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Dave L Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I was just meters away > from where the bus went off last week - it's just > around the corner from the Petrie Museum.... Apparently all the Petrie Museum staff are safe and well (although they say that, if anyone was thinking of coming in tomorrow, they should perhaps ring first).by Hermione - Coffee Shop
Thanks very much indeed! I've just heard that my husband's flight back from Ireland has been diverted to another airport - whether because of the terrorist action or for some other reason we just don't know - which means that he's going to be hours later than he thought ... but at least he hasn't had to face all the mayhem in London today.by Hermione - Coffee Shop
Thanks, Ritva. My husband (in common with several thousand other commuters) uses Liverpool Street mainline station twice a day, most days ... except today, when he chanced to be on business in Ireland. The worst that could have happened was that he would have been left sitting on a train outside Liverpool Street for several hours - which, Heaven knows, would have been none too pleasant in itselby Hermione - Coffee Shop
Liverpool Street mainline station has now re-opened ... there are a lot of delays and cancellations (so nothing very different from normal there) ... but it seems to be sputtering into life again ...by Hermione - Coffee Shop
From what I understand, Prema lives a fair way out of London. I don't know where she works, though ...by Hermione - Coffee Shop
Katherine Reece Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I wonder at the timing though since just yesterday > London was celebrating the 2012 Olympics.... Well, they're saying that the bombs were timed to coincide with the G8 Conference, with so much police and security attention being focussed on Scotland.by Hermione - Coffee Shop
BBC are saying "at least 33" now ...by Hermione - Coffee Shop
The BBC news site is quite informative - although they're still sticking with a cautious "two people killed" for the moment.by Hermione - Coffee Shop
Steve LeMaster Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I figured it out. Reminds me of "Hullo Muddah, Hullo Faddah" ...by Hermione - Coffee Shop
senet Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > All I can say is ARGH! I was just excavating at > this site for a couple of weeks with a study > abroad program, right before they found this stuff > and I'm so disapointed I wasn't there! Yes, I can imagine ... but perhaps the work previously carried out by you and others like you helped to maby Hermione - Ancient History
Justin F Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Wasn't Osiris resurrected by Isis? No. She manages to get pregnant via magical means. She doesn't resurrect him.by Hermione - Ancient History
A few weeks back ... because Chuck Jones moved to Greece.by Hermione - Ancient History
Apparently the highways of Iron Age Europe were often witness to bouts of dangerous chariot-driving, the main perpetrators being reckless young men ... Plus ça change ... (EKeltoi 5) If you have a slow connection, I'm afraid the download will take rather a long time. However, scroll down to Raimund Karl's English summary on pg. 140 (all the rest is in German).by Hermione - Ancient History
These articles, from the magazine "Frontline", describes an Iron-Age urn-burial site in southern Tamil Nadu:by Hermione - Ancient History
Allan Shumaker Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I doubt that any kind of tire would stop > the problem. Wind and the very rare rain causes > the desert surface to form a stable surface until > an extreme wind starts to move individual > particles of dirt and sand around. Just about any > type of tire (or a camel's hoof for that matter)by Hermione - Laboratory
I suppose that one could while away the waiting time by reading these ...by Hermione - Ancient History
Hmmm ... their name is an anagram of "No liber" ... don't know if this is indicative of anything ...by Hermione - Ancient History
Katherine Reece Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > My five year old granddaughter ... Jennifer ... > has come to live with us .. she was telling me > this morning that she wants to be a ballerina when > she grows up so she can teach little girls how to > ballerin Well, when you think about it, Jennifer's not so very far off. "Ballerby Hermione - Ancient History
Joanne Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I love dictionaries; they are so useful! I seem to remember you once saying that, if you ever won the lottery, you would buy the complete Oxford English Dictionary! There is this online substitute for those of us whose bank balances can't quite run to that: .by Hermione - Ancient History
Anthony Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Here, "crowned" can mean "getting bonked on the > head". Ergo, we tend to avoid using it, and have > developed the "coronated" alternative because it > strictly applies to royalty and all that kind of > stuff that we outgrew a few hundred years ago... I keep trying (anby Hermione - Ancient History
Sue Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- Is "corronated" (sic) as bad as > "conversate"?by Hermione - Ancient History
Martin Stower Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Anthony Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Pete Clarke Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > "Coronated" is a truly horrible word > > > > > > Would youby Hermione - Ancient History
Pete Clarke Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > "Linguistically impossible" no My dictionary (Chambers) says that "coronated" is an adjective applied to shells with a row of projections around the apex. I've never seen it in a context where it meant "crowned" of a monarch. Perhaps it might be more elegant to say somethingby Hermione - Ancient History
Anthony Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > OH... now the Germans built the pyramids??????? > The Italians did, if you recall ...by Hermione - Ancient History
Very informative post, Stephen. Thanks.by Hermione - Ancient History
Allan Shumaker Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > In the deserts of the Middle East the offroad > traffic is probably contributing to increased dust > in the air. On the flat 'plains' you can see tire > tracks going to every point on the compass and you > can see for miles. I suppose it's really beyond the bounds of possibilitby Hermione - Laboratory
Anthony Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > "Entom" = "ANT-om". > > > Bug. Errrmmmm .... "Ent-om" - Ent = tree - bugs live in trees ... "etym-" ... "e-time" - words alter over time ... oh, dearby Hermione - Ancient History
Roxana Cooper Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Personally I'm always getting those two mixed up > too. (You're not alone, Roxana) Maybe the answer is some kind of mnemonic that connects "etym" iwith "words" and "entom" with insects ...by Hermione - Ancient History
John Wall Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Surely this should be on the next MB up ? Maybe the author's being modest ...by Hermione - Coffee Shop