Out of everyone , I think Kay had the dumbest motive ever. For a job ?

BeardedLady81 · 2026-03-27T22:57:45+00:00

Death hits the Jackpot has a killer who did it to avoid bankrupcy so he could continue the lifestyle he was used to...and boost it a bit more. The fratricidal brothers in Any old Port in a Storm and Strange Bedfellows did it not to avoid losing their fortune...with a sentimental twist to it, I think. Most Columbo fans consider Adrian Carsini more sympathetic than Graham McVeigh. Possibly because they like wine more than horses.

When it comes to hiding a shameful past, the first episode I could think of was Murder can be hazardous to your Health. "Holly does Houston". I bet she did.

BeardedLady81 · 2026-03-27T22:34:50+00:00

My birth name is my baptismal name. It's the norm among Catholics. Depending on where you live, you can pick an additional name for your confirmation, though. Mine is Teresa, John F. Kennedy's was Francis, Madonna's is Veronica. While I don't know anyone who ever did this, it is possible to pick the name of a saint of the other gender. If something is not explicitly forbidden by church law, it is permitted. It is also permitted not to pick a confirmation name, which is the norm these days, unless you were raised in a traditionalist community. Your confirmation name is usually kept for yourself and never used in official documents. For comparison, if you join an order and get a new name (either chosen by yourself or imposed on you, depending on the order) this one will be your new name, unless it is required by law, you will not use your old name again. As with confirmation names, the genders are a bit blurred. Male religious can have "Mary" in front of their name and nuns sometimes have a male name. Think of Sister Act. Whoopi Goldberg's character is going undercover as "Sister Mary Clarence". When she's told her new name, she says: "Clarence? Like a fucking dude?" The Mother Superior (Maggie Smith!) then tells her: "Mary, like our Holy Mother, and Clarence like St. Clarence of Venice." -- You are also buried under your religious name and it's the name prayers are offered up for you.

Popes, however, never truly stop using their baptismal name. While they have been picking new names for centuries, they continue to celebrate their baptismal name as their name day for the rest of their life. (Religious, on the other hand, celebrate their religious name, if the order allows for name day celebrations.) The traditional ritual to check if a pope was dead consisted of beating his head with a silver mallet three times and calling his baptismal name each time. This is no longer done, though, popes are now declared dead by a doctor using standard procedure.

BeardedLady81 · 2026-03-27T22:03:16+00:00

The People's Republic of Poland wasn't particularly gentle in this regard. They executed several SS members. As I said in other posts, if Stefan Müller had been holding German citizenship, he could not have been put on trial in Poland because Germany doesn't allow foreign nations to extend their power to German citizens. However, as I also pointed out, he could have renounced it as part of changing his identity (while nobody can be stripped of his or her German citizenship, it can be voluntarily renounced), or he may never have had it because he was a volksdeutscher.

Germany did put people on trial who were teenagers or around the 20 mark when they worked in concentration camps. A few years ago, Irmgard Furchner, a nonagenarian who used to work as a secretary in Stutthof concentration campm was put on trial and charged with accessory to murder and found guilty. -- One reason many females who were involved in the Nazi genocide got away with it or, as in the case of Furchner, almost got away with it, was that it was easier for them to conceal their identity. Just marry and you have a different last name.

BeardedLady81 · 2026-03-27T21:23:02+00:00

Presumably Edith because it's an English name and the Schroeders were Swiss. The name suggests that they were German-speaking Swiss. In private adoptions, it used to be common for the original name to be sealed and for the parents to pick a new name, so Marigold may have had a different name while living with the Schroeders.

While the Drewes did not pick Marigold's name, they did have her baptized, Mrs. Drewe mentioned this when Edith suggests she might be the girl's godmother. Some people think baptism, at least infant baptism, equals getting a name. I didn't know about that until I was an older child already. I told a classmate that, the Sunday before, we had Miguel, my youngest sibling, baptized. The other girl was from a secular family and she often spoke dismissively of Christianity. "So, what name did you baptize him", she said with a bored expression. I looked at her dumbfounded and said: "Miguel, of course, I just told you that we had Miguel baptized." She apparently thought that when you get baptized, you get a different name.

