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The Best Christmas Sweaters for Men~ Buy Ugly, Cheesy and Tacky Christmas Jumpers This Holiday

The product line images the "ugly, cheesy and tacky" sweaters with non-competitive, non-descriptive black slacks or blue jeans. Is the standard supposed to be non-competitive, non-descriptive caps and hats and shoes and socks also?

DerdriuMarriner, on 07/18/2025

Unleash Your Child's Green Thumb With Grow Box Gardening

I know you use garden for our yard, but did not realize your yard meant a paved surface. I thought it was odd you used "yard" but now I know. I see container gardening as much more manageable. Have fun and happy growing!

dustytoes, on 07/15/2025

Today in History: Death of Peter Francisco, Hercules of the Colonial Revolution of 1776

The computer crashed before I could correct my comment below. President Washington had a mature height of 6 feet 2 inches (1.879 meters). That's 4 inches (10.16 centimeters) less than the 6-foot-6-inch (1.98-meter) Peter Francisco. Might the ...

DerdriuMarriner, on 07/15/2025

Unleash Your Child's Green Thumb With Grow Box Gardening

We in Britain use the word yard to identify a paved space. Garden is for a soil surface. I know that this is not the American usage. We are developing a container garden.

frankbeswick, on 07/15/2025

Unleash Your Child's Green Thumb With Grow Box Gardening

Frank, in my small yard I plant both in the ground and in containers. I have no grandkids, but if I did, I'd be teaching them to grow food and flowers!

dustytoes, on 07/15/2025

Unleash Your Child's Green Thumb With Grow Box Gardening

Maureen and I have recently reappraised our gardening activity. As we have a yard rather than a garden, we have realized that pots are quite desirable growing containers. A child can be trusted to safely handle a plastic container.

frankbeswick, on 07/12/2025

Pilgrimage. A review

Yes, you have a valid, credible and interesting opinion on this matter. Mary Magdalene as the first Christian pilgrim. This is believable.

frankbeswick, on 07/12/2025

Pilgrimage. A review

Thank you for your comment below, in answer to my previous observation and question. Might we consider Mary Magdalene at the empty tomb the first Christian pilgrimage?

DerdriuMarriner, on 07/12/2025

Today in History: Death of Peter Francisco, Hercules of the Colonial Revolution of 1776

Peter Francisco had a height 2 inches (10.16 centimeters) taller than tall U.S. President George Washington! Mightn't it be interesting if contemporary and family-history accounts mention the Francisco height for his ancestors and descendants?

DerdriuMarriner, on 07/12/2025

Unusual Music

Thank you for your comment below, in answer to my previous observation and question. That sci-fi sound that the theremin inspires through the Star Trek theme song is likeable! The second paragraph to the second subheading, Where might you have ...

DerdriuMarriner, on 07/12/2025

Unleash Your Child's Green Thumb With Grow Box Gardening

Mushroom growing is simple. The only mushroom that gave me difficulty was shiitake, but that was because I lacked a suitable warm spot on my property. Other mushrooms are no problem. I once taught boys in a school for mentally handicapped ...

frankbeswick, on 07/08/2025

Unleash Your Child's Green Thumb With Grow Box Gardening

I'm sorry to hear that, but the fact that you can still keep your hands in gardening in a few ways is nice. Have you enjoyed growing mushrooms? I always wondered how tough that would be.

dustytoes, on 07/04/2025

Unleash Your Child's Green Thumb With Grow Box Gardening

Sadly, Parkinsonism meant that I was no longer capable of keeping a plot. But I still garden in the back yard. I also help in the local park, where I give advice and occasionally take training sessions, this year I have grown peas, shallots ...

frankbeswick, on 07/04/2025

Pilgrimage. A review

There is no tradition that identifies the who, where and when of the first pilgrimage. But Christians were visiting the holy sites such as the tomb of Jesus from an early date.

frankbeswick, on 07/04/2025

Pilgrimage. A review

Thank you for your comment below, in answer to my previous observation and question. Is there a Christian tradition as to the first pilgrimage by what person or persons how, when, where and why?

DerdriuMarriner, on 07/03/2025