“Run from what’s comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. I have tried prudent planning long enough. From now on I’ll be mad.”
I love and adore MR as Miss Marple. There are only a few films – and Agatha Christie HATED them all. So does yt, btw!!! But, for me, Margaret bought a naughtiness, a devil-may-care lightness to the role that no one else has ever replicated. Margaret Rutherford, herself, was also an intriguing character :o)
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Sometimes I astound myself ! ! ! The long awaited delivery has arrived. Woohoo. Along with two other unexpected recent gifts. Result – Everything that I’ve ever researched and learned and worked at is now coming together…beautifully. Happy Sigh. Phew. I need a break from all this awesomeness *LOL* Let’s get back down to earth. […]
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I can tell a False, Fake, Foney Work of Wax from 66 billion miles away. THEY are Everywuheres :o( MY Weapon of Choice? The Mother of ALL FlameThrowers :o) Oooops. Just made myself LOL…….Again !
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When I was 20, I spent a week glamping/roughing it (?) just outside Stirling. Climbing mountains. Orienteering. Disco-Dancing. Being eaten alive by those pesky Highland midges!!!! Stirling is a beautiful place :o)
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Yes. OK. I might’ve exaggerated the “ALL Got It In For Me” part. ‘Swhat I do. Shrug. Begrudging thanks :o(
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…They’ve ALL got it In for me :o( OK. I’ve just spent almost 5 weeks fighting with a major online book retailer about an order that I placed with them/and paid for on the 15th July 2020. Fight. Fight. STILL fighting for refund. So I re-ordered via Prime. Next day delivery. TODAY. With their “Internet […]
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GB : 17th June 2019 I LOVE MY WORK :o) It gets more bizarre and surreal by the hour! Mum’s cousin, Janet, is a fabby amateur genealogist. She’s traced her and Mum’s Norfolk family back to the 1500’s. And one of the family names was DYER. As in they were cloth dyers ? Q – […]
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I’m waiting for Dave, the postie to bring the two packages that I need to start on my new research project. So – I thought I’d spend the time being educated as I knit. OMG! I was watching this video below and when it got to the de-bunking part, I shouted “Russian Splice” at the […]
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Long ago, I noticed a sad truth in the “Truther” community. There is a heavy tendency towards the large, wide-angled view of history and research etc. Buildings, photographs, lists, graphs, percentages, dates, sweeping subjects like philosophy, cosmology, architecture, science, death, rumours, narratives etc. I was once totally totalled by a nasty, ignorant trollbot in a […]
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I find every part of this programme intriguing! Objective study has its place but it’s wonderful when we catch a glimpse of the “real” person behind the bones/history/story/name etc. The facial reconstruction expert, Caroline, has been on TV for many years. Her work astonishes and amazes me. This kind of thing is not everybody’s cup […]
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Why are spies called Moles? And yes…they probably do spend time underground entering and exiting buildings via tunnels but not much time. Humans need sunlight to survive! When we stop looking at Underground/Tunnel/Labyrinth in their literal meanings – a whole new view opens up. Historical research is a labyrinthine task. And that Does NOT mean […]
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I grew up with “Chinese” Curry. Singapore. Himself grew up with “Indian” Curry. Nepal. Youngest son knows Everything there is to know about Indian Curry because he spent his early 20’s in the Middle East. Which fact is doubled edged because he also found iHop and American breakfasts/pile of pancakes/maple syrup etc! Oldest son has […]
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Hidden History Research 