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Sulania wrote:Always pay attention to Marriage. Marriage is everything

Duly noted. Thank you for all your advice!

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Okay, Rick Santorum.

"Single people should get married to someone who knows CPR, just in case they get shot." - Rick Santorum (probably)

Penguania And Antarctica

Awwww COME ON! I go to download CKII and that's when Steam decides to have it's servers crash....

Penguania And Antarctica

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Well fvck.

I paid for that.

I don't even want to know how much money I've given them at this point

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Well, CK2 doesn't have factions so to speak. You control the dynasty around your main character. I would start with one of the Irish duchies. I prefered Munster. But you better ask Sulania for advice. He's an expert in that game.

</3

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Russkov Soviet wrote:Awwww COME ON! I go to download CKII and that's when Steam decides to have it's servers crash....

Probably from all that CK2 :P

Russkov Soviet, Penguania And Antarctica

Sulania wrote:Santorum is Catholic. I'm not Catholic

The only notable difference, I’m sure.

Jaslandia, Au Minbo, Penguania And Antarctica

Continental Commonwealths wrote:The only notable difference, I’m sure.

My name doesn't mean: http://www.yourdictionary.com/santorum

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Sulania wrote:Probably from all that CK2 :P

Still waiting for Steam to allow me to DL it. Playing Men of War: Assault Squad 2 for the time being...

Au Minbo, Penguania And Antarctica

Russkov Soviet wrote:Still waiting for Steam to allow me to DL it. Playing Men of War: Assault Squad 2 for the time being...

Have fun when you finally get it. It's probably my favorite game I've ever played. If you ever decide to get any of the DLC though, go for the early ones. They're the best for their price and content

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

If you guys like CK2, don't forget to check out EU4, Vic 2 and HOI4 by the same studio, but different levels of intensity and time periods!

Au Minbo, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia

All of my children save for a 14-year old I've entrusted with most of my territories are dissapointments.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Au Minbo, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova

Axeldonia wrote:All of my children save for a 14-year old I've entrusted with most of my territories are dissapointments.

Lucky. My son D'Artagnan was arrested for defecating in a cathedral.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia

Mercunova wrote:Lucky. My son D'Artagnan was arrested for defecating in a cathedral.

Pff, my son tried to murder me and ursurp my throne. At least he brought it on himself instead of harming others.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova

Axeldonia wrote:Pff, my son tried to murder me and ursurp my throne. At least he brought it on himself instead of harming others.

Well D'Artagnan has had priors, including the unlawful pruning of a city-owned tree.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica

Mercunova wrote:Lucky. My son D'Artagnan was arrested for defecating in a cathedral.

Certainly not behavior befitting one of the Three Musketeers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_d%27Artagnan_Romances

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Musketeers

Penguania And Antarctica

Mercunova wrote:Lucky. My son D'Artagnan was arrested for defecating in a cathedral.

My life stands as anecdotal proof that this is at most a misdemeanour.

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova

Continental Commonwealths wrote:My life stands as anecdotal proof that this is at most a misdemeanour.

Do I even want to know the details?

Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140903-low-cost-fighter-jets-take-off

This is the type of article that actually irritates me. I really don't expect much talent from a journalist when it comes to the topic of aerospace programs, but the extreme ignorance is pain for me :<

If you want pilots to die, you give them a cheap plane that can't defend itself in an age of increasingly mobile MANPAD threats being lugged around by everyone and their mother in terms of proliferation. If you want your hyper-expensive pilot to survive his flight, you get him a combat aircraft that can actually fly in such a situation without being lit up and slapped down. The worst case of the former strategy is that you put a bomb on a UCAV and just accept that you might lose a drone.

Honk honk! Everyone aborad the Grimdark train!

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=axeldonia/detail=factbook/id=1002962

Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia

I wonder if there would still be unionist parties after Scottish independence. Parties whose primary policy would be recreating the UK. In that situation, it would need to be agreed on both sides, i.e. England would need to agree to recreate the UK if it ever happened. Just like how both Northern Ireland the Republic of Ireland must agree to reunification.

Lex Caledonia

Nuremgard wrote:I wonder if there would still be unionist parties after Scottish independence. Parties whose primary policy would be recreating the UK. In that situation, it would need to be agreed on both sides, i.e. England would need to agree to recreate the UK if it ever happened. Just like how both Northern Ireland the Republic of Ireland must agree to reunification.

It's a bit of an odd system, really. What an awkward situation it'd be if northern Ireland wanted to join but the rest of the island voted against. What do you even do in that situation?

Nuremgard

Jaslandia wrote:Do I even want to know the details?

Yes

I do anyway

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Axeldonia wrote:It's a bit of an odd system, really. What an awkward situation it'd be if northern Ireland wanted to join but the rest of the island voted against. What do you even do in that situation?

I truly do not know. You cant fulfill the wishes of the Northern Irish in that instance without pissing off the Irish to the south.

I have heard some in Northern Ireland support the idea of it being an independent EU province.

Continental Commonwealths wrote:My life stands as anecdotal proof that this is at most a misdemeanour.

D'Artagnan will be on the next bus to Canada. He'll be happy to have a new dad who can understand him :P

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:I truly do not know. You cant fulfill the wishes of the Northern Irish in that instance without pissing off the Irish to the south.

I have heard some in Northern Ireland support the idea of it being an independent EU province.

Is there even such a thing as an 'EU province'? The EU isn't really a nation, so how can it have provinces?

Penguania And Antarctica

Jaslandia wrote:Is there even such a thing as an 'EU province'? The EU isn't really a nation, so how can it have provinces?

I use the word province because I don't think many could consider Northern Ireland as a country unto itself. It's part of a larger island (Ireland.) I doubt we'll see a scenario in which one side wants unification and the other doesn't though. If I'm not mistaken, polls in the Republic consistently show an overwhelming support for a united Ireland.

