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  • Where was Andy?
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    @AndyD said:

    Fountains Abbey.

    Or, as my mom referred to it "that damn abbey". I'll explain....

    We took the train from London to York, spent a couple of days checking out the city, especially York Minster. It was a month after there had been a major fire. We could see the damage but most of the building was open. We also made multiple visits to Betty's. 😁

    I picked up a car and we drove to Fountains Abbey on our way to Masham, where our B&B was located. We were walking around the abbey and I suddenly heard my mom cry out in pain. She was on the ground, gasping like a fish out of water. I thought she was having a heart attack and I was wondering what to do. Pre-cell phone era, and the place was pretty deserted on a weekday. Turns out Mom had tripped and knocked the wind out of herself. She recovered pretty quickly and we made our way to the bed and breakfast, where she took a hot bath in a gloriously huge bathtub (Brits have the best bathtubs!). The hosts served a dinner of Nidderdale trout that had been caught just a few hours earlier. And I had my first sticky toffee pudding. We ended up staying in Masham and doing some day trips around Yorkshire instead of heading to the Lake District, which was our original destination. The G&Ts and the excellent draft beer at the B&B had nothing to do with our extending our stay....

    Despite all those nice things that happened, Mom still referred to Fountains as that damn abbey.

    edit: I see Bank Villa is still there! Though it seems it is just a hotel rather than a B&B.

    https://bank-villa.yorkshire-hotel.com/en/


  • Word association thread
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    bounty


  • Hegseth
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    Just wait! There's more....

    Hegseth awards medal to soldier who reprimanded him and aides at Arlington Cemetery

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    https://www.cnn.com/2026/11/12/politics/hegseth-awards-medal-soldier-reprimanded-him


  • Word association thread
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    leaves


  • Its GAME TIME
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    Democrat Scott Colom wins Mississippi Senate race

    His opponent has conceded.

    https://www.npr.org/2026/11/11/g-s1-151688/mississippi-senate-race-scott-colom


  • Lithuanian knitting
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    For the crafters among us...

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    https://ltfai.org/lithuanian-folk-art/knitting-mezgimas/?v=05c7c5a71e52

    And a deeper dive into the "how to":

    https://independentstitch.com/2015/05/lithuanian-knitting-unusual-and-approachable-continuing-traditions.html


  • Where was Andy?
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    I couldn't get either one on my own, so I cheated. 😊

    I missed both of those towns when I traveled in that part of the country! Your photos are encouragement to go back some day....


  • Hegseth
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    Hegseth and advisers reprimanded by guard at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

    US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth and a group he was with were reprimanded by a sentinel at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery on Wednesday. The incident followed a wreath-laying ceremony marking Veterans Day.

    Hegseth had joined the group for a photo and someone laughed, prompting the US Army sentinel guarding the tomb to shout. "All visitors will maintain an atmosphere of silence and respect at all times", the sentinel said.

    According to the BBC's US partner, CBS News, the people in the photo before the reprimand also included Hegseth's advisers Patrick Weaver and Tami Radabaugh, Hegseth's chief of staff Ricky Buria and Hegseth's wife Jennifer Hegseth.

    Video:

    https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/ck5y132yq1ymo


  • I had hoped that Jensen could be an exception ...
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    More from inside the administration.

    https://www.axios.com/2026/11/11/bessent-lutnick-megaspeed-nvidia-china-chips


  • Did you get advent calendars as a kid?
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    My maternal great-aunt was a Catholic nun; she sent me an Advent calendar when I was a kid. It got re-used every year.

    I went down to the basement and dug it out of my box of precious pimentos. It was printed in "Western Germany". It must be from the 1960s.

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    These days Advent calendars are way more interesting. 24 bottles of wine, 24 kinds of chocolate, and one I hadn't seen before...

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