A return to traditional customs. The word frigate derived from fregata, from which we also derive freighter. In early days, a wide decked freighter was much more easily converted for military use than other kinds of boat.
Foundation? They hadn't heard of such things when the original core of my house was built in about 1640.
My experience of crossing the Atlantic is that if you don't get a cold going, you invariably get it returning.
It is interesting to note the lack of party posters around 12 days before the UK election. In twenty minutes driving through two constituencies I saw two. In previous elections I would have expected 20 to 40 on that drive.
And even that is the plot line for a story.
Another thing I like about @tkingfisher.bsky.social s paladin novels is that just when you are reading some move-the-plot-on narrative, a single line can make you snort with laughter.
Books designed to be read only by human eyes are different from books designed to be read by machines, which is why Google will tell you that the phrase “shake my booty” can be found in an 1863 English translation of Don Quixote.