Nuremgard wrote:I use the word province because I don't think many could consider Northern Ireland as a country unto itself. It's part of a larger island (Ireland.) I doubt we'll see a scenario in which one side wants unification and the other doesn't though. If I'm not mistaken, polls in the Republic consistently show an overwhelming support for a united Ireland.

Which is all well and good, but from what I've heard, the Northern Irish don't want a united Ireland, and you're gonna need their support too. Brexit is probably gonna have negative impacts on Northern Ireland, but staying in the UK still seems to be their best option at the moment.

Jaslandia wrote:Which is all well and good, but from what I've heard, the Northern Irish don't want a united Ireland, and you're gonna need their support too. Brexit is probably gonna have negative impacts on Northern Ireland, but staying in the UK still seems to be their best option at the moment.

I don't think anything would convince the Northern Irish to vote for reunification, not even Brexit. The desire to cling to Westminster is too strong there.

Nuremgard wrote:I don't think anything would convince the Northern Irish to vote for reunification, not even Brexit. The desire to cling to Westminster is too strong there.

That, and the fact that this is still in the recent(ish) past:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Troubles

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulster_Defence_Association

Jaslandia wrote:That, and the fact that this is still in the recent(ish) past:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Troubles

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulster_Defence_Association

Which Brexit is threatening to reignite.

Nuremgard wrote:Which Brexit is threatening to reignite.

I imagine there will be some tensions, but let's hope it doesn't result in outright violence.

Nuremgard, Vista Major, Yukona, Percyton

Post self-deleted by Yukona.

Au Minbo wrote:</3

I'm sorry that I forgot about that. :(

Au Minbo

Capitalism has returned to Shazria. His Majesty dismantled the state planned economy which increased the country's average income and raised the economy to "very strong." But the employment rate dropped from 80 to 70. Why does NS hate capitalism?

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

[spoiler=Update from Parliament]The Law Code factbook has been updated to include the two most recent laws to have been passed in Parliament:

- The Court of International Law and Justice Membership Act, authored by [nation=short]Unfallious[/nation]

- The Chartered Organization Act, authored by [nation=short]The Valleian Orders[/nation]

In addition to being linked on the WFE, the Law Code may be accessed here.

[nation=short]Continental Commonwealths[/nation]

Speaker of Parliament[/spoiler]

Jaslandia, Au Minbo, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia

Nuremgard wrote:Capitalism has returned to Shazria. His Majesty dismantled the state planned economy which increased the country's average income and raised the economy to "very strong." But the employment rate dropped from 80 to 70. Why does NS hate capitalism?

Because Nazis

Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:Capitalism has returned to Shazria. His Majesty dismantled the state planned economy which increased the country's average income and raised the economy to "very strong." But the employment rate dropped from 80 to 70. Why does NS hate capitalism?

Yukona's been free market, small government and pro-business with environmental regulation since its beginning - and its had one of the strongest and most stable economies of all my NS regions. I find when you have huge tax rates to support your spending like many socialist countries, once consumer demand takes a hit your economy simply collapses.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Yukona wrote:Yukona's been free market, small government and pro-business with environmental regulation since its beginning - and its had one of the strongest and most stable economies of all my NS regions. I find when you have huge tax rates to support your spending like many socialist countries, once consumer demand takes a hit your economy simply collapses.

Shazria doesn't have high taxes though.

Jaslandia wrote:Which is all well and good, but from what I've heard, the Northern Irish don't want a united Ireland, and you're gonna need their support too. Brexit is probably gonna have negative impacts on Northern Ireland, but staying in the UK still seems to be their best option at the moment.

Hey, if nothing else, it'll be easier than the West Germany/East Germany reunification or the potential Korean one in terms of "Economy gets nuked" ;p

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Kalaron wrote:Hey, if nothing else, it'll be easier than the West Germany/East Germany reunification or the potential Korean one in terms of "Economy gets nuked" ;p

Well if the North does join Ireland, the Irish government will need to pay through the nose to keep them. Just like how the British government does now.

Kalaron wrote:Hey, if nothing else, it'll be easier than the West Germany/East Germany reunification or the potential Korean one in terms of "Economy gets nuked" ;p

I am surprised my economy hasn't tanked, even though employment has gone from 90 to 30 every time I go even a little capitalist.

And that's frequent

Nuremgard wrote:Well if the North does join Ireland, the Irish government will need to pay through the nose to keep them. Just like how the British government does now.

Potentially true, I don't know the issue that well. But at least it isn't "Fixing failed communism" levels of bad for the economy, tho. Hell, maybe they wouldn't even pay that much out.

Jaslandia

Kalaron wrote:Potentially true, I don't know the issue that well. But at least it isn't "Fixing failed communism" levels of bad for the economy, tho. Hell, maybe they wouldn't even pay that much out.

It could be "unionists become terrorists" levels of bad though. That's one thing that scares me about Scottish independence. The General Secretary of the Orange Lodge in Scotland said the organisation could become a terrorist one in the event of independence. He says he "regrets" saying this and that his words were "taken out of context." But I guarantee you, the Orange Order is full of brainless, knuckle-dragging morons and they would certainly have no qualms about committing terrorist acts in the name of restoring the Union.

The celebration is on across the Equestrian Union! Our nation has been around for:

- 5 Years - (Joined NS: April 6th, 2013)

- 97 Years - (Birth of the Republic: April 6th, 1921)

Tomorrow > - 97 Years - (Independence and Sovergnity: April 7th, 1921)

Forward to 100 Years! URA!

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, The Scottish Twins

Nuremgard wrote:It could be "unionists become terrorists" levels of bad though. That's one thing that scares me about Scottish independence. The General Secretary of the Orange Lodge in Scotland said the organisation could become a terrorist one in the event of independence. He says he "regrets" saying this and that his words were "taken out of context." But I guarantee you, the Orange Order is full of brainless, knuckle-dragging morons and they would certainly have no qualms about committing terrorist acts in the name of restoring the Union.

