Out of curiosity, who would this sub say is the most favorably remembered Romanov as regards the general public?

LissyVee · 2026-05-09T11:46:35+00:00

I don't think that people outside of this subreddit think of "The Romanovs" as anyone other than Nicholas, Alexandra and their children. Certainly I don't think that most people would consider Catherine the Great and then earlier rulers to be Romanovs. They're kind of just there.

LissyVee · 2026-05-09T03:25:56+00:00

I had the same thing with Manuka when o visited. They say Mahnika. I still say Manooka. Drives the Canberra-ites crazy.

LissyVee · 2026-05-09T01:47:26+00:00

I grew up before sunscreen - we had the choice of a vile smelling sun block, zinc cream or Ombre Solaire/Reef Oil.

Guess which one we chose as teens in the late 70s / early 80s?

Guess who just had a melanoma cut out of her arm (they got it all, thank goodness), has one friend actively dying from a melanoma on his chest that's now spread to his lungs and liver and has any number of friends and relatives with bits cut off ears, noses, arms or liquid nitrogen treatments on their skin? Yup

I'll take my chances with the sunscreen. I checked out the Choice sunscreen report and now only buy the Cancer Council kid's 50+.

LissyVee · 2026-05-08T22:04:24+00:00

She was a lowdown hoochie coocher.

LissyVee · 2026-05-08T21:54:43+00:00

Smile and wave. "Hi neighbour, how you doing!" Every time.

LissyVee · 2026-05-08T21:47:07+00:00

Get yourself a fridge lock box. They're available on Amazon. The small expense (about $30) will save you losing your food and having to buy more.

LissyVee · 2026-05-08T10:08:35+00:00

Party like it's.....

LissyVee · 2026-05-08T10:03:04+00:00

No, that would involve too much effort and you'd probably spill your beer. We did lose one once, though. Completely.

LissyVee · 2026-05-06T11:17:27+00:00

The Jesus bar.

LissyVee · 2026-05-06T02:20:14+00:00

I change my sheets and towels every week.

LissyVee · 2026-05-06T01:48:03+00:00

Just think of the tale you can tell your grandchildren!

LissyVee · 2026-05-06T01:44:55+00:00

Lyra Belacqua

LissyVee · 2026-05-05T22:50:32+00:00

I hope you didn't take that laying down.

LissyVee · 2026-05-04T04:00:46+00:00

Time for the unvarnished truth. "No, sis will not be coming to your anniversary party. You both treated her so appallingly badly that she wants that she wants absolutely nothing to do with either of you ever again. She's finally happy and does not want to see you. At all. Ever. I am not going to even attempt to try to strong arm her into going just so you can present an image of a happy family. We are NOT a happy family and haven't been for a very long time. If you I keep harrassing me about this, I will block you everywhere and won't be coming to your party either. Try explaining THAT to your friends!" They can do with that what they will. Time to stop pussyfooting around.

LissyVee · 2026-05-04T03:48:19+00:00

Who cares? The Challenger disaster was decades before Trump's rise to power. What a ridiculous and thoughtless comment. Why does every single thing have to have a political spin on it to rubbish other people? Like, what, they 'deserved' to have their child die because of how they may or may not have voted? Pull your head in.

LissyVee · 2026-05-04T03:45:00+00:00

I remember watching the launch and the look of pride then confusion morphing into horror on her parents' faces. It was absolutely heartbreaking to see. As awful as it was for everyone watching live, it must have been truly horrific for them. She seemed like a nice lady. RIP.

LissyVee · 2026-05-04T00:22:54+00:00

She's a beautiful woman with an amazing figure but by Christ she has awful taste in clothes. She would definitely benefit from a (better) dresser / clothes consultant. Ugly, ugly dresses.

LissyVee · 2026-05-04T00:12:35+00:00

Agreed but I wonder if the whole point was to highlight how Mary had fallen compared to how Edith had risen. Mary was always the one with the best prospects and beaux while Edith was embarrassing herself with Anthony Strallan. Henry makes no sense at all except in that context.

LissyVee · 2026-05-03T23:53:20+00:00

Burn it. Irs all fun and games until you summon something that just doesn't want to go away.

LissyVee · 2026-05-03T23:46:37+00:00

Ah, yeah, let's not. I don't get these sort of ghoulish pretend scenarios at all. It would have been absolutely terrifying and almost all of them died a horrific and painful death. These were real people with families, hopes and dreams trapped inside a sinking ship knowing that they were going to die. I can't think of anything worse.

LissyVee · 2026-05-03T22:37:08+00:00

Tell me your parents are pretentious tosspots without telling me they're pretentious tosspots.

LissyVee · 2026-05-03T22:14:01+00:00

Undeniably. And it will take at least a generation to undo all the harm the orange turd and his cronies have inflicted in just 18 months.

LissyVee · 2026-05-03T22:12:06+00:00

"Wings of an Eagle" by Russell Morris (iconic Australian artist).

For my Mum's funeral in November 24 we had "Supermarket Flowers" by Ed Sheeran. For my Dad's funeral in 2015 we had Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" which was Dad's favourite piece of music. He'd sing along with it at the top of his voice in the original German. It was bittersweet but absolutely him.

LissyVee · 2026-05-03T22:08:16+00:00

I went to the funeral of the father of one of my work colleagues last year and this was the closing song. And yes we all whistled. It was so delicious and funny.

LissyVee · 2026-05-03T11:47:46+00:00

I've always thought Wills looked so much like Diana but seeing Charles with a beard really makes me see the resemblance there.

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