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Every generation invents new ways to fall off the shoulders of giants

Every generation invents new ways to fall off the shoulders of giants

Oh and they invented ‘falling’ too

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Plucking hell.

No, I am not bowdlerising my usual expletives. I am pulling unwanted hair with tweezers.

Youthfully self-conscious about the scar across my right eyebrow, I found that middle age sorted a few things out by suddenly making my facial hair grow like I’d been adding f…

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