The Northern Irish won't be joining the Republic any time soon for the precise reason that if they did then there'd be violence. In terms of Scotland, I strongly doubt the Orange Order would actually do that. The man who made those comments in 2001 is an old and out of touch yap, the majority of people in Scotland would not resort to such levels - to say they would is more of an insult to the Scottish then it is the Orange Order.

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Nuremgard wrote:It could be "unionists become terrorists" levels of bad though. That's one thing that scares me about Scottish independence. The General Secretary of the Orange Lodge in Scotland said the organisation could become a terrorist one in the event of independence. He says he "regrets" saying this and that his words were "taken out of context." But I guarantee you, the Orange Order is full of brainless, knuckle-dragging morons and they would certainly have no qualms about committing terrorist acts in the name of restoring the Union.

Eh, if they tried then they'd be the least successful group maybe ever. State security services tend to be good at hunting down terrorists, imagine how good they'd be with a literal role-call list of addresses and everything. If nothing else, do the typical thing and ask for US security aid like most countries do for training.

There would be little to no violence if both parts of Ireland voted for unification. Perhaps some rioting in the bigger protestant urban areas. It's two decades since the guns were silenced(mostly).The loyalist, and most republican terror bosses have been living fat off their profits from drugs, protection rackets and money laundering. Many of those lower down the chain have permanent, pensionable 'jobs' on various community and government schemes. The appetite to return to 'war' simply isn't there.

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Lex Caledonia, Yukona

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPSrI3MeRYA

Nuremgard wrote:It could be "unionists become terrorists" levels of bad though. That's one thing that scares me about Scottish independence. The General Secretary of the Orange Lodge in Scotland said the organisation could become a terrorist one in the event of independence. He says he "regrets" saying this and that his words were "taken out of context." But I guarantee you, the Orange Order is full of brainless, knuckle-dragging morons and they would certainly have no qualms about committing terrorist acts in the name of restoring the Union.

Nurem you're implying that the Orange Order are even competent enough to become a terrorist organisation which is a load of guff :L they've marched through Falkirk so many times but get foiled by angry mothers in our community

Jaslandia, Mercunova, Yukona, The Scottish Twins

[spoiler=Today is April 6 and today are:]

Today is April 6 and today are:

- Army Day (United States)

- California Poppy Day

- Chakri Day (Thailand)

- Drowsy Driver Awareness Day

- Good Friday (Orthodox Christianity)

- Hospital Admitting Clerks Day

- Hostess Twinkie Day

- International Day of Sport for Development and Peace

- National Caramel Popcorn Day (United States)

- National Fisherman Day (Indonesia)

- National Kids Yoga Day (United States)

- National Sorry Charlie Day (United States)

- National Student-Athlete Day (United States)

- National Tartan Day (Canada, United States)

- National Teflon Day (United States)

- National Walk to Work Day (United States)

- New Beer's Eve (United States)

- President Ntaryamira Day (Burundi)

- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Day

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[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 46BC – Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato (Cato the Younger) in the battle of Thapsus.

- 0402 – Stilicho stymies the Visigoths under Alaric in the Battle of Pollentia.

- 1199 – King Richard I of England dies from an infection following the removal of an arrow from his shoulder.

- 1250 – Seventh Crusade: Ayyubids of Egypt capture King Louis IX of France in the Battle of Fariskur.

- 1320 – The Scots reaffirm their independence by signing the Declaration of Arbroath.

- 1327 – The poet Petrarch first sees his idealized love, Laura, in the church of Saint Clare in Avignon.

- 1385 – John, Master of the Order of Aviz, is made king John I of Portugal.

- 1453 – Mehmed II begins his siege of Constantinople (Istanbul), which falls on May 29.

- 1580 – One of the largest earthquakes recorded in the history of England, Flanders, or Northern France, takes place.

- 1652 – At the Cape of Good Hope, Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp that eventually becomes Cape Town.

- 1712 – The New York Slave Revolt of 1712 begins near Broadway.

- 1776 – American Revolutionary War: Ships of the Continental Navy fail in their attempt to capture a Royal Navy dispatch boat.

- 1782 – King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I) of Siam (modern day Thailand) founds the Chakri dynasty.

- 1793 – During the French Revolution, the Committee of Public Safety becomes the executive organ of the republic.

- 1808 – John Jacob Astor incorporates the American Fur Company, that would eventually make him America's first millionaire.

- 1812 – British forces under the command of the Duke of Wellington assault the fortress of Badajoz. This would be the turning point in the Peninsular War against Napoleon-led France.

- 1814 – Nominal beginning of the Bourbon Restoration; anniversary date that Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.

- 1830 – Church of Christ, the original church of the Latter Day Saint movement, is organized by Joseph Smith and others at either Fayette or Manchester, New York.

- 1841 – U.S. President John Tyler is sworn in, two days after having become President upon William Henry Harrison's death.

- 1860 – The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, later renamed Community of Christ, is organized by Joseph Smith III and others at Amboy, Illinois.

- 1861 – First performance of Arthur Sullivan's debut success, his suite of incidental music for The Tempest, leading to a career that included the famous Gilbert and Sullivan operas.

- 1862 – American Civil War: The Battle of Shiloh begins: In Tennessee, forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant meet Confederate troops led by General Albert Sidney Johnston.

- 1865 – American Civil War: The Battle of Sailor's Creek: Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia fights and loses its last major battle while in retreat from Richmond, Virginia during the Appomattox Campaign.

- 1866 – The Grand Army of the Republic, an American patriotic organization composed of Union veterans of the American Civil War, is founded. It lasts until 1956.

- 1869 – Celluloid is patented.

- 1888 – Thomas Green Clemson dies, bequeathing his estate to the State of South Carolina to establish Clemson Agricultural College.

- 1893 – Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is dedicated by Wilford Woodruff.

