I want an icepick, a grapefruit spoon, and a leather mallet.

(Sadly enough, a fair number of you will be able to translate the title as 'she has a headache, is cramping and her hand's acting up' with almost no effort. I may be a touch predictable.)

Okay; the baroness edged out the love song by a vote, with the science fairy tale trailing a spaced-out third. So--anyone have good sources on building boat locks and how they're powered? :)

Also, I could use resources on how ambassadorial parties are generally dealt with, especially in a time period where the host would have a moderately narrowly defined staff (hierarchies like 'upper floor housemaids look down on [job], [job] and laundresses' also very, very useful). That's for the love song, though.