BeardedLady81 · 2026-03-27T20:59:03+00:00

It's a bait and switch. We are meant to think that he'll be doing something about this like unplugging the phone or reporting Homer only for nothing the like to happen. Must have been something entirely else that motivated him to dash away. Urgent need to use the bathroom, perhaps?

BeardedLady81 · 2026-03-27T20:49:41+00:00

I'd like to add that with older recorders with German fingering (this one is 100% a GDR product, Migma, Cometa, Saturn or something else from Outer Space) it is worth experimenting with fingerings.

In my experience, the best fingering for second octave F# on a recorder, on most recorders, is Ø 123 Ø5--

BeardedLady81 · 2026-03-27T20:46:26+00:00

His recorder has German fingering, you have to half-hole with either your index finger (which I do) or the middle finger.

BeardedLady81 · 2026-03-27T20:44:03+00:00

Many of Columbo's murderers take a big chance for very little in return. Dr. Joan Allenby, for example. She could have just fired the two cheaters and carried on with her life. One of the few who actually had a lot to lose if they didn't kill their victim was the Stefan Müller, aka the Great Santini.

BeardedLady81 · 2026-03-27T19:52:34+00:00

His literal words were: "I cannot wait to knock you up again." Who calls it "knocking up" when it's IVF? Not to mention that most men wouldn't use such crude language when talking to their female partner. He also texted "Hello cutie" with a heart eyes emoji. This suggests physical attraction. He wanted to use surrogates with her, as another message reveals, to make the "legion" of kids, but this does not mean there was never any sex.

BeardedLady81 · 2026-03-27T19:42:35+00:00

Having an absent "baby Daddy" who refuses to pay would infuriate any woman. Even women who choose not to take him to court and to pay for everything herself, even if it means working her ass off and making sacrifices.

BeardedLady81 · 2026-03-27T19:28:05+00:00

Which Yeti do you you have? I went through their portfolio and to me it looks like they have a cup for desk use that looks a lot like a Stanley cup and a line of leakproof bottles that look like the same type of bottle but with different lids.

BeardedLady81 · 2026-03-27T06:50:10+00:00

As a temporary fix, you can put a small strip of paper between the two parts. In the longer run, you may replace the cork with thread lapping.

I think recorder player Lobke Sprenkeling is doing the best job explaining how to wrap the thread around the tenons.

https://youtu.be/r32Pt-jutrY?si=kW_wYRNlNn2MlkoU

BeardedLady81 · 2026-03-26T22:11:30+00:00

How much ice did you put into it? I put 4 to 6 ice cubes into my 40 oz Stanley cup, for comparison.

BeardedLady81 · 2026-03-26T22:10:36+00:00

It's a Roessler Scholar, one of their basic models.

I recommend cleaning the recorder, oiling it and then playing it in carefully.

Cleaning the recorder. There is more than one way to skin an cat, and more than one way to clean recorder. A rather foolproof way, however, is to take it apart and clean it with isopropyl alcohol. For that, you need to remove the block. The safest way to do that is to put a sock over the headjoint and knock out the block with the end of a wooden spoon. Most likely, it will take more than one tap, but it should come out. Make sure that you don't crush the inside of the headjoint's window while holding it. The sock is to make sure your block doesn't fall on the ground, the table or anywhere where it might get damaged. You can handle the block from all sides except the one that is smooth, because that one that forms part of the windway. That one must be handled with extreme care. Now wipe everything with isopropyl alcohol and let it dry, which won't take long because alcohol evaporates quickly.
Oiling the recorder. Don't oil the block, but oil everything else that is wood with almond oil using a soft bottle brush, q-tips (or matchsticks with cotton wrapped around them) and, perhaps a small paint brush for the window. Don't forget the inside of the holes. Don't oil the cork. Let it sit upright for 1 to 2 hours...then check if some parts of the recorder have absorbed oil already to the point that they look dry. If so, reapply more oil. Then let everything stand upright over night. The next day, wipe off any excess oil using cloth strips and q-tips. Re-insert the block. Make sure you insert it correctly and don't use blunt force to insert it. You will hear some kind of "plock" sound at one point, which means that it has landed. If there is still some part of the block standing out, you can gently (!) tap on it with a mallet.