- 1895 – Oscar Wilde is arrested in the Cadogan Hotel, London, after losing a libel case against the Marquess of Queensberry.

- 1896 – In Athens, the opening of the first modern Olympic Games is celebrated, 1,500 years after the original games are banned by Roman emperor Theodosius I.

- 1909 – Robert Peary and Matthew Henson reach the North Pole.

- 1911 – During the Battle of Deçiq, Dedë Gjon Luli Dedvukaj, leader of the Malësori Albanians, raises the Albanian flag in the town of Tuzi, Montenegro, for the first time after George Kastrioti (Skanderbeg).

- 1917 – World War I: The United States declares war on Germany (see President Woodrow Wilson's address to Congress).

- 1919 – Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi orders a general strike.

- 1926 – Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).

- 1929 – Huey P. Long, Governor of Louisiana, is impeached by the Louisiana House of Representatives.

- 1930 – Gandhi raises a lump of mud and salt and declares, "With this, I am shaking the foundations of the British Empire," beginning the Salt Satyagraha.

- 1936 – Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak: Another tornado from the same storm system as the Tupelo tornado hits Gainesville, Georgia, killing 203.

- 1941 – World War II: Nazi Germany launches Operation 25 (the invasion of Kingdom of Yugoslavia) and Operation Marita (the invasion of Greece).

- 1945 – World War II: Sarajevo is liberated from German and Croatian forces by the Yugoslav Partisans.

- 1945 – World War II: The Battle of Slater's Knoll on Bougainville comes to an end.

- 1947 – The first Tony Awards are presented for theatrical achievement.

- 1957 – Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis buys the Hellenic National Airlines (TAE) and founds Olympic Airlines.

- 1962 – Leonard Bernstein causes controversy with his remarks from the podium during a New York Philharmonic concert featuring Glenn Gould performing Brahms' First Piano Concerto.

- 1965 – Launch of Early Bird, the first commercial communications satellite to be placed in geosynchronous orbit.

- 1965 – The British Government announces the cancellation of the TSR-2 aircraft project.

- 1968 – In Richmond, Indiana's downtown district, a double explosion kills 41 and injures 150.

- 1968 – Pierre Elliott Trudeau wins the Liberal Leadership Election, and becomes Prime Minister of Canada soon after.

- 1970 – Newhall massacre: Four California Highway Patrol officers are killed in a shootout.

- 1972 – Vietnam War: Easter Offensive: American forces begin sustained air strikes and naval bombardments.

- 1973 – Launch of Pioneer 11 spacecraft.

- 1973 – The American League of Major League Baseball begins using the designated hitter.

- 1974 – The Swedish pop band ABBA wins the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Waterloo", launching their international career.

- 1979 – Student protests break out in Nepal.

- 1984 – Members of Cameroon's Republican Guard unsuccessfully attempt to overthrow the government headed by Paul Biya.

- 1992 – The Bosnian War begins.

- 1994 – The Rwandan Genocide begins when the aircraft carrying Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira is shot down.

- 1998 – Pakistan tests medium-range missiles capable of reaching India.

- 1998 – Travelers Group announces an agreement to undertake the $76 billion merger between Travelers and Citicorp, and the merger is completed on October 8, of that year, forming Citibank.

- 2004 – Rolandas Paksas becomes the first president of Lithuania to be peacefully removed from office by impeachment.

- 2005 – Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani becomes Iraqi president; Shiite Arab Ibrahim al-Jaafari is named premier the next day.

- 2008 – The 2008 Egyptian general strike starts led by Egyptian workers later to be adopted by April 6 Youth Movement and Egyptian activists.

- 2009 – A 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes near L'Aquila, Italy, killing 307.

- 2010 – Maoist rebels kill 76 CRPF officers in Dantewada district, India.

- 2011 – In San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico, over 193 victims of Los Zetas were exhumed from several mass graves.

- 2012 – Azawad declares itself independent from the Republic of Mali.

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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 1483 – Raphael, Italian painter and architect

- 1860 – René Lalique, French sculptor and jewellery designer

- 1890 – Anthony Fokker, Dutch engineer and businessman, founded Fokker Aircraft Manufacturer

- 1892 – Donald Wills Douglas, Sr., American businessman, founded the Douglas Aircraft Company

- 1904 – Kurt Georg Kiesinger, German lawyer and politician, 3rd Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany

- 1911 – Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen, German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1920 – Edmond H. Fischer, Chinese-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1926 – Ian Paisley, Northern Irish evangelical minister and politician, 2nd First Minister of Northern Ireland

- 1926 – Sergio Franchi, Italian-American singer and actor

- 1927 – Gerry Mulligan, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer

- 1928 – James Watson, American biologist, geneticist, and zoologist, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1929 – André Previn, American pianist, composer, and conductor

- 1941 – Hans W. Geißendörfer, German director and producer

- 1942 – Barry Levinson, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

- 1949 – Horst Ludwig Störmer, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1962 – Nik P., Austrian schlager singer

- 1963 – Rafael Correa, Ecuadorian economist and politician, 54th President of Ecuador

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Quote of the day

Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.

- Mother Teresa (Albanian-Indian Saint, 1910-1997) -

Note: Penguania_And_Antarctica assumes no responsibility or guarantee for correctness of any given information. Any recourse to courts of law is excluded.

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Kalaron, Mercunova, Percyton, The Scottish Twins, The British Islands Confederacy

Yukona wrote:The Northern Irish won't be joining the Republic any time soon for the precise reason that if they did then there'd be violence. In terms of Scotland, I strongly doubt the Orange Order would actually do that. The man who made those comments in 2001 is an old and out of touch yap, the majority of people in Scotland would not resort to such levels - to say they would is more of an insult to the Scottish then it is the Orange Order.

Well let's hope so. They ought to ban them anyway.

