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Subject: Re: Breaking learning thread Part 2. Sun Oct 29, 2023 7:48 pm
Do those events happen in month 7?
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Subject: Re: Breaking learning thread Part 2. Sun Oct 29, 2023 8:09 pm
September 13th, 1999.
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Subject: Re: Breaking learning thread Part 2. Mon Oct 30, 2023 7:06 am
That would have been month 7 if Nostradamus seen March 1st as New Year's Day, in antique Roman style.
But New Year's Day in France, before 1564, was March 25th, so Sep 13 would have been in month 6. And the Centuries were written in France in the 1550s.
In any case, Nostradamus used Jan 1 as New Year's Day (according to the authors cited in the Wikipaedia entry).
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Subject: Re: Breaking learning thread Part 2. Mon Oct 30, 2023 9:19 am
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Subject: Re: Breaking learning thread Part 2. Thu Nov 09, 2023 6:02 pm
Subject: Re: Breaking learning thread Part 2. Fri Dec 15, 2023 1:41 am
Other than the man with the handbag they all still sound British.
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Subject: Re: Breaking learning thread Part 2. Fri Dec 15, 2023 1:44 am
The actress who played "Mrs Crawford" was actually born in New South Wales.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_Bronhill
No Wikipedia page for "Captain Wagstaff" or "Mr. Mankowitz" to be able to find out.
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Subject: Re: Breaking learning thread Part 2. Fri Dec 15, 2023 8:05 am
I've seen the bit where the 'how long were you stationed at Camber' joke is repurposed for Bondai.
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Subject: Re: Breaking learning thread Part 2. Sat Dec 23, 2023 9:59 am
Catherine Wheel fireworks are named after a Middle Ages torture implement.
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Subject: Re: Breaking learning thread Part 2. Sat Dec 23, 2023 2:14 pm
Itself named after St Catherine who was being tortured on one, but the spikes refused to harm her and flew off the wheel and impaled the torturers. Apparently.
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Subject: Re: Breaking learning thread Part 2. Sat Dec 23, 2023 3:43 pm
I think I heard (a version of) this story when I was a child, but I'd forgotten.
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Subject: Re: Breaking learning thread Part 2. Sat Jan 06, 2024 6:22 pm
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