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Benedict XVI
When you mention the use of the Dewey system West pond, I have to say that the Dewey system is so good that it is used over here. Library of Congress numbers are also used over here. Why change a winning system.
frankbeswick, on 01/04/2023
Benedict XVI
The library is almost entirely religion and philosophy, along with church history. Thus the full Dewy system is not necessary. I suspect that it would benefit from a team of librarians skilled collectively in various languages pertinent to ...
frankbeswick, on 01/04/2023
Benedict XVI
Thank you!
In regard to Pope Benedict liking a Vatican librarianship, is the Vatican library Byzantinely or clearly organized? What classification -- on the (Atlantic) pond's west side, it tends to be Dewey Decimal and Library of Congress ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/04/2023
Symbols of Halloween
My favorite Halloween symbols are bat and cat sentients and pumpkins.
Isn't it sad that bat sentients are not remembered for their coming to fires to alleviate mosquito populations?
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/04/2023
The First Christmas – The Unversed Story
The missing years of Jesus are the subject of the Himis manuscript which deals with the young Jesus'time in India. Scholars are sceptical, but I do not think that the evidence is firm enough to draw a conclusion. In the text Jesus is known as ...
frankbeswick, on 01/04/2023
Top Scary Costumes for Halloween
Corpse bride, ghostly gal and mummy costumes look non-scarily fun.
But how would one get around in the headless costume? The entire body would have to turn to catch what happens along the sides and in back, not to mention what happens in front ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/04/2023
Benedict XVI
Internally. The administration was not very professional. Externally organised crime took its opportunity.
Pope Francis appointed Cardinal Pell to clean up the Vatican bank.He found one billion euros of money that was unaccounted for and gave ...
frankbeswick, on 01/04/2023
Romance with Halloween Art
Autumn appeals to me more because of Thanksgiving than because of Halloween. But I like your non-scary product line.
Have you found pumpkin carving, clip-arting, cooking, sketching or painting to be equally crowd-pleasing or to have variable ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/04/2023
Benedict XVI
Bavaria would have meant retirement to a cottage that he owned with his late sister and writing theology books. There are no rules specifying what a pope does after abdication.
frankbeswick, on 01/04/2023
The First Christmas – The Unversed Story
Christianity traditionally associates Jesus Christ with Bethlehem, Egypt, Jerusalem and Nazareth.
Have you heard of the "lost years" when Jesus Christ perhaps traveled to and from ancient India?
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/04/2023
Benedict XVI
The computer crashed before I began another question from that same subheading, Papacy.
The second paragraph indicates that "The Vatican finances are Byzantine in complexity and were infiltrated by organised crime."
Is it the internal or the ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/04/2023
The Notorious Writer’s Block
Writer's block assumes more the form of not knowing which alternative to accept when writing something. So it becomes not what to write, but how -- by which options presenting themselves -- to write.
Have you read La Peste (The Plague) by ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/04/2023
Benedict XVI
The first paragraph in your last subheading, Papacy, indicates that Pope Benedict would have liked a Bavaria responsibility or a Vatican librarianship.
What would have been the Bavaria position?
And would it have been possible to take either ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/04/2023
North of England dialect vocab list
Absolately right. I once had to have a page of one of my textbooks replaced because a spell checker had been used, and that wasn't the only time a problem has happened. Beware of an idiot armed with a spell checker.
frankbeswick, on 01/01/2023
Political Correctness
You and I are a kindred spirits
frankbeswick, on 01/01/2023