Lex Caledonia wrote:Nurem you're implying that the Orange Order are even competent enough to become a terrorist organisation which is a load of guff :L they've marched through Falkirk so many times but get foiled by angry mothers in our community

Shame we don't have those mothers here during the marching season.

Penguania And Antarctica, The Scottish Twins

The British Islands Confederacy wrote:There would be little to no violence if both parts of Ireland voted for unification. Perhaps some rioting in the bigger protestant urban areas. It's two decades since the guns were silenced(mostly).The loyalist, and most republican terror bosses have been living fat off their profits from drugs, protection rackets and money laundering. Many of those lower down the chain have permanent, pensionable 'jobs' on various community and government schemes. The appetite to return to 'war' simply isn't there.

I'd like to see a united Ireland someday.

Ludania, Axeldonia, The British Islands Confederacy

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:

- National Sorry Charlie Day (United States)

What are we supposed to be sorry for, and why is it to Charlie specifically? Why not 'Sorry Bob Day', or 'Sorry Isaac Day'?

Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, The Scottish Twins

Nuremgard wrote:I'd like to see a united Ireland someday.

Aye, me too, though preferably only with with the consent of both communities in NI.

Nuremgard, Axeldonia, Yukona

Jaslandia wrote:What are we supposed to be sorry for, and why is it to Charlie specifically? Why not 'Sorry Bob Day', or 'Sorry Isaac Day'?

There's 364 other days of the year. Today is about Charlie. And how we're sorry.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

The British Islands Confederacy wrote:Aye, me too, though preferably only with with the consent of both communities in NI.

A simple majority will do. If the unionists don't like it, they can either get over it or move to Britain. (Preferably England. Scotland has enough unionist twats as it is.)

Axeldonia

Continental Commonwealths wrote:There's 364 other days of the year. Today is about Charlie. And how we're sorry.

Fair enough, but Charlie is the only one who has a holiday. We can say sorry to Isaac tomorrow, and Bob the day after that, but neither of them have official holidays.

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Jaslandia wrote:What are we supposed to be sorry for, and why is it to Charlie specifically? Why not 'Sorry Bob Day', or 'Sorry Isaac Day'?

Continental Commonwealths wrote:There's 364 other days of the year. Today is about Charlie. And how we're sorry.

"National Sorry Charlie Day is observed each year on April 6. This day encourages us to think about the times we have been rejected. Whether we’ve been rejected by a sweetheart or by a college, a prospective employer or by the bank for a loan, we’ve all been refused. National Sorry Charlie Day also gives us an opportunity to reflect on how we survived the rejection and what we learned from it.

Do you remember Charlie the Tuna? He was often rejected but would keep going with a smile. “Sorry, Charlie” became closely associated with StarKist and was also a successful American catchphrase. Charlie never let rejection stop him. Do not let it stop you!"

Jaslandia, Vista Major, The Scottish Twins

Sulania wrote:As Peng said, start in Ireland. In the CK2 community, we call this Beginners Island. In the base date, you're surrounded by counties/duchies of generally equal size and strength, so you get to experiment a little bit without too much consequence. It gives you a good opportunity to get a hang of controls and understanding the rules and everything, with you learning more as you begin expanding.

Funny I started with the HRE.

Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:A simple majority will do. If the unionists don't like it, they can either get over it or move to Britain. (Preferably England. Scotland has enough unionist twats as it is.)

If the indies don't like it they can move to the Republic of Ireland (the UK has enough indyref twats as it is)

Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica

Yukona wrote:If the indies don't like it they can move to the Republic of Ireland (the UK has enough indyref twats as it is)

Touche. But Scotland already has populations with inbuilt unionist persuasions, the English being one. I'd rather not add unionist Irish to that list.

Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica

Pro/Con of living in a town dedicated to high end tourists

Pro: Amazing food

Con: All the people. Just spend your damn money and leave

Bearlong, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, The Scottish Twins

http://thecoffincofn.boards.net/thread/57/medieval-rp-ic?page=6&scrollTo=765

Figured I'd post this here too like the narcissist I am

Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Percyton

[spoiler=Today April 7 and today are:]

Today April 7 and today are:

- Easter Saturday (Orthodox Christianity)

- Every Day is Tag Day

- Flag Day (Slovenia)

- Genocide Memorial Day (Rwanda)

- International Beaver Day

- International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Rwanda Genocide (United Nations)

- International Pillow Fight Day

- International Snailpapers Day

- Metric System Day

- Motherhood and Beauty Day (Armenia)

- National Beer Day (United States)

- National Birding Day (United States)

- National Coffee Cake Day (United States)

- National Girl Me Too Day (United States)

- National Handmade Day (United States)

- National Love Our Children Day (United States)

- National No Housework Day (United States)

- Sheikh Abeid Amani Karume Day (Tanzania)

- Tangible Karma Day

- Women's Day (Mozambique)

- World Health Day

[/spoiler]

[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 0451 – Attila the Hun sacks the town of Metz and attacks other cities in Gaul.

- 0529 – First draft of the Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian I.

- 0611 – Maya king Uneh Chan of Calakmul sacks rival city-state Palenque in southern Mexico.

- 1141 – Empress Matilda became the first female ruler of England, adopting the title 'Lady of the English'.

- 1348 – Charles University is founded in Prague.

- 1521 – Ferdinand Magellan arrives at Cebu.

- 1541 – Francis Xavier leaves Lisbon on a mission to the Portuguese East Indies.

- 1724 – Premiere performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's St John Passion BWV 245 at St. Nicholas Church, Leipzig.

- 1767 – End of Burmese–Siamese War (1765–67).

- 1776 – Captain John Barry and the USS Lexington captures the Edward.

- 1788 – American pioneers to the Northwest Territory establish Marietta, Ohio as the first permanent American settlement in the Northwest Territory.

- 1789 – Selim III became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.

- 1798 – The Mississippi Territory is organized from disputed territory claimed by both the United States and Spain. It is expanded in 1804 and again in 1812.

