Brer Denis Mosko wrote to Brer alexander koryagin about Re: the small of   
   the back:   
      
    DM> SKiP.   
      
    ak>>>> What is "the small of the back"?   
    PQ>>> It's an imprecise area at the base of the spine, in line with   
    PQ>>> the top of the hips.   
      
    ak>> It is probably anachronism, appeared in the time when a human waist   
    ak>> was the thinnest area of a torso. Nowadays, the author should write   
    ak>> "the big   
    ak>>   
    ak>> of the back". ;=)   
      
    DM> The big of the back (?)   
      
   The waist-line, usually where you wear a belt...   
      
      
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    if it explain not, then it says there is nothing to explain."   
        Bram Stoker (1847-1912)   
      
    Thus, we have "Climate Change Science" - which isn't capable of   
    explaining anything.   
      
      
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