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Yukona wrote:Doesn't that just lead to less equality and a borderline abusive relationship from the get-go?

I wouldn't say so. Relationships are structured in all kinds of ways. If both partners are comfortable with the roles they carve out for themselves, I'd say it's fine. It's like women who choose to be housewives. If they are happy with that role, more power to them.

For instance, I am naturally quite a submissive person in general who considers myself a follower rather than a leader. And I'd like my boyfriend to be assertive and dominant.

Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Yukona wrote:What are you, f*cking gay?

https://youtu.be/JVrzKV64joY?t=4

Nuremgard wrote:https://youtu.be/JVrzKV64joY?t=4

Literally what that guy does at sixth form not even a joke

Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:I wouldn't say so. Relationships are structured in all kinds of ways. If both partners are comfortable with the roles they carve out for themselves, I'd say it's fine. It's like women who choose to be housewives. If they are happy with that role, more power to them.

For instance, I am naturally quite a submissive person in general who considers myself a follower rather than a leader. And I'd like my boyfriend to be assertive and dominant.

However, it doesn't matter which role you prefer- you'll eventually go into a near-homicidal rage if your partner can't just pick a damn restaurant they want to go to for dinner ;)

Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Yukona wrote:Literally what that guy does at sixth form not even a joke

Aww that's cute.

Continental Commonwealths wrote:However, it doesn't matter which role you prefer- you'll eventually go into a near-homicidal rage if your partner can't just pick a damn restaurant they want to go to for dinner ;)

My friend hates that. When she asks guys what they want to do or where they want to go and they just shrug their shoulders and say, "whatever you want to do," it enrages her. She's like "have an opinion, damn it!"

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Continental Commonwealths wrote:However, it doesn't matter which role you prefer- you'll eventually go into a near-homicidal rage if your partner can't just pick a damn restaurant they want to go to for dinner ;)

I think I can tell I'm dominant because with mine I just flat out tell him "Let's go here".

And then when he just goes along with it, it bothers the living fûck out of me.

It's so hard to find someone that will stand up for themselves and propose some place else these days.

Continental Commonwealths

Continental Commonwealths https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-glHAzXi_M - F*ckin' buddy comes over to my place the other night, and he's like 'you wanna go out for a rip' and I was like f*ckin right! So we hopped in the truck and hit the mud and I was like 'oooooh, f*ck yeah bud'

Continental Commonwealths, Penguania And Antarctica

Friedensreich wrote:I think I can tell I'm dominant because with mine I just flat out tell him "Let's go here".

And then when he just goes along with it, it bothers the living fûck out of me.

It's so hard to find someone that will stand up for themselves and propose some place else these days.

Find what they hate and insist you go there. If my bf won't decide, I keep suggesting sushi places until he does. :P

Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica

Yukona wrote:Continental Commonwealths https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-glHAzXi_M - F*ckin' buddy comes over to my place the other night, and he's like 'you wanna go out for a rip' and I was like f*ckin right! So we hopped in the truck and hit the mud and I was like 'oooooh, f*ck yeah bud'

I haven't opened this link yet, and I still know exactly what it is :P

Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Find what they hate and insist you go there. If my bf won't decide, I keep suggesting sushi places until he does. :P

If you suggested a sushi place even once to me, I'd tell you, "naw, let's go to McDonald's."

I am an extremely fussy eater. My friends hate dining out with me.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:If you suggested a sushi place even once to me, I'd tell you, "naw, let's go to McDonald's."

I am an extremely fussy eater. My friends hate dining out with me.

And I will grab the steering wheel and bring us into a median if you suggest McDonalds.

Unless it's for breakfast and I'm hungover. In which case, get me all the egg and sausage McMuffins you can carry and my love will know no bounds.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Continental Commonwealths wrote:And I will grab the steering wheel and bring us into a median if you suggest McDonalds.

Unless it's for breakfast and I'm hungover. In which case, get me all the egg and sausage McMuffins you can carry and my love will know no bounds.

Buy me a McDonald's or a tartan styled article of clothing and my love will know no bounds.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Continental Commonwealths wrote:I haven't opened this link yet, and I still know exactly what it is :P

Wanna go out for a rip and get a double double at Timmy's, bud? Just got laid off by TC Pipelines, maybe we could go see the oilers then grab a twofour and kick it at my place, eh? Do I fit in yet?

