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Wife: Speaking of genealogies and language similarities, I found out that the meaning of an ancestor’s maiden name was “grasping innkeeper”. Oy. :roll: This is not genealogically related, and doesn't give anything away, but my favorite fictional innkeeper name is Barliman Butterbur of Bree, proprie...

Let's try tot to induce a heart attack on the mods 8-) Thanks for thinking of us, I guess, though it seems a bit childish. I'll totes put a cardiologist on speed dial. In this thread , the consensus seemed to be that BMA was the dividing line between "conservatives" and "liberals.&qu...

... who was responsible for establishing Israel in 1948? The UN, the UK, David Ben-Gurion, the Minhelet HaAm, the Moetzet HaAm, and others. How would the persecuted Jews have seen this reestablishment? Depends whether they were religious Jews (and what branch or degree of observance) or secular Jew...

Theoretically, medevial Christendom under the Holy Roman Empire and afterward operated under a sort of moral system like this. Kings were given absolute rule over their domains, but the church (or maybe specifically the pope) could have the authority to denounce them if they proved themselves immor...

From the OP Please keep partisan comments/debates out of this thread - avoid comments that reflect negatively on either right-leaning or left leaning political persuasions. Please keep this thread focused on the topic. It looks like a number of posters have not read the OP lately. Which comments or...

Regarding shoes, he said "Women should for the most part wear shoes. For it is not suitable for the foot to be shown naked. Besides, woman is a tender thing, easily hurt. But for a man, bare feet are quite in keeping, except when he is on military service." Jesus wore sandals (John 1:27),...

temporal1 wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2024 9:01 am i generally ignore the NFL. with no plans to change.

So you'll be ignoring this thread?

Josh wrote: ↑Mon May 20, 2024 2:34 pm It is possible for us as adults to discuss a narrow scope of something.

My guess was correct.

Mike and I are fourth cousins once removed, fifth cousins once removed, fifth cousins twice removed, and sixth cousins once removed, depending on which branch you look at. Poor mike. He's gonna need therapy knowing that 8-) On a serious note, my wife was 7th cousins to her own maternal grandfather....