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#8032 Mentalist

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Posted 12 June 2012 - 01:47 AM

today's UEFA 2012 round.

SHEVA, OMFG, SHEVA RULEZZ!!!!

best possible way this day could've worked out for UA.

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Jump Around, on 23 October 2011 - 11:04 AM, said:

And I want to state that Ment has out-weaseled me by far in this game.

#8033 Ain't_It_Just_

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Posted 12 June 2012 - 08:37 AM

Exams are finished, done and OUTTAAAAAAAAAA HEEEEEEEEERE!

Suck it Errant!

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QUOTE (KeithF @ Jun 30 2009, 09:49 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

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#8034 MTS

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Posted 12 June 2012 - 02:15 PM

Reached the 10000 word mark on my thesis tonight. Feels good to be making progress.

Antiquis temporibus, nati tibi similes in rupibus ventosissimis exponebantur ad necem.

Si hoc adfixum in obice legere potes, et liberaliter educatus et nimis propinquus ades.

#8035 Lusipher

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Posted 12 June 2012 - 03:44 PM

I get to see Radiohead tomorrow night!

#8036 QuickTidal

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Posted 12 June 2012 - 05:35 PM

Found out more info about my Japanese relatives/ancestors today in my search to connect our descended line to the proper samurai lineage. So far I've been able to get back conclusively to the 17th century, but I lose the trail there. Thankfully I may have found a Japanese cousin on Facebook who could possibly shed more light on the matter.

This is all stuff that's only been recently revealed in my life and it fascinates me to no end. So it makes me very happy to keep discovering.

As it stands now I am pretty sure our family were vassal's of the Tokugawa Shogunate, but I'm not totally done researching it yet, but the location seems indicative of that lineage.

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#8037 Adjutant Stormy~

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Posted 12 June 2012 - 07:40 PM

QuickTidal, on 12 June 2012 - 05:35 PM, said:

As it stands now I am pretty sure our family were vassal's of the Tokugawa Shogunate,

Wasn't everyone?

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Aptorian @ Nov 1 2008, 06:13 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=462161"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'>God damn. Mighty drunk. Must ... what is the english movement movement movement for drunk... with out you seemimg drunk?

bla bla bla

Peopleare harrasing me... grrrrrh.

Also people with big noses aren't jews, they're just french

EDIT: We has editted so mucj that5 we're not quite sure... also, leave britney alone.</div>

#8038 QuickTidal

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Posted 12 June 2012 - 08:13 PM

Adjutant Stormy, on 12 June 2012 - 07:40 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 12 June 2012 - 05:35 PM, said:

As it stands now I am pretty sure our family were vassal's of the Tokugawa Shogunate,

Wasn't everyone?

Post-Battle Of Sekigahara, most Noble people under Tokugawa's peace during the Edo period were, yes (peasant masses were not considered related). But my family traces back to a clan that were under him during the late Sengoku period prior to the battle and prior to the Shogunate in general, sort of a party to his inner circle as he rose to power...apparently. It made me feel a little more connected to him I guess. It's interesting getting your lineage to go back that far.

This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 12 June 2012 - 08:15 PM

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#8039 Adjutant Stormy~

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Posted 12 June 2012 - 08:18 PM

Hooray!

My family's got preposterously well-documented family trees lying about, so not much exciting there.

#8040 LadyMTL

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Posted 12 June 2012 - 09:03 PM

This has had me laughing like a freak for a while now:
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And I WISH that I had well documented family trees, I've been trying to put together mine for what seems like an age now but I'm hampered by two things: when I go back further than my great-grandparents (especially on my dad's side) the documents are mostly in Arabic and I don't read Arabic so...yeah. Secondly, a lot of docs were lost in 1948 when my dad and his family fled to Lebanon. That said, he claims that we go back to the Crusader era but that's largely based on the fact that our family came from Acre...flimsy evidence, IMHO. Anyway! One day I might splurge and hire someone to do the research but until then, I'll live.

This post has been edited by Maia Irraz: 12 June 2012 - 09:09 PM

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#8041 stone monkey

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Posted 12 June 2012 - 09:43 PM

My family history, further back than 1833 I should think, like that of most people whose families came from the West Indian colonies is, I'd hazard, probably something of a nightmare to figure out. Unless, that is, the plantation my ancestors were freed from had owners who kept a detailed stock book - which isn't unheard of; some of those people were a bit OCD about record keeping by all accounts. I'm not sure I could ever invest the time and effort into it; I suspect I'd find it far too depressing.

But anyway, on a less sombre note, I managed to requalify for my First Aid At Work Certificate today - which means I get another 3 years of roundly mocking people for being soft when they tell me they need a plaster for their paper cut (in such cases I have been tempted, on more than one occasion, to recommend lemon juice as a natural remedy for what ails them simply to see if they'd actually do it) and the occasional moment of stark terror when someone keels over in the office for no apparent reason.

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Posted 12 June 2012 - 09:55 PM

Maia Irraz, on 12 June 2012 - 09:03 PM, said:

a lot of docs were lost in 1948 when my dad and his family fled to Lebanon.

Well, my well-documentedness comes from several places.

1) landed nobility (and their obsessions with succession) in a few places (Germany/Estonia, Scotland)
2) A few generations of really bored Norweigians.
3) The American part of my family being part of the John Winthrop clan (of Mass. colonial-governorship fame).

#8043 Binder of Demons

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Posted 12 June 2012 - 10:10 PM

Been reading about the trouple between some sets of supporters at the European Championships, and then saw this picture which made me laugh.

Two Irish lads doing their best Father Ted inspired effort to keep the peace in Poznan (apparently some Polish and Croatian fans had clashed and the riot police were out in force.

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This post has been edited by Binder of Demons: 12 June 2012 - 10:11 PM

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#8044 Slow Ben

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Posted 12 June 2012 - 10:41 PM

The brother just called me. Him and his misses are having a boy!

So friggin happy for him. Except that I think he's naming him Jack, which officially kills it for me.

I've always been crazy but its kept me from going insane.

#8045 Adjutant Stormy~

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Posted 13 June 2012 - 05:19 AM

Except anytime the kid gets on top of something he shouldn't, you get free license to shout "JACK OFF" at the top of your lungs!

#8046 Ain't_It_Just_

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Posted 13 June 2012 - 06:54 AM

QuickTidal, on 12 June 2012 - 05:35 PM, said:

Hey, that's awesome! Hope you find an Ascendant or someone in your lineage

I ticked many boxes in my "get-stuff-ready-for-Africa" list: only a few more now.

Suck it Errant!

"It's time to kick ass and chew bubblegum...and I'm all out of gum."

QUOTE (KeithF @ Jun 30 2009, 09:49 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

It has been proven beyond all reasonable doubt that the most powerful force on Wu is a bunch of messed-up Malazans with Moranth munitions.

#8047 Loki

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Posted 13 June 2012 - 10:58 AM

New bedspread including all new sheets, doona, pillows etc. My bed is a joy

Wry, on 29 February 2012 - 10:50 AM, said:

And you're not complaining, you're criticizing. It's a side-effect of being better than everyone else, I get it sometimes too.

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#8048 Dinivan

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Posted 14 June 2012 - 02:51 AM

Mrs Dinivan doesn't mind at all that I woke up at 2:40 am to watch the match against the Dutchies, thus waking her as well and keeping her awake by watching the match on the notebook beside the bed (no other way to see it). She is not really interested in football (it is not the no 1 sport in China, after all), but she followed the match as well and truly cheered for Germany and was happy that we won. Quiet cheering of course, wouldn't want to wake up her parents after all).

I have the awesomest of awesome wives.