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I loved the comment in one of the articles which was quoting a witness: "I thought it was strange but then I did think it was newtown"I was like yeah if I saw water buffalo chased down the street by a...
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Sarah,Re your comment:> Darcy should be sexy and Errol Flynn... well, no.> Men with moustaches are gross.I have a mustache (well, not at this moment; I gave it up for Lent, but usually I do have...
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Suzanne,Re your comment> I quite find facial hair to be> sexy (with goatees as the exception), and my> husband has a full beard . . .Thank you.JIM
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Jim D. Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> I have a mustache (well, not at this moment; I> gave it up for Lent, but usually I do have a> mustache). You can see it...
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Jess,Re your question:> That's probably the most interesting Lenten> disclipine I've ever heard of. If you don't mind> me asking - why?It's actually a gag.I first grew the 'stache when I was...
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Good to put a face to a name.I also enjoyed your story below about how you shaved your mustache off. My husband first grew his beard when our daughter was a baby, and when she was a toddler he shaved...
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Thanks for sharing such a wonderful story, Jim. It reminds me a little bit of my Dad, actually - after he retired he tried all sorts of experiments with facial hair, most of which were done to amuse...
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Jess,Re your comment:> I've never given up meat for Lent (not sure I'd> have the disclipine to) but one year I gave up> cake, which I never tried again as my birthday> (well, our - being a...
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Part of the difficulty of giving up meat is health-based - I've had problems with anemia in the past, and don't much enjoy taking iron tablets if I don't have to. I managed to give up caffeine a few...
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Jess,Re your comments> Part of the difficulty of giving up meat is> health-based - I've had problems with anemia in> the past, and don't much enjoy taking iron tablets> if I don't have to....
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There were also people with titles who were not of high social rank, although officially they had precedence even over darcy, e.g sir William lucas had a title as a knight, but mrs bennet looked down...
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I hate Connery with a 'tache too... sorry, it really makes me feel queasy... makes me think of spivs. I forgive Hercule Poirot because he's continental and so his is comic opera anyway.I think without...
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Re my comment:> In real life life, there were actually 3 or 4 admirals in the> Napoleonic period who made flag rank.That should be either " . . . there were actually 3 or 4 pressed men who made...
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Sarah,Re your comments:> I think without the tache you'd be very good> looking, but for some reason they just make me> feel like nails down a blackboard.... like pierced> tongues.Sometimes...
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Well, within the rather broad spectrum of Anglicanism, I'd be classified as a 'small c' catholic Anglican or Anglo-Catholic... though I do have some issues with the latter term esp as historically...
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Jess,Re your comment:> As for Errol Flynn - he was a Tasmanian, and> therefore only sort-of Australian :).That's like saying that Hawaiians are only sort of Americans.And Tasmania's a lot closer...
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and we did not "anticipate our vows.")I always wonder about those American vows. Is there something in it to the effect of now being free to have a go at it? We must have different vows here; I don't...
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Jim D. Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Seriously, I assume you're joking, but are> Tasmanians really considered only "sort of"> Australians?>> (And watch...
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I'd say it was more specifically a Christian, no sex before marriage, thing, rather than an American thing.
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Yay for paid work! And mommy-ing. And wife-ing. And all that real life stuff.Still excited to find out what was in the note! And I love your work.
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