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Drinks from Fermented Honey
I have never had a beer-wine-mead hybrid, but I suspect that it would be hard to make well .I have had piment, a wine-mead hybrid, and found it sweet, but that might just be the particular variety. Beer-mead hybrids were drunk up to the 19th ...
frankbeswick, on 04/14/2022
Drinks from Fermented Honey
Somehow my searches of what beers and red wines might be available to fictitious Icelanders in Ragnar Jónasson's novels and to real people behind the Vikings series brought up unrelated -- because not discussed in the former and not seen in the ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/14/2022
What’s Better For Your Car: Synthetic Or Conventional Oil?
Revisiting your wizzley brought to mind a question I meant to ask the first time around.
Is there such as thing as a cleaning or a flush that should be used if a driver switches from one brand to another, particularly if it's from conventional ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/13/2022
An Unusual Pub Crawl in Rome
SteveRogerson, Thank you for product lines, pretty pictures and practical information.
In particular, Bir & Fud and L'Oasi Della Birra interest me.
In terms of the former, what is your reaction to the chestnut-flavored beer? And in terms of the ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/13/2022
Movie Review: Mule Train (1950)
StevenHelmer, Thank you for product lines, pretty pictures and practical information.
The library system here does not have Mule Train catalogued amongst its Blu-ray and DVD collections. So I expect not to be seeing this film classic in the ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/13/2022
The Legacy of Rome in Britain
The territory which became Wessex had a ruling family whose first rulers had Celtic names, but there seems to have been a Saxon warrior class. Something of Roman culture probably survived, but baths don't seem to have survived. The original name ...
frankbeswick, on 04/13/2022
Rushes
I have looked at its website, but not found any of the information that you want.
frankbeswick, on 04/13/2022
Back to the Thames
If anyone knew the answer to your question they would deserve a Ph.D. We know nothing of them.
frankbeswick, on 04/13/2022
Ayurveda A Way of Life
Thank you!
Ayurvedic practice gives me hope with its all-encompassing approach to the patient. It represents for me the beautiful kindness and wisdom that my parents raised me to regard as true of ancient and modern India.
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/13/2022
The Legacy of Rome in Britain
Is Wessex particularly known for its Roman accounts, artwork and baths and for King Ecbert appreciating, preserving and promoting them?
The series Vikings has the monk Athelstan hostaged from Ragnar Lothbrok to King Ecbert, the latter of whom ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/13/2022
Rushes
I'm sure that west-side ponders have much older dates than this. But the earliest rush-seated chairs that are still around and looking good in private places, in public-access sites (such as the George Washington house) or on eBay appear to date ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/13/2022
Back to the Thames
Thank you!
What would be the candidates for pre-Celtic languages?
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/13/2022
Back to the Thames
I have researched Craven Cottage. Craven is an area in Yorkshire.Its etymology is a mystery to scholars,but it may. be a remnant of a pre-Celtic language. Though Craven is well over a hundred miles from Craven Cottage,Lord Craven built his ...
frankbeswick, on 04/13/2022
Disasters And Pets: Are You Ready To Aid Your Pet When An Emergency Hits?
Revisiting your wizzley brought to mind a question that I had intended to ask with the first reading.
Is there any reputable place that offers training in disaster preparedness for our canine and feline and other sentients? It might be as ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/12/2022
Etiquette When Playing Pool, Billiards and Snooker
SteveRogerson, Thank you for product lines, pretty pictures and practical information.
In particular, I appreciate the manners that suggest a sport or an activity as something that should be part of our down-time in public places.
Where do the ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/12/2022