“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.”
Another reason to despise what Jo Rowlingpin did to history through her uber-successful books. There are links via MS History that tie Flamel to René d’Anjou (son of Yolande d’Aragon & Louis of Naples) René d’Anjou was (allegedly) a close companion of Jehanne d’Arc. Some say that he was one of the knights that accompanied […]
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Why don’t people write Gothic Novels like this anymore? Oh. I’m being olde-fashionde and longing for an innocence that is long lost. Heyho! This is a LIKE bloody LIKE crap review of the LIKE Victorian Gothic LIKE genre. Great story though.
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What is a submission of no case to answer? Where the prosecution case is weak, either because there is no evidence to prove the offence or, although there is some evidence, the evidence is insufficient to support a conviction, the defence may make an application to the judge (in the Crown Court) or to the […]
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Oooh. I was just totally shouted down about Dinosaurs and how they were REAL. I avoided a huge argument by talking about Dickie Attenborough, John Christie and 10 Rillington Place. Dickie ? Jurassic Park. 10 Rillington Place? John Christie………… A VILE & DISGUSTING man who wilfully let an innocent hang for HIS (Christie’s) own crimes. […]
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Of all the stupid comments that I have made these past 3 years in commentaria – THIS one has triggered them most. Leave History to the Historians. We have a solid foundation in MS History and also Alt History. WE can see the Patterns. The Reflections. The Repeats. WE ARE BANNED from the yt Alt […]
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A Divvie is a Diviner. I know these people as Water Diviners. More Commonly known as Dowsers. MY peeps think I’m a Froot Loop. FACT! Until they actually experience some of my loopy froots F1RST hand. One of the gangers that Himself works with is a multi-generational Dowser. When you work in strange places with […]
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There is a great Midsomer Murders episode where the Detective Sergeant Ben Jones is totally peed off with the Hoity English Nobs lying and giving the police the runaround. He calls one character (Colquhoun) COL-QWA-HOON in disgust. It’s Ka-Hoon. More enemies :o)
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I NEVER use emojis. They are for LAZY people who can’t be arsed to think of a suitable word. We are devolving? No Shit, Sherlock. Replace this : With THIS :
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Blimey O’Reilly…I’m going to have to think twice every time I do the SFA thing :o( I had no idea about the origin of this saying. And it’s even worse for me because I used to live near Alton. I was commissioned to write a piece about Jane Austen’s house there, so visited quite a […]
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I have a DOME in town that I see most mornings. It is in “the yard” aka the Local Council Depot. The paper for it is …. 2016? It’s a huge domed barn that stores the GRIT & SAND needed to fill the multiple GRITTERS who make our roads safer in the Cold & ICY […]
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A Q was asked in a live chat a few days ago. About kids. It was ignored by the channel creator and the multiple mods. Whom, I’ve always assumed, are close and trusted friends. If the answer was YES, why ignore it? If the answer was NO, why ignore it? When my husband and I […]
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Phil Rickman books are hard to digest. But WELL WORTH the effort. I’ve read all the Merrily Watkins ones. This one stands out for personal, REAL LIFE reasons. My sister-in-law married her husband (their two year old son was at the altar between them) in a secret location located near Hereford. Her father worked there […]
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