• emergencyfood
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    il y a 11 mois

    Well ackshually, the Red Sea trade route is much older than the Cape of Good Hope one. They just had to use camels / horses across Egypt.

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      il y a 11 mois

      I just wouldn’t feel ok knowing that some poor camel was forced to haul my new dishwasher through Egypt.

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        Some shallow rivers also incorporated these guys not that long ago. I assume my ancestors either delivered or ordered some matryoshka funky pops that way.

        Picture: Burlaky on Volga

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          The clean young guy in the middle looks like he needs to get with the program. Everyone else is pulling while he ponders the meaning of life.

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            He looks like he’s objecting to your comment through centuries and mediums.