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"...it's old Back-to-Front"
Emerson wore his shirt back to front and his legs wrapped in sacking so as not to scorch them as he sat over the fire.
Porter
Porter is a dark-coloured style of beer. The history and development of stout and porter are intertwined. The name was first used in the 18th century from its popularity with the street and river porters of London. From WIKI.
Cult of Feng Shui
Feng shui is an ancient Chinese system of aesthetics believed to use the laws of both Heaven (astronomy) and Earth (geography) to help one improve life by receiving positive qi. The original designation for the discipline is Kan Yu. The term feng shui literally translates as "wind-water" in English. This is a cultural shorthand taken from the following passage of the Zangshu (Book of Burial) by Guo Pu of the Jin Dynasty: Qi rides the wind and scatters, but is retained when encountering water. Traditional feng shui practice always requires an extremely accurate Chinese compass, or luo pan, in order to determine the directions in finding any auspicious sector in a desired location. From WIKI
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preferring 365 and a Quarter
Roughly the length of a year (or the number of days it takes for the earth to rotate the sun).