- 1805 – Lewis and Clark Expedition: The Corps of Discovery breaks camp among the Mandan tribe and resumes its journey West along the Missouri River.

- 1805 – German composer Ludwig van Beethoven premiered his Third Symphony, at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna.

- 1827 – John Walker, an English chemist, sells the first friction match that he had invented the previous year.

- 1829 – Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, commences translation of the Book of Mormon, with Oliver Cowdery as his scribe.

- 1831 – Emperor Pedro I of Brazil resigns. He goes to his native Portugal to become King Pedro IV.

- 1862 – American Civil War: The Union's Army of the Tennessee and the Army of the Ohio defeat the Confederate Army of Mississippi near Shiloh, Tennessee.

- 1868 – Thomas D'Arcy McGee, one of the Canadian Fathers of Confederation is assassinated by a Fenian activist.

- 1890 – Completion of the first Lake Biwa Canal.

- 1906 – Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.

- 1906 – The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco.

- 1908 – H. H. Asquith of the Liberal Party takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, succeeding Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman.

- 1922 – The United States Secretary of the Interior leases federal petroleum reserves to private oil companies on excessively generous terms.

- 1927 – The first long-distance public television broadcast (from Washington, D.C., to New York City, displaying the image of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover).

- 1933 – Prohibition in the United States is repealed for beer of no more than 3.2% alcohol by weight, eight months before the ratification of the XXI amendment.

- 1939 – World War II: Italy invades Albania.

- 1940 – Booker T. Washington becomes the first African American to be depicted on a United States postage stamp.

- 1943 – The Holocaust: In Terebovlia, Ukraine, Germans order 1,100 Jews to undress and march through the city to the nearby village of Plebanivka, where they are shot and buried in ditches.

- 1943 – Ioannis Rallis becomes collaborationist Prime Minister of Greece during the Axis Occupation.

- 1945 – World War II: The Yamato, one of the two largest battleships ever constructed, is sunk by American aircraft during Operation Ten-Go.

- 1945 – World War II: Visoko is liberated by the 7th, 9th, and 17th Krajina brigades from the Tenth division of Yugoslav Partisan forces.

- 1946 – Syria's independence from France is officially recognised.

- 1948 – The World Health Organization is established by the United Nations.

- 1949 – The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific opened on Broadway; it would run for 1,925 performances and win ten Tony Awards.

- 1954 – United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower gives his "domino theory" speech during a news conference.

- 1955 – Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom amid indications of failing health.

- 1964 – IBM announces the System/360.

- 1964 – A bulldozer kills Rev. Bruce W. Klunder, a civil rights activist, during a school segregation protest in Cleveland, Ohio, sparking a riot.

- 1968 – Motor racing world champion Jim Clark is killed in an accident during a Formula Two race at Hockenheim.

- 1969 – The Internet's symbolic birth date: Publication of RFC 1.

- 1971 – President Richard Nixon announces his decision to quicken the pace of Vietnamization.

- 1976 – Member of Parliament and suspected spy John Stonehouse resigns from the Labour Party (UK) after being arrested for faking his own death.

- 1977 – German Federal prosecutor Siegfried Buback and his driver are shot by two Red Army Faction members while waiting at a red light.

- 1978 – Development of the neutron bomb is canceled by President Jimmy Carter.

- 1980 – During the Iran hostage crisis, the United States severs relations with Iran.

- 1983 – During STS-6, astronauts Story Musgrave and Don Peterson perform the first Space Shuttle spacewalk.

- 1989 – Soviet submarine Komsomolets sinks in the Barents Sea off the coast of Norway killing 42 sailors.

- 1990 – Iran–Contra affair: John Poindexter is found guilty of five charges for his part in the scandal (the conviction is later reversed on appeal).

- 1990 – A fire breaks out on the passenger ferry Scandinavian Star, killing 159 people.

- 1992 – Republika Srpska announces its independence.

- 1994 – Rwandan genocide: Massacres of Tutsis begin in Kigali, Rwanda.

- 1994 – Auburn Calloway attempts to destroy Federal Express Flight 705 in order to allow his family to benefit from his life insurance policy.

- 1995 – First Chechen War: Russian paramilitary troops begin a massacre of civilians in Samashki, Chechnya.

- 1999 – The World Trade Organization rules in favor of the United States in its long-running trade dispute with the European Union over bananas.

- 2001 – Mars Odyssey is launched.

- 2003 – U.S. troops capture Baghdad; Saddam Hussein's regime falls two days later.

- 2009 – Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is sentenced to 25 years in prison for ordering killings and kidnappings by security forces.

- 2009 – Mass protests begin across Moldova under the belief that results from the parliamentary election are fraudulent.

- 2017 – The 2017 Stockholm attack kills five and injures fifteen others.

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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 1860 – Will Keith Kellogg, American businessman, founded the Kellogg Company

- 1889 – Gabriela Mistral, Chilean poet and educator, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1891 – Ole Kirk Christiansen, Danish businessman, founded the Lego Group

- 1915 – Billie Holiday, American singer-songwriter and actress

- 1920 – Ravi Shankar, Indian-American sitar player and composer

- 1928 – James Garner, American actor, singer, and producer

- 1930 – Yves Rocher, French businessman, founded the Yves Rocher Company

- 1931 – Daniel Ellsberg, American activist and author

- 1939 – Francis Ford Coppola, American director, producer, and screenwriter

- 1944 – Gerhard Schröder, German lawyer and politician, 7th Chancellor of Germany

- 1954 – Jackie Chan, Hong Kong martial artist, actor, stuntman, director, producer, and screenwriter

- 1964 – Russell Crowe, New Zealand-Australian actor

- 1983 – Franck Ribéry, French footballer

[/spoiler]

Quote of the day

Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun.

- Don Marquis (American Poet, 1879-1937) -

Note: Penguania_And_Antarctica assumes no responsibility or guarantee for correctness of any given information. Any recourse to courts of law is excluded.

