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French Christmas Traditions
Thank you for your comment below in answer to my previous observation and question.
Your wizzley particularly appeals to me as someone who is of Romance language-speaking -- which includes French ;-D -- ancestry and who was in Louisiana. In ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 03/28/2025

The Melsonby Hoard
Thank you for your comments below in answer to my previous observation and question.
So the detectorist contacts the landowner and the police. Your answer then elucidates that "There is a public official who needs to be informed by the ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 03/28/2025

The Melsonby Hoard
Museums are entitled to have first call on items discovered.
frankbeswick, on 03/28/2025

The Melsonby Hoard
There has been a recent change in the law. To be counted as treasure an object must be two hundred years old and made partly of any metal, and it must be of some historical importance, this applies to the vast majority of ancient objects found, ...
frankbeswick, on 03/28/2025

Rock-Haunting Ringtail Possum (Petropseudes dahli) of Groote Eylandt and Northern Australia
The paragraph under the Smit illustration, as sixth in-text image, advises us of rock-haunting ringtail possums arranging themselves into continuous body bridges where branches avoid adequate continuity or length.
Mightn't that make a ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 03/27/2025

French Christmas Traditions
Safety is always important. Hours of labor go into the bonfires, but wind can alter the schedule.
blackspanielgallery, on 03/27/2025

The Melsonby Hoard
The detectorist is only oblig3r to tell p9lice and landowner
frankbeswick, on 03/27/2025

The Melsonby Hoard
The law requires that the police should be called. There is a public official who needs to be informed by the police. The coroner wl have to be informed if there is a body
frankbeswick, on 03/27/2025

French Christmas Traditions
The last subheading, The window candle, advises us that "In Louisiana there are huge bonfires along the Mississippi River levee, lighting the way for Papa Noel. I can see how the candle has been transformed into bonfires."
Do the bonfires ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 03/27/2025

The Melsonby Hoard
The ending sentences to the first paragraph under the first subheading, The Yorkshire iron age, advises us that "Then in 2021 a detectorist got permission from the landowner [necessary, by law] and began to search. The detectorist had never ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 03/27/2025

Rock-Haunting Ringtail Possum (Petropseudes dahli) of Groote Eylandt and Northern Australia
Rock-haunting ringtail possums assure fellow inhabitants of the Land Down Under of ample if not adequate accruals annually of blossoms (Darwin’s stringybark [Eucalyptus tetrodonta] and woollybutt [E. miniata]) and leaves (prune [Sersalisia ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 03/25/2025

Understanding Depression
Tina, this is a vital article that can serve many well. Thank you for taking the time to consider and commit to an inspiring and motivational message.
katiem2, on 03/25/2025

A Strong Woman's Story
Think of the term Punjab, Punjab means f8ve r8vers. Pun is 5 in Indian tongues,n but pum or pump signifies 5 in Celt8c
frankbeswick, on 03/24/2025

Film Review of The Little Princess: Shirley Temple in Drama With Cesar Romero and Arthur Treacher
The second paragraph considers actor Richard Greene's acclaimed acting in the series The adventures of Robin Hood.
Isn't it interesting to imagine Shirley Temple in that series in some important role such as Maid Marian?
DerdriuMarriner, on 03/24/2025

Film Review of Little Miss Broadway: Shirley Temple Shines in 1938 Musical With George Murphy
A prequel, a remake, a sequel cause me to consider temporal settings.
Does it delight audiences nowadays for a Little Miss Broadway recycled into prequel and sequel and remade as an 87-years-later re-release to deal with the pre-war doings?
DerdriuMarriner, on 03/24/2025