Yeah, I knew that but had forgotten it. And now I wish that I'll forget again soon. "shudder"
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Posts: 9619 06/12/08 19:32 Celtic Colleen
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"The world was my oyster, but I used the wrong fork." --
Oscar Wilde
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Posts: 45600 06/12/08 19:33 Administrator
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Posts: 45601 06/12/08 19:34 Administrator
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I say they should make a soap opera and take the plots from the English royals history. It is so interesting and juicy.
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Posts: 9622 06/12/08 19:38 Celtic Colleen
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Do you have Showtime? You'd really like The Tudors. If not, Season 1 is probably available on video and dvd now.
"The world was my oyster, but I used the wrong fork." --
Oscar Wilde
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Posts: 45603 06/12/08 19:42 Administrator
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I don't have Showtime but I have heard that the Tudors is a wonderful show.
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Posts: 1401 06/14/08 19:06 Carpe Noctum!
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Professor Liam wrote: Liam, don't just tease us like that! Title? Author? ISBN? I'll need it to either locate it at our local library or ask the librarian to ILL for me.
If a precog shoots and kills someone in self-defense, is it still premeditated?
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Posts: 45613 06/14/08 19:38 Administrator
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It is 'Queen Consorts of England: The Power Behind the Throne' by Petronelle Cook
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Posts: 305 06/20/08 05:47 Lady Rembrandt
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Posts: 9652 06/20/08 08:17 Celtic Colleen
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Good morning! I'm just finishing up my second cup of coffee and getting ready to start work.
Hubby is home today to meet with the cable guy. This will be the third time someone has to come out. They don't understand tivo/cable cards (so you don't have to have a cable box), and though hubby will tell them exactly the same thing I told them, we have a feeling that the'll respond better to a man. Sheesh. Oh, and our new bed frame is coming today, too!  We recently bought a new mattress/box spring set, and it is the best mattress we've ever had! And now
we'll have the whole package!
And tonight I'm taking hubby out for dinner for his birthday.
"The world was my oyster, but I used the wrong fork." --
Oscar Wilde
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Posts: 4798 06/20/08 14:06 Barenaked Fan
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Hubby is home today to meet with the cable guy. This will be the third time someone has to come out. They don't understand tivo/cable cards (so you
don't have to have a cable box), and though hubby will tell them exactly the same thing I told them, we have a feeling that the'll respond better to a
man. Sheesh. Welcome to Maine!
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Posts: 9654 06/20/08 16:45 Celtic Colleen
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Oh, he responded well to hubby. However, he was a moron, and we still don't have the cable cards working!
"The world was my oyster, but I used the wrong fork." --
Oscar Wilde
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Posts: 5913 06/20/08 18:38 Administrator
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'Queen Consorts of England: The Power Behind the Throne'the power BEHIND the throne deals with red hot pokers up the wazoo? I bet Queen Elizabeth is glad they got Parliament in office! |
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Posts: 1783 06/20/08 22:16 Wise Sage
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I heard that about Edward II when I was in England for the first time in 1985. It was told that they did that so as not to leave visible marks on his body and
that his screams are still audible from the castle where it was done. The whole thing grossed me out.
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Posts: 45635 06/21/08 21:30 Administrator
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The whole history of England seems full of gross stuff like that where the royals are concerned. I read that Anne Boleyn chose not to be beheaded by the axe
but to have her head chopped off by a sword. That had to be more agonizing than the axe because it seems it would not have been as swift.
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Posts: 14909 06/24/08 00:00 Chief of Secret Projects...
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Way to kill the thread, dude.
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Professor Liam |
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Posts: 45670 06/24/08 06:37 Administrator
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But you have to admit it is interesting
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Posts: 9672 06/24/08 06:38 Celtic Colleen
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Actually, I think swords were sharper than axes then. So with the axe, you had the force, but with the sword, you had the quickness. So it's probably 6 of
one, half dozen of the other.
If you chose the sword, though, you knelt and faced the crowd so they could see your face. Kind of a way to protest your innocence.
"The world was my oyster, but I used the wrong fork." --
Oscar Wilde
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Posts: 45675 06/24/08 12:05 Administrator
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It's lunch time so I am thinking of getting a grilled chicken sandwich.
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Posts: 1796 06/24/08 12:28 Wise Sage
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That's why the guillotine was invented in France. Dr. Guillotin, who invented it, did so as a more humane way of beheading people. The poor guy had no
idea it would become so abused during the French Revolution. Before that, it was customary for a person to tip his executioner to give him incentive to do a
better and quicker job.
Of course, since then, most European countries have wised up and don't have the death penalty any more. Enjoy your chicken, Liam. 
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Posts: 45677 06/24/08 18:05 Administrator
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brahman48 wrote: Oh I did. And I didn't even think about a hot poker up the wazoo until I saw the chicken roasting on the spit. |
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