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Kalaron, Lex Caledonia, Mercunova, Percyton, The Scottish Twins

Place is dead today.

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Nuremgard wrote:Place is dead today.

I was at work. But now I am partying for the Equestrian Anniversary. (Tomorrow is back to normal)

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Russkov Soviet wrote:I was at work. But now I am partying for the Equestrian Anniversary. (Tomorrow is back to normal)

I'm doing my best to solve one of my country's unemployment problems. Many have found themselves jobless after the fall of communism.

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Nuremgard wrote:I'm doing my best to solve one of my country's unemployment problems. Many have found themselves jobless after the fall of communism.

I know that feeling...

Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Russkov Soviet wrote:I know that feeling...

Unemployment rose dramatically but disposable income increased and the economy went up a classification. Make of that what you will.

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Percyton

Nuremgard wrote:Place is dead today.

I'm alive. :D

Russkov Soviet, Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Percyton

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:I'm alive. :D

Sehr gut!

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Nuremgard wrote:Sehr gut!

Barely alive but alive. :)

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Percyton

A Dundee University professor has said the Jacobite rebellions should not be seen as an "18th century independence movement."

Er, thanks for clearing that up, mate. We already know it wasn't. Bonnie Prince Charlie only said he'd dissolve the Union to rally Scots to his banner. Had he actually won, he'd have done what the other Stuarts did: piss off to London to live the good life and keep the Union intact in order to preserve his own power.

Axeldonia, The Scottish Twins

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:

- 0529 – First draft of the Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian I.

https://youtu.be/klq84Z9O4GU?t=2m45s

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, The Scottish Twins

Nuremgard wrote:A Dundee University professor has said the Jacobite rebellions should not be seen as an "18th century independence movement."

Er, thanks for clearing that up, mate. We already know it wasn't. Bonnie Prince Charlie only said he'd dissolve the Union to rally Scots to his banner. Had he actually won, he'd have done what the other Stuarts did: piss off to London to live the good life and keep the Union intact in order to preserve his own power.

God save the Queen

The West Country wrote:God save the Queen

You're asking an imaginary figure to save a very rich inbred woman? You're a strange person.

Axeldonia, The Scottish Twins, Spanelsko

Nuremgard wrote:You're asking an imaginary figure to save a very rich inbred woman? You're a strange person.

Scotland is imaginary

The West Country wrote:Scotland is imaginary

Oh dear. We have a troll in our midst. Away back under your bridge, sweetie.

The Scottish Twins, The West Country

Nuremgard wrote:Oh dear. We have a troll in our midst. Away back under your bridge, sweetie.

It’s Yuk boss calm your tits I’m jus trying to provoke you cus it’s funny to poke Scots

The West Country wrote:It’s Yuk boss calm your tits I’m jus trying to provoke you cus it’s funny to poke Scots

I had a feeling. And don't poke me with your dirty English fingers.

The Scottish Twins, The West Country

Nuremgard wrote:I had a feeling. And don't poke me with your dirty English fingers.

You know I come from the West Country mate who else would it be

Percyton

The West Country wrote:You know I come from the West Country mate who else would it be

I didn't know that. How am I meant to remember something like that? I forget sh!t my friends say to me in the space of 5 minutes.

Yukona, Spanelsko

Nuremgard wrote:You're asking an imaginary figure to save a very rich inbred woman? You're a strange person.

Bah! How are you going to keep your bloodline pure from commoner taint without some good old-fashioned cousin marriage?

Nuremgard, Jaslandia

Axeldonia wrote:Bah! How are you going to keep your bloodline pure from commoner taint without some good old-fashioned cousin marriage?

Ah, yes. The royals. People we can look up too. Their ancestors pillaged and warred their way to the throne and carried on the noble family-f*cking tradition. Truly people to be proud of.

Axeldonia

Nuremgard wrote:Ah, yes. The royals. People we can look up too. Their ancestors pillaged and warred their way to the throne and carried on the noble family-f*cking tradition. Truly people to be proud of.

At least when we raided you we had the courtesy to f*ck off afterwards. The royals are like a clingy ex.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia

Axeldonia wrote:At least when we raided you we had the courtesy to f*ck off afterwards. The royals are like a clingy ex.

Yet Brexiteers moan about being ruled by the Germans. Have they not seen the ancestry of their precious royals?

Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica

The West Country wrote:Scotland is imaginary

Can confirm, I ride my unicorn into town everyday and hunt haggis in the evening.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Yukona, Percyton, The West Country

Lex Caledonia wrote:Can confirm, I ride my unicorn into town everyday and hunt haggis in the evening.

You ride your unicorn into town? So inconsiderate. You do realise it's the taxpayer who pays to have all that rainbow sh!t cleaned off the streets don't you?

Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Kazakh Astana

Nuremgard wrote:You ride your unicorn into town? So inconsiderate. You do realise it's the taxpayer who pays to have all that rainbow sh!t cleaned off the streets don't you?

SKITTLES FOR EVERYONE

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Lex Caledonia wrote:SKITTLES FOR EVERYONE

I prefer Smarties.

Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton

The West Country wrote:It’s Yuk boss calm your tits I’m jus trying to provoke you cus it’s funny to poke Scots

As a constable, I gotta ask that you not do that.

Percyton

Nuremgard wrote:I prefer Smarties.

Smarties are only good if you snort them: they help clear out allergies

Nuremgard wrote:I prefer Smarties.

They're too intellectual for a guy such as yourself

[spoiler]I kid.[/spoiler]

Jaslandia, Axeldonia

Nuremgard wrote:I prefer Smarties.

Chernarus State wrote:Smarties are only good if you snort them: they help clear out allergies

I'm gonna note here that Smarties refer to two different types of candy.

