It’s other common name is the European Fat Dormouse.
I don’t see why the need to shame. Some of us like our dormice with some fat on them.
It’s other common name is the European Fat Dormouse.
I don’t see why the need to shame. Some of us like our dormice with some fat on them.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castillo_de_Coca
Late 15th c., Spanish. A fascinating blend of Moorish and Gothic architecture.
I once heard an architect talk about the kind of monstrosity someone without a budget would build. There’s something about this castle that feels like that to me. I suppose they was a lot of gold coming into Spain at that time.
“Had a relationship with …”
Sex with a minor. Hmm … sex with a minor. I could swear we had a word for that.
I often cringe a bit at the rhetoric coming out of the men’s rights corner, but the gender bias around sex with minors in so consistent.
Is it? There are plenty of Jews and plenty of Muslims who are not involved in this and see it as wrong. Plus, that’s such a broad statement as to be meaningless. We could equally say government is the problem, but there aren’t many advocating for anarchy. Or people are the problem. I’d be more inclined to say tribalism is the problem, the very foundation of an “us” vs. “them” mentality. Sometimes assholes pick a fight and call it religious. There’s a strong case to be made that war has become much more brutal and far reaching since the Napoleonic wars and the rise of the nation-state. I mean, we can blame religion … that certainly erases the need to look within ourselves and ask why humans do this to each other.
It’s a bit like pretending Nazism was a German problem and pretending like the same dark forces don’t exist now and in many people everywhere.
There are definitely some religious dickheads, but there are dickheads of all stripes.
If religion is so vile, how do we hold in tension the fact that religious people are often behind the most charity towards the marginalised and disempowered? Atheists talk a good game, but rarely leave their armchairs to do anything positive. Religion can become a tribal marker, but it also is one of the main forces working against tribalism.
That’s kind of the point: there isn’t an authority on English. The closest we come is a bunch of English elites making up informal rules on grammar, spelling, and pronunciation and judging everyone else for not using their version. … And a bunch of try-hards who enforce their arbitrary and often nonsensical 'rules '.
If it parses, it rolls.
Mollusks and arthropods ruled the oceans at this time. The first land plants appeared on land.
I don’t understand how the distance to see ground in the tank is longer than those of the Dodge and Chevy, but the distance to see children is shorter.
Yes, the introduction of steel to sail boat construction allowed bullders to blow previous size constraints out of the water. They were considered big and ugly. IRC Windjammer was an insulting name because they didn’t look like elegant craft that rode the wind, but wind jammers.
These are not windjammers though, are they? They look like pretty vanilla, small sail boats (IDK sloops ketches, or yawls… (Wrong … Too many masts. They’re schooners.) Windjammer was a derogatory moniker for the sailing ships built after steel construction became common. Much much taller masts, wire rigging etc.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I’d expect a much larger hull and 3 or 4 very tall masts, with something like four square sails per mast.
The Windjammers outcompeted steam vessels for many transoceanic trade routes because they don’t require the constant input of coal to operate.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windjammer
Picture on that article depicts a ship with six square sails.
EDIT: looked at the picture again. I believe they are schooners.
Listen here, Zac. The meme is addressed to “Mom”, a representative parental figure of - let’s assume - Gen X. Now, Gen X was not really into anime, which is the butt of the joke. They weren’t a bunch of weebs and probably also refer to group of the Japanese warrior class as ‘samurais’. HOWEVER, they called lots of little bricks ‘lego’. It was Millennials that started calling them ‘legos’.
So, I’m pointing out the hypocrisy.
Bow and arrows, oblong houses … Beaker Complex? Corded ware?
It’s in Tunisia:
I’ve heard of wooden armor from further north up the coast. I’ve got a memory of seeing an actual wooden helmet somewhere too, very similar to this with the narrow slit visor. I’m a bit curious as to whether it’s pre or post contact.
PugJesus: you’ve got so many good history posts!
When’s this date from?
If you’re having an honest conversation here, the appeal to common sense is a fallacy.
You’re coming off pretty self-righteous and judgmental. If you’re wanting to change minds I doubt a accusatory stance is helpful.
Hmm … Makes some sense. I’d wondered about flies. That’s what I was taught the pall (placard that goes over the chalice in the western rites) was for, to keep bird shit and flies out of the chalice while the prayers were being said.
The bowls with the chains attached are thuribles … smoke throwers for incense. The cups are for the wine at Communion. Don’t know about the little bird, though there is a Bible story about a sparrow that lives in the temple.
EDIT: not sure what the tea strainer is for.
EDIT 2: The write up linked by PugJesus says the bird is a representation of the Holy Spirit (a dove), and it says the strainer is … a strainer. They got chunky wine in the middle east or what?
Never trust a Campbell.