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What Happened to the Waltons After The Waltons Finished?
No, you can claim this one too. 'The Waltons' is an American show. :D I never saw 'The Brady Bunch' though. I'm not sure that made it over here.
JoHarrington, on 12/19/2013
Scottish Independence: The Battle of Bannockburn Pt 3
Ember - Good question! On the whole, the Medieval battlefield was all about two armies coming together, and hitting each other very hard until one side fled or died in too many numbers to go on. There was little there about actual tactics once ...
JoHarrington, on 12/19/2013
Scottish Independence: The Battle of Bannockburn Pt 1
Teresa - As you know yourself, you'd do anything to save your family. But sometimes there has to be a streak of pragmatism in the equation too. If Robert had charged into England after them, he'd have been overwhelmed, arrested, then hanged, ...
JoHarrington, on 12/19/2013
Scottish Independence: The Battle of Bannockburn Pt 2
The English were largely all for taking down Edward II instead. But diplomacy dictated that they quickly dispatch this Scottish upstart (Robert the Bruce), so they could hurry off home and get on with the serious business of working out how to ...
JoHarrington, on 12/19/2013
Scottish Independence: The Battle of Bannockburn Pt 1
Ember - Bannockburn and the US Revolutionary War have a lot in common, not least that both were against the same enemy (Imperial Britain) for the same ends (independence).
There's an old saying that war is the failure of politics/negotiation. ...
JoHarrington, on 12/19/2013
On the Trail of Pope John Paul II in Krakow
The reason that the churches in Krakow are more colourful than churches in Britiain are is that we had the Reformation with all its iconoclasm and the Poles did not. In prereformation times we had colourful churches. The protestant zealots ...
frankbeswick, on 12/19/2013
If You Are Going to Boycott Israel, Do It Right
Appreciate your clever article. Hope it gets the attention it deserves. I see it has gained a few thoughtful comments which it well deserves.
Millie, on 12/19/2013
What Happened to the Waltons After The Waltons Finished?
This show is definitely the British version of the Brady Bunch, different family, different setting, similar shows XD
Ember, on 12/19/2013
If You Are Going to Boycott Israel, Do It Right
teddletonmr and BrendaReeves - thanks for your comments.
Linda - Thanks for your feedback and for reminding me about SodaStream. I didn't think about the matter of jobs for the Palestinians within Israel and the Territories who depend on them ...
Sheri_Oz, on 12/18/2013
Scottish Independence: The Battle of Bannockburn Pt 3
(Unrelated, but I think it is funny- I read all of these and now google is throwing 'independence' themed ads at me. XD)
Ember, on 12/18/2013
Scottish Independence: The Battle of Bannockburn Pt 3
They should have listened when they were warned. But then, I suppose it worked out for the best given that Scotland got a sort of independence out of it? At least this time around it can happen ...
Teresa, on 12/18/2013
If You Are Going to Boycott Israel, Do It Right
Creative and clever - great piece!
The BDS movement is not only based on misinformation and malicious lies, it also brings great harm to the Arabs who they claim they want to help. For example, ...
Linda Maislin, on 12/18/2013
Scottish Independence: The Battle of Bannockburn Pt 1
It's interesting to think when you say something like Robert Bruce had to have day dreamed about being a great hero, saving his family. I can only imagine. But I bet even thinking about being any ...
Teresa, on 12/18/2013
Scottish Independence: The Battle of Bannockburn Pt 3
Have I got this correct that in a comment on the pt 2 article you said an estimate for the English army was at 16k...and 500 made it through the booby traps? :o
I was going to comment that this was kind of a battle of wits in a sense, when you ...
Ember, on 12/18/2013
Scottish Independence: The Battle of Bannockburn Pt 2
"If emotions hadn't been running so high, then the English might have refused to fight at all. It's hard to have a battle without an opposition."
So when you said the battle almost didn't happen... It's kind of funny that the English being all ...
Ember, on 12/18/2013