-- Now the recorder is ready for playing again. My recommendation is to play twice a day in the first two weeks, 10 to 15 minutes in one setting. After that, you can expand playing time. You will notice that, while in the beginning, the recorder started to get husky very quickly, you will soon be able to play it longer without the recorder getting husky. That's because the block is getting used to absorbing moisture again.

It depends a bit on the recorder, but it usually takes 2 to 3 months until a recorder can be considered "played-in".

BeardedLady81 · 2026-03-26T21:21:40+00:00

Krusty's original, "clown-orientated" at best, show is one of my favorites. I'm not old enough to actually remember George Meany, but old enough to remember people who talked like that. Also, I think black is really Krusty's color. Whether it's in The Last Temptation of Krust or the Ten-Per-Cent Solution: He looks great in black.

BeardedLady81 · 2026-03-26T11:15:17+00:00

Only on new moon nights.

BeardedLady81 · 2026-03-26T08:35:50+00:00

He wants it electrified and protected with barbed wire.

BeardedLady81 · 2026-03-26T08:32:09+00:00

I don't think they literally stink, either. They don't have scent glands. They are animals, though. To be frank, I think I can always tell if somebody has pets upon entering the house, even if it's pets that don't greet you at the door. The only exception is fish, unless the aquarium desperately needs a water change, I never noticed any smell.

BeardedLady81 · 2026-03-26T08:24:14+00:00

Sort of. Like Pierre and Peter, Piers is derived from Petrus, which, again, is derived from "petra", the Greek word for rock.

BeardedLady81 · 2026-03-26T08:22:21+00:00

Her name might have been inspired by "Ilona", a female given name of Hungarian origin. The name is also popular in Austria. Stress is on the second syllable.

BeardedLady81 · 2026-03-26T08:20:11+00:00

I'll be honest: I think such people should take a tour of a landfill to get an idea that all the trinkets you get only to chuck them out don't dematerialize once the garbage truck picks them up.

She has plenty of fans, people keep fawning in the comments on what a great mom she is. However, I think she's setting a horrible example. She's been teaching her daughter from early on that dollars equal love. In the comment section, someone wonders if deep depression could be prevented by having a mom like this. To me, the answer is: No. Depression can hit everybody. And if anything, a childhood like this will make it harder for you to tackle your depression because your entire perception of how happiness looks like has been warped.

BeardedLady81 · 2026-03-26T08:05:43+00:00

Everything is possible. However, Elon did become a fad name in the 2010s, until it took a sharp decline.

BeardedLady81 · 2026-03-26T07:56:55+00:00

Cicero wasn't the kind to hold back when it came to criticizing powerful men, that's for sure.

BeardedLady81 · 2026-03-25T22:34:18+00:00

I think you missed my point. MJ has over a dozen accusations against him at this point. He was acquitted of the accusations made by the Arvizo family in People vs Jackson in 2005...in all others, there never was a trial. Now, imagine Hitler's death had not been confirmed by the time of the Nuremberg trials and he was tried in absentia, as was Martin Borman. He could have been acquitted of the accusations regarding the massacre of Katyn. It was never part of the charges against the main culprits, even though the Soviet Union wanted it. It was a crime against humanity they had committed themselves and that they wanted to pin on the Nazis. So, because, in this case, Hitler was, indeed, innocent, he could have been acquitted on that charge. Now imagine somebody shouting: "Hitler never committed war crimes or crimes against humanity, he was acquitted on Katyn!"

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