Recent content by Vagabond

I remind everyone that Valieva & Co. have filed an appeal and asked the appellate panel to reinstate Russia's gold medal in the Team Event. There cannot be medal ceremony until that appeal is resolved. I am no expert here, but it is conceivable that the panel will dismiss the Russian appeal...

Easier said than done, given that his wife is in poor health and they have three children under the age of eleven. In an earlier generation, a prince or princess in William's situation might have handed off most of the family responsibilities to others, but I don't think that he would want to...

I am confused. There was mention in the other thread about an American. Has Gold said that she was assaulted at two different times by two different men? Or did people incorrectly assume that she waa referring to an American?

Wichita. Kansas instead of Kaunas.

Paging Tallinn. Paging Tallinn. Tallinn, come in, please. 🆘

Tickets, please.

He said that he was considering sending Thorpedo Anna to the Preakness but that he probably would not do so. Her owners would have to pay $150,000 to supplement her for the remaining two races of the Triple Crown but only $50,000 to supplement her for the Belmont, which will be run over 1¼...

Never. https://www.olympedia.org/countries/NED This is remarkable because speed skating had been an Olympic sport long before 1964 and the Netherlands has won more medals in that sport than any other country.

Re: Post #4,628: The British term for it is "zebra crossing."

@nlloyd You can change your username at any time if you go to the Account Details section of your profile.

Nuttall's white crowned sparrows are out in full force around where I live. A very large male was perched in one of the junipers out in front yesterday, chirping away in the distinctive Nuttall's dialect. The song is said to sound like "See me, pretty pretty me-e!"

Stranger things have happened before and may happen again.

http://www.kwonghatongmru.com/index.php/en/kht_profile/sino-mauritian-family-and-generation-names.html http://www.hakkamauritians.org/clans-surnames Apparently, many Mauritians of Chinese ancestry use a transliteration of the full Chinese name of a patrilineal ancestor as their given name, with...

🤔 An odd way to spell "Kaunas." 🤷‍♂️

Kaunas would do. :)