Continental Commonwealths, Penguania And Antarctica

Yukona wrote:Wanna go out for a rip and get a double double at Timmy's, bud? Just got laid off by TC Pipelines, maybe we could go see the oilers then grab a twofour and kick it at my place, eh? Do I fit in yet?

You got laid off? You mean...they took your job?!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3VvQxboeLo

Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Nuremgard wrote:Buy me a McDonald's or a tartan styled article of clothing and my love will know no bounds.

Wait, is "a McDonald's" Scottish for "some McDonald's", or do I need to buy you a whole franchise?!

Yukona wrote:Wanna go out for a rip and get a double double at Timmy's, bud? Just got laid off by TC Pipelines, maybe we could go see the oilers then grab a twofour and kick it at my place, eh? Do I fit in yet?

You're an honourary Canadian to me, Yuk

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Continental Commonwealths wrote:And I will grab the steering wheel and bring us into a median if you suggest McDonalds.

Unless it's for breakfast and I'm hungover. In which case, get me all the egg and sausage McMuffins you can carry and my love will know no bounds.

You pleb. McGriddles > McMuffins

Anyway, mine knows that he can make me do anything he wants if he buys me Chinese food. Specifically the Chinese restaurant in a bad part of town that I love called "Oriental Inn".

Penguania And Antarctica

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Wait, is "a McDonald's" Scottish for "some McDonald's", or do I need to buy you a whole franchise?!You're an honourary Canadian to me, Yuk

It's Scottish for some McDonald's but yeah, you can buy me a franchise if you want, babe.

Jaslandia, Continental Commonwealths, Penguania And Antarctica

Continental Commonwealths wrote:You're an honourary Canadian to me, Yuk

F*ckin' A

Continental Commonwealths, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:It's Scottish for some McDonald's but yeah, you can buy me a franchise if you want, babe.

Dude, allow me to introduce you to my crippling student debt :P

Friedensreich wrote:You pleb. McGriddles > McMuffins

Anyway, mine knows that he can make me do anything he wants if he buys me Chinese food. Specifically the Chinese restaurant in a bad part of town that I love called "Oriental Inn".

You... you actually have me there vis-a-vis McGriddles. Syrup-infused pancakes as a bun? And people say God doesn't exist...

Arrgh, Chinese food. Not surprising to anyone, but the prairies are not known for good Chinese food :(

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Dude, allow me to introduce you to my crippling student debt :PYou... you actually have me there vis-a-vis McGriddles. Syrup-infused pancakes as a bun? And people say God doesn't exist...

Arrgh, Chinese food. Not surprising to anyone, but the prairies are not known for good Chinese food :(

It's alright. I have student debt too. We can be penniless students together. That is if your BF doesn't mind a menage a trois with a Scots lad.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Latrovia wrote:I am STRAIGHT! I kinda feel like I am the only straight guy around here.

Don't feel bad, for I too am straight.

Russian Fedration, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:It's alright. I have student debt too. We can be penniless students together. That is if your BF doesn't mind a menage a trois with a Scots lad.

Judging by the glare he just gave me, either he is opposed to polyamory or he was rooting for that wicked defenestrating king when he last watched Braveheart.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Some Intresting Convos today.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Judging by the glare he just gave me, either he is opposed to polyamory or he was rooting for that wicked defenestrating king when he last watched Braveheart.

Edward the Longshanks. Bastard.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Russian Fedration wrote:Some Intresting Convos today.

Enlighten yourself

Penguania And Antarctica

Yukona wrote:Enlighten yourself

Cuse me?

Russian Fedration wrote:Cuse me?

What do you want explaining? I don't understand?

Yukona wrote:What do you want explaining? I don't understand?

you said "Enlighten Your self " like im asking with what ?

Russian Fedration wrote:you said "Enlighten Your self " like im asking with what ?

The conversation.....

Russian Fedration

The Cross And Davids Star wrote:Don't feel bad, for I too am straight.

I mean, before Tim managed to woo me by DaD, I thought I was.

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Does that count for something? :P

Nuremgard wrote:I wouldn't say so. Relationships are structured in all kinds of ways. If both partners are comfortable with the roles they carve out for themselves, I'd say it's fine. It's like women who choose to be housewives. If they are happy with that role, more power to them.

For instance, I am naturally quite a submissive person in general who considers myself a follower rather than a leader. And I'd like my boyfriend to be assertive and dominant.

Me and Sul maintain a pretty even balance, I think.

We're both pretty quick to attempt to go with what the other partner wants, but its pretty simple to decide.