Penguania And Antarctica

Hey Nuremgard and Lex Caledonia, I got a question for ya: Would you accept Scotland being part of some sort of swiss-style brittish confederation (maybe even including ireland) with extensive autonomy and equal legal status for all the involved countries (i.e. the london parliament isn't the overall parliament of the federation)? Just something fun I hadn't thought about before.

Nuremgard, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia

Bearlong wrote:I'm gonna note here that Smarties refer to two different types of candy.

The Nestle version I am aware of and I will repeat my first statement on how I feel about them

Penguania And Antarctica

Axeldonia wrote:Hey Nuremgard and Lex Caledonia, I got a question for ya: Would you accept Scotland being part of some sort of swiss-style brittish confederation (maybe even including ireland) with extensive autonomy and equal legal status for all the involved countries (i.e. the london parliament isn't the overall parliament of the federation)? Just something fun I hadn't thought about before.

Nope. I'd still want full independence as I wouldn't trust Westminster with foreign affairs and defence. Why have that much autonomy and just leave some bits for London? Nah. Full independence all the way. But a Swiss style confederation would be a dramatic improvement and I think most Scots would be satisfied with that. It would kill off the desire for independence for a very long time, possibly forever.

Axeldonia

Continental Commonwealths wrote:There's 364 other days of the year. Today is about Charlie. And how we're sorry.

Good idea. I'll go tell him now. Hello, Charlie! I just wanted to say I'm sorry!

Charlie: Sorry for what, Percy?

Percy: I don't know. I'm just apologizing because it's 'Sorry Charlie Day', and you're Charlie, so...

Troublesome Truck #1: If there's anyone you should be apologizing to, it's us! Bumping us and always saying we're naughty!

Percy: Oh, well then I'm sorry trucks.

Stafford: Oh, ignore them Percy. You could give those those trucks a massage and they'd still find a way to complain about it.

Troublesome Truck #1: Of course we would, you silly electric engine! We're made of wood, so what good would a massage do us?

Troublesome Truck #2: Ha ha, yeah. Don't you have a battery to recharge, electric engine?

Troublesome Truck #1: Ooh, that's a good one.

Troublesome Truck #2: I thought it was.

The West Country wrote:You know I come from the West Country mate who else would it be

West Country? That's cool! I know quite a few engines from Sodor come from the West Country and have West Country accents. There's Rex, Mike, and Bert the miniature engines. And Trevor the Traction Engine, and Salty the Dockyard Diesel. Duck also has a West Country accent (from the time when he worked around Swindon), although that's mixed with a bit of a London accent (since he worked at Paddington Station in London before coming to Sodor). I've heard good things about the West Country, and I've been wanting to visit there someday.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, The Scottish Twins, The West Country

Percyton wrote:West Country? That's cool! I know quite a few engines from Sodor come from the West Country and have West Country accents. There's Rex, Mike, and Bert the miniature engines. And Trevor the Traction Engine, and Salty the Dockyard Diesel. Duck also has a West Country accent (from the time when he worked around Swindon), although that's mixed with a bit of a London accent (since he worked at Paddington Station in London before coming to Sodor). I've heard good things about the West Country, and I've been wanting to visit there someday.

Duck worked in Swindon? I would have thought he worked in Wales. His original number was 5741, and there was a real GWR no. 5741 that worked in Wales its whole life. Was that a different engine? And if it was, why was Duck depicted as 5741 in the Railway Series books?

https://web.archive.org/web/20171006094622/http://www.pegnsean.net/~railwayseries/duck.htm

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Jaslandia wrote:Duck worked in Swindon? I would have thought he worked in Wales. His original number was 5741, and there was a real GWR no. 5741 that worked in Wales its whole life. Was that a different engine? And if it was, why was Duck depicted as 5741 in the Railway Series books?

https://web.archive.org/web/20171006094622/http://www.pegnsean.net/~railwayseries/duck.htm

Duck: Ah yes, that. There's a story behind that. You see, 5741 wasn't my original number, and in fact, it's been so long that I don't even remember my original number. 5741 was the number of one of my brothers (I had many brothers, since us 57xx panniers were the most numerous tank engine class ever produced in Britain), and I was particularly close to 5741 because we were built around the same time at the same workshop (North British Locomotive Works in Glasgow). I nicknamed him Herbert, after the American president who had been inaugurated just before we were built (we had heard a radio broadcast about him while we were in the works), and he named me Montague (although the other engines later nicknamed 'Duck' because I supposedly waddled, and I started to go by that name instead). Me and no. 5741/Herbert were eventually split up, with him going to Wales, and myself going to Swindon for a brief period, then London Paddington, and finally Sodor in 1955. We still kept in contact by letter, but we never saw each other again.

Duck: When the Thin Clergyman, who you all know as the Reverend W. Awdry, visited Sodor and told me he was going to introduce me into his books, I asked him if I could be illustrated with the number 5741 in honor of Herbert, and the Thin Clergyman passed the message on to his illustrator at the time Mr. C. Reginald Dalby. In 1957, when the real no. 5741 was sadly scrapped, Sir Topham Hatt reached an agreement with the GWR for me to officially take on Herbert's number, which I then wore on Sodor for many years. The TV series depicted me with the number 8 when I was introduced in 1986, and I liked that idea so much, that Sir Topham Hatt officially renumbered me as '8' not long after. I've been Sodor Railways' no. 8 engine ever since, though I'll never forget my brother whose number I wore for 30 years.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, The Scottish Twins

Jaslandia wrote:Duck worked in Swindon? I would have thought he worked in Wales. His original number was 5741, and there was a real GWR no. 5741 that worked in Wales its whole life. Was that a different engine? And if it was, why was Duck depicted as 5741 in the Railway Series books?

https://web.archive.org/web/20171006094622/http://www.pegnsean.net/~railwayseries/duck.htm

Duck: By the way, good job on digging up that old Pegnsean page. That website had a lot of good info about us and Sodor, and it's a shame it's no longer active.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, The Scottish Twins

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