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They have a daughter named Varvara who was born in 2010, so.... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irina_Slutskaya#Personal_life

Queen Elizabeth II was once doing some shopping in Sandringham village when a woman said to her, "You look just like the Queen." The Queen replied, "How very reassuring!"

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/oct/21/royal-lodge-or-mini-palace-the-30-room-house-caught-up-in-the-prince-andrew-scandal If the Crown Estate terminates the lease before its twenty-fifth anniversary in 2028, he will be entitled to a rebate. I think that is reasonable under the...

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/us/bear-zoo-california.html?unlocked_article_code=1.vE8.dDA3.p9QqLSSjKgBK&smid=url-share Our "man bites dog" story of the week, complete with a "cute zoo photo" from an actual zoo.

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-family/article/prince-andrew-rent-free-windsor-mansion-rbrgfjkrr :rolleyes::mad::wall: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/oct/21/mps-move-to-lodge-parliamentary-motion-to-strip-prince-andrew-of-dukedom It's a symbolic gesture, but good for the SNP. (y)

How soon they forget. :(

Fournier-Beaudry won't get her U.S. citizenship any time soon. :P

Raccoons don't go into torpor around these parts. It's almost never cold enough, i.e. 15°F, even in the coldest canyons.

Since mid-July I have been using the Merlin Bird ID app to help me identify birds. In twenty minutes this morning, the app identified the following species in my backyard: Nuttall’s Woodpecker Common Crow Tropical Kingbird Chestnut-backed Chickadee Ruby-crowned Kinglet House Finch...

It's time for Operation Dislodge. :HA!:

Yes, it's here: https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/threads/prince-andrew.106460/ And for the very reasons you state, people should show some consideration and post in that thread rather than this one.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/oct/17/prince-andrew-to-give-up-royal-titles I have often thought that he should retire from public life and live in seclusion on the Balmoral Estate. His ex-wife could do the same.

I think it’s the other way around. I said that your statement, "I look at other countries where the monarchy is much smaller and they all have regular lives as well and think that's a better model to follow," was an oversimplification, and I stand by that. Having a "regular life" is not a...

France doesn't extradite its citizens. See Polanski, Roman. Many other countries don't either. "We" aren't going to change that. What we as fans can do is insist that such people have no place in organized sports anywhere.

:wuzrobbed :love: I listened to her talking about her mother-in-law's cranberry relish recipe over the decades and finally made it when I was alone on Thanksgiving during the height of the pandemic. It sounds terrible, but it does taste terrific. 😋 I will be in Mexico on Thanksgiving this...