That said, I might be in the same boat as you, Nur >.>

Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica, Pirate Kingdoms, Yukona

Kalaron wrote:I mean, before Tim managed to woo me by DaD, I thought I was.

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Does that count for something? :P

Me and Sul maintain a pretty even balance, I think.

We're both pretty quick to attempt to go with what the other partner wants, but its pretty simple to decide.

That said, I might be in the same boat as you, Nur >.>

Whatever works for you guys.

Continental Commonwealths, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Nuremgard wrote:Whatever works for you guys.

I've said it before, I'll say it again.

Sul is wonderful.

Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=magnatronia/detail=factbook/id=758954

My first full-fledged factbook. Hope you guys find it informative!

Merlinton, Russian Fedration, The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Tserra, Percyton

Magnatronia wrote:https://www.nationstates.net/nation=magnatronia/detail=factbook/id=758954

My first full-fledged factbook. Hope you guys find it informative!

*screams with joy*

Merlinton, Russian Fedration, The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Tserra, Percyton

Andromitus wrote:*screams with joy*

Okay, but what do yo guys think of it?

Penguania And Antarctica

Yukona wrote:The conversation.....

yea ive been reading along i dont know what your hoping for me to find? ive been enlightned .

Penguania And Antarctica

Baxten wrote:Nah, the straight ones are me, Jas, Unf, you, Tse, Yuk, Mag, and Andy(?)

I'll have ye know good sir that having fantastic soft fluffy hair that I obsess about doesn't automatically mean I crave wieners. I am hella straight boi.

Russian Fedration, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

So much talk about sexual orientation. I didn't know what my sexual orientation was, so I asked Sir Topham Hatt. He said I'm asexual, just like all the other engines. Any other asexuals here?

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:

- Tuba Day

Tuba Day? Thomas might enjoy that. I remember when Thomas had a little misadventure involving a tuba player: He accidentally left the tuba player behind at the station, and then Thomas had to look all over the island for him.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9x7aHKYajE

Russian Fedration, Jaslandia, The Vidnoye, Penguania And Antarctica

Percyton wrote:So much talk about sexual orientation. I didn't know what my sexual orientation was, so I asked Sir Topham Hatt. He said I'm asexual, just like all the other engines. Any other asexuals here?

Tuba Day? Thomas might enjoy that. I remember when Thomas had a little misadventure involving a tuba player: He accidentally left the tuba player behind at the station, and then Thomas had to look all over the island for him.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9x7aHKYajE

Arent you like a Train or something lol XD ?

The Vidnoye, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Magnatronia wrote:Okay, but what do yo guys think of it?

Ackchyually, I like it, love the anti-me propoganda, and the big brother reference :P Although I must admit, it'd be a pretty cool idea for Magnatronian Andreallic Supporters trying to find asylum here in Andromitus. Also, our economic system isn't communist, its a variant of Market Socialism boyo

BUT THANK YOU IT WAS A GREAT READ

Penguania And Antarctica

Russian Fedration wrote:Arent you like a Train or something lol XD ?

He roleplays as a semianthropomorphic train from Thomas the tank engine

Russian Fedration, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Andromitus wrote:He roleplays as a semianthropomorphic train from Thomas the tank engine

yea lol i read the factbooks and yea thats something totally new to me lol

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Russian Fedration wrote:yea lol i read the factbooks and yea thats something totally new to me lol

LOL; Yea, its pretty great

Russian Fedration, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Magnatronia wrote:Okay, but what do yo guys think of it?

Immediate termination for as much as not correctly wearing a uniform? That... Is actually horrifyingly strict, or strictly horrifying. At least tell me you have Casual Fridays, every capitalist wonderland has one!

Andromitus wrote: Also, our economic system isn't communist, its a variant of Market Socialism boyo

Way to copy us.... :P

Andromitus

Russian Fedration wrote:Arent you like a Train or something lol XD ?

Yes, I am. Though the proper term is really 'engine'.

Jaslandia, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica

I will have you know that someone hacked my nation and moved me to this region. Luckily I was able to recover my account. Please try to find who among you is responsible for the attack.

Xovland wrote:I will have you know that someone hacked my nation and moved me to this region. Luckily I was able to recover my account. Please try to find who among you is responsible for the attack.

Uhm...no one?

That's a totally baseless accusation, so I'm just gonna say "No"

Russian Fedration, Friedensreich, Penguania And Antarctica, Magnatronia

Xