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Pompeii ; Brothel City

I truly respect your feelings. We are both respectful people but see it in different ways. We both feel they should never be forgotten. You feel their sufferings should not be shown. I think it keeps it in the public consciousness. Either ...

Veronica, on 09/17/2015

Pompeii ; Brothel City

Thank you, Veronica. You didn't have to do it on my account though.

Mira, on 09/17/2015

Cool Welcome Mats for Cat Lovers

I didn't know about their tail length determining jumping ability.

candy47, on 09/17/2015

Pompeii ; Brothel City

oh yes but I think it is a tribute to them that their suffering isn't forgotten. But I shall remove them as I don't want to distress you , my friend.

Veronica, on 09/17/2015

Pompeii ; Brothel City

I don't know. I now feel that even that one image of the praying person is too much, because it has all those accretions of lava on it, showing how the body was probably burned and mixed with the lava. Now I find that suggestion very troubling. ...

Mira, on 09/17/2015

Old and Traditional Recipes of Lancashire, England

I agree. These dishes are invented and then passed off as the food of the poor. Look beyond the supposed dishes and decide what would have been realistic for them to eat.

Veronica, on 09/17/2015

Pompeii ; Brothel City

I will remove NOW them if they are distressing to you

Veronica, on 09/17/2015

Little Moreton Hall; It shouldn't be standing up

TY. You really should explore Cheshire more. Little Moreton is stunning. Moats and wicket doors were very important defensive structures. The use of a small wicket door inside a main door made sure only one person could enter at a time .

Veronica, on 09/17/2015

I Need a Bigger Birdhouse

We're already looking forward to our next project CruiseReady.

candy47, on 09/17/2015

Little Moreton Hall; It shouldn't be standing up

A good article in keeping with your explorations of the Cheshire region. The moat will be older than the Tudor period. It would be twelfth or thirteenth century and the hall would have been built on the site of an older building. Non-Britons may ...

frankbeswick, on 09/17/2015

Pompeii ; Brothel City

There was a documentary on Pompeii a year or two ago which stated that the pyroclastic flow was so hot that its gases simply blew up the victims from their insides as they forced their way through bodily orifices. These were the people caught in ...

frankbeswick, on 09/17/2015

Pompeii ; Brothel City

I kept thinking about that person who died praying. I can see why you would show that person because it makes one think about how ephemeral our lives are, but why show so many other bodies? Of course they also make the same point but I looked ...

Mira, on 09/17/2015

The fish, the whole fish

I'd love to make fish pie. I'll look into it, thanks! Veronica is so right about fish stock. By the way, we don't have fish stock or chicken stock in stores for some reason, just cubes with spices that give a certain taste.

Mira, on 09/17/2015

Pompeii ; Brothel City

Yes you are right. Hopefully the gases and smoke killed them quickly before they experienced the lava .

Veronica, on 09/17/2015

Pompeii ; Brothel City

Many pompeiiians were killed by the pyroclastic flow. No one can survive one of these horrible events, but death is nigh instantaneous.

frankbeswick, on 09/17/2015