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Note that the snow is wet and heavy.
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Wartime Italy on a cold, wet drab winter day was nothing to write home about.
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Pompeii Italy. Lt. Smith, “Smitty”, Communications Officer. Note the tiled roof and tapered columns.
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Stepping stone supposedly enabled one to cross the street without getting in the mud or water.
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Couple of bikers hanging on for a free ride.
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Bleak looking winter scene.
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One cannot look at these ruins and not ponder mankind’s future.
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Society must have been highly organized to support urbanity as complex as this.
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A fairly large structure.
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It must have required the equivalent of a modern day architect to design and build a structure like this.