Everything posted by HouTex
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Have you contracted Covid-19?
Yes, I forgot about the stress angle. Who isn’t under stress?
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Have you contracted Covid-19?
If you had chicken pox as a kid there's a 1/3 chance of developing shingles later in life. I don't think it's related to any underlying health condition. Until the chicken pox vaccine was developed in the 90's, something like 90% of Americans had chicken pox as kids. The virus that causes (or develops into?) shingles lays dormant in your body until it somehow emerges as shingles. You can't predict where shingles will appear. If it's in or near your eyes you can permanently lose your vision. I have a friend who still can't see well out of one eye after shingles appeared on his face. For me, the Shingrex shots were well worth it. A day of slight fever and chills after each shot is nothing compared to possibly losing your vision.
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2022 Annual of Three Putting
Golf? What’s golf? Too much fucking rain in 77057 for golf. This is getting old.
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Have you contracted Covid-19?
Yep. But having had shingles a year before Shingrix was available, the Shingrix shots were well worth it. I don’t want shingles again. I’ve had Covid and it’s nothing compared to shingles. YMMV.
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The London Bridge Has Fallen - The Legacy of Queen Elizabeth II
Always so simple . . .
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The London Bridge Has Fallen - The Legacy of Queen Elizabeth II
It's so much fun to judge history and historical figures by modern standards.
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The London Bridge Has Fallen - The Legacy of Queen Elizabeth II
Not sure it's really changing his name. Just because he goes by Charles doesn't mean his name as king must stay Charles. Edward VIII was known as David, but decided on Edward VIII. George VI's name was Albert but it was considered too Germanic in 1936 England.
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The London Bridge Has Fallen - The Legacy of Queen Elizabeth II
Ok, you just lost me there.
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The London Bridge Has Fallen - The Legacy of Queen Elizabeth II
He should have gone with George VII.
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The London Bridge Has Fallen - The Legacy of Queen Elizabeth II
That she is a commoner doesn't matter. She's not the sovereign. Charles is the sovereign. QEII was Queen Regnat as was QEI and Queen Victoria. A queen regnant possesses and exercises sovereign powers, whereas a queen consort or queen regent shares her spouse's and/or child's rank and titles, but does not share the sovereignty of her spouse or child. https://artsandculture.google.com/entity/queen-regnant/m03lvy5?hl=en#:~:text=A queen regnant possesses and,of her spouse or child. edit: So, basically what you said.
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The London Bridge Has Fallen - The Legacy of Queen Elizabeth II
And had Baldwin, Chamberlain, and France listed to him in the mid 30's WWII might never have happened and Hitler would likely been a footnote in history.
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The London Bridge Has Fallen - The Legacy of Queen Elizabeth II
I'm pretty sure Charles is now the king. The coronation is the ceremony. Edward VIII was king until he abdicated and he was never coronated. https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1283823/Royal-shock-King-Edward-VIII-coronation "While many people believe someone cannot become King or Queen until their coronation, the process is actually automatic. King Edward became Edward VIII when his father, King George V, died on January 20, 1936."
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The London Bridge Has Fallen - The Legacy of Queen Elizabeth II
The Queen is dead. Long live the King.
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The London Bridge Has Fallen - The Legacy of Queen Elizabeth II
I did say "mostly". But as far as the Indians and Pakistanis, the Brits (mostly my avatar) kept them as peace for decades via British rule. When the split happened, of course, it was a disaster. Up to 2 million died. During one of Churchill's visits to the White House during WWII, at a dinner with the president, Eleanor and one of Eleanor's NY newspaper publisher friends, the friend meant to put Churchill on the spot about the UK's Indian policy. She, the publisher, asked what Churchill intended to do about those pesky Indians. Churchill replied "Which ones? The ones in Asia that have thrived under British rule, or the ones in America that are almost extinct." She was speechless.
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The London Bridge Has Fallen - The Legacy of Queen Elizabeth II
I felt the same way about British royalty in general until I was in my early 30's. Now that I've read every biography on my avatar (who was 1/2 American) and many of the books he wrote, including the History of the English Speaking Peoples, and several other books about English and European history, I've become an Anglophile in most things. I'm Swiss if the issue is whether to abolish the British monarchy as royal and sovereign, but at least from Queen Victoria on the Brits have mostly been a force for good in the world.
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The London Bridge Has Fallen - The Legacy of Queen Elizabeth II
If you believe The King's Speech, Mrs. Simpson acquired certain skills from an establishment in Shanghai. The look on Churchill's face after that line was perfect. I took it to mean that she gave an incredible blow job.
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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power - Amazon Prime
Didn't they drug them so they wouldn't freak out. Or was it to make their O2 last?
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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power - Amazon Prime
Yep. I have issues with an MRI machine.
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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power - Amazon Prime
Exactly. That’s what a good bath can do.
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Post a pic that makes you say "Holy shit."
Awesome.
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Wine
Those 82 Bordeaux appear to have been well stored and not moved much. Labels seem perfect.
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COVID-19 vaccine discussion
As your last sentence suggests, it assumes the new shot works against this and perhaps the next variant. It might.
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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power - Amazon Prime
I’m hoping they can find a bath.
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World War II History Thread
I recently read The Few by Alex Kershaw. Great book. It’s about several American flyers that joined the RAF in the summer of 1940. Because they were violating the neutrality laws they basically had to smuggle themselves out of the country through Canada.
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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power - Amazon Prime
The Harfoot (sp?) are similar to hobbits but not exactly the same. Just a guess but maybe they are hobbits’ ancestors.