Ginger Chews

Are there, in fact, loads of things that have been floated to Mars? A dishwasher, for example? And if there's a dishwasher, is there then a sink? And if these things have, in fact, been floated up to Mars, then how did they get there?

Interesting Word Fact
Vampyrarchy: Derisive description from the 1820s for a parasitic group of politicians. Vampire entered the English language in the 1730s from such Slavonic words as the Bulgarian vampir. Myths about vampires were abundant in Europe, especially its eastern regions. In earlier times, pronouncing someone dead was so often the result of guesswork that a device called a Bateson's Belfry was sometimes installed in coffins; it could be rung from six feet under if the deceased awoke unexpectedly after premature burial.
From Jeffrey Kacirk

And, from Ginger Strand in the February '06 issue of "The Believer:"
"During Michigan's timber boom, big lumber outfits hired freelance 'timber cruisers' to scout out the best stands of white pine, which were usually mixed in with less desirable hardwoods. The cruiser would take note of the exact location with a compass, then scurry back to the nearest land office and buy the deed. These lone rangers of the timber industry were said to be able to find their way to a stand of choice pines by listening - in a light wind the upper branches of the white pine rustle in a soft but completely distinctive way that an expert can hear from miles off."