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Make a statement with black zirconia engagement rings
Your last caution that "We should also be aware of possibility to not get completely black setting, because rhodium often pans out in different shades of gray, what definitely opens very amusing possibilities" intrigues me.
Why is it that ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/09/2023
How Long Does It Take To Plan A Wedding?
Elsewhere, on another wizzley by you, I left a comment about the public library system here lending me a 1986 edition of the 1951-copyrighted The Puppet Masters.
The first chapter lets readers meet two men, who become redheaded for their secret ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/09/2023
Benedict XVI
Also, a new pope has three new cassocks made for him ahead of the coronation, just to make sure that they have one that fits. After that, new cassocks are made as and when required, and they are paid for by St Peter's Pence, the pope's fund that ...
frankbeswick, on 09/09/2023
Benedict XVI
Technically whether or not is the correct usage, but whether suffices colloquially.
I don't think that a new pope gets a new throne. The Vatican would not want to pay for new furniture!
frankbeswick, on 09/09/2023
Redheads and pain tolerance – scientific facts and myths
My re-reading this wizzley causes me to connect it with The Puppet Masters by Robert Heinlein.
Another one of your wizzleys described a hilariously sobering, soberingly hilarious incident in that story. Your answer to my question about that ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/09/2023
Marianne Stokes
Your fifth fact, Travels, ends with the statement that "a book was published with 75 paintings and Adrian's text."
Since the text was by Adrian Stokes, was it in English? Was it a monolingual text or was it bilingual or multilingual, for ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/09/2023
Benedict XVI
For your wizzley about King Charles III, I believe that I mentioned finding out that each monarch has her/his own throne.
Please excuse me for in a way equating such a socio-political occurrence as a royal coronation with such a religious, ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/09/2023
Oscar Wilde's Women
One of my graduate-school professors at the University of Wisconsin-Madison -- bestest university in the midwestern United States -- was Alexander Wilde.
Professor Wilde was from Appleton, Wisconsin. So I would tend to think of Wilde as a ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/07/2023
Snow White and Its Symbols
The fairy tale of Snow White always calls to my mind the fairy tale of Rose Red and Snow White.
Is the above the only instance within fairy tale-telling of fairy tales about two different heroines who share the same name?
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/07/2023
Marianne Stokes
The fifth fact, Travels, does not include Graz in its list.
Is it known what happened to her family, her relatives and the properties of her family and relatives? Internet sources mention the marriage of Adrian and Marianne Stokes as taking ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/07/2023
Marianne Stokes
The fifth fact, Travels, does not include Graz in its list.
Is it known what happened to her family, her relatives and the properties of her family and relatives? Internet sources mention the marriage of Adrian and Marianne Stokes as taking ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/07/2023
Marianne Stokes
The computer crashed before I could continue on to a remark related to language-speaking skills of Marianne Stokes.
Adrian Stokes spoke English. His Catholicism suggests Latin and perhaps Italian. Would he have known or learned German enough to ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/06/2023
Snow White and Its Symbols
Your third symbol, Mirror, caused me to mull the fate of the magic mirror.
Is the mirror destroyed by the Evil Queen in all versions of the fairy tale?
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/06/2023
Marianne Stokes
The fifth fact, Travels, establishes Marianne Stokes as what the world generally expects of Europeans: multilingualism in five to six languages.
Is there any indication as to how many languages Marianne Stokes handled fluently? Any list most ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/06/2023
Marianne Stokes
Your fourth fact, Paris, introduces the friendship between Helene Schjerfbeck and Marianne Stokes.
Might the former have encouraged the latter to go to Pont-Aven in a successful matchmaking attempt regarding Marianne Preindlsberger and Adrian ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/05/2023