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The fifth paragraph to the first subheading, The great fire of Nantwich, advises us that "local women heard that the pub landlord had let his bears loose."

Is it known from where the bears were staying and let loose?

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It interests me that the pineapple planting mattered so much that Windsor invoked its image in a Palmer property stonework and its representation in the village-inn sign.

Is Dorney House in Windsor still in existence?

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Online sources variously translate Jesus Christ's telling Our Lady Mary that He thinks that it is not time for His transforming water into wine as "Mother, my hour is not yet come" and "Woman, my hour is not yet come."

Which one would be faithfuller to the original text?

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The St. Patrick Church must be a welcome sight to those summiting.

How would Church staff wend their way to St. Patrick's? Would it be on foot or through some transportation mode?

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What has to happen for a parliamentary dissolution to end?

Your comment four boxes down, on Dec. 13, 2016, intrigues me.

Might Cheddar cheese in its sharp and extra sharp manifestations make its presence known even when cooked?

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Your comment three boxes down associates long-term storage of "very radioactive" material with burial and short-term waste with short-term surface storage.

Do short-term materials always remain on the surface or might they be relocated elsewhere when they show even less or no radioactivity?

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Me too, I'm not comfortable with stereotypes even as I laugh from time to time over one from my stay in Brazil.

A bus ride from Rio de Janeiro all the way to Todos os santos near Salvador, Brazil and then a ferry from that bay to Itaparica island meant my sister and I as the only non-Brazilians.

The passengers noticed our quietness and opted for that quietness as continental Portuguese traits!

(Portuguese- and Spanish-speakers tend to think of me on my travels there as from Argentina or Portugal!)

The third subheading, Gothic literature authors and books, contains the following examples:

Mary Shelley - Frankenstein
Matthew Lewis- The Monk
James Hogg - Confessions of a justified sinner
Ann Radcliff - The Mysteries of Udolpho
Emily Bronte - Wuthering Heights
Horace Walpole - Castle of Otranto
Oscar Wilde - The Picture of Dorian Gray
Elizabeth Gaskell - The Grey Woman ( a novella ).

Which of the above authors and books is your favorite?

Thank you for your comment -- "Possibly Alfred the Great" -- three boxes below on Apr 6, 2023, in answer to my previous-day question about the "accuratest realization or closest approximation of a 'Biblically based leadership' at any place, any time in Earthing history'."

Might the pilgrimage of the four-year-old subsequent King Alfred the Great with his father to the Vatican have been a critical formative contribution to his successful resolve to make his reign consistent with Holy Trinity teachings?

Your comment below on Nov. 28, 2023, in answer to my previous, same-day question advises that "My children are not great tea drinkers, they prefer coffee, but I am a devotee of tea."

A recent continuing education unit dealt with Kew Gardens. The Kew Gardens site is informative and interesting, even including an Eating & drinking section regarding their eateries.

Orangery has on its menu coffees even as Victoria Plaza Café has them too, with the special invitation of "Perfect for a coffee break throughout the day."

The Botanical Brasserie invites gardens visitors to "Afternoon tea: 3pm to 5.15pm (6.15pm on weekends and bank holidays)."

The site lists, without elaborating, other eating options on Kew Gardens grounds. Perhaps those others make available coffee only, coffee and tea, tea only. If not, coffee outnumbers tea 2 to 1!

That must be because of Unitedstatesian tourists and visitors, correct?

My ablutions are almost entirely showers, so I don't need help at the moment. But we upgraded the bathroom so that the bath has access through a small doorl. Thus when I shower (in our combined bath and shower) i access through the bath door.? The National Health Service installed a a wall bar to help my balance when they installed an extra banister to make descending stairs safer for me

I do not place great value on stereotypes. I recall catching a coach in Manchester to go on holiday to South West England. I was the only Englishman aboard, the rest were Scots, and what a friendly and lively crew they were. It was the jolliest coach ride I have ever made.

No, the only festival that I know is Up Hellly Ah, the mid winter fire festival. St Patrick's day is not celebrated.

On another point there is good soil in parts of Orkney.

Long term is what timescale is needed to store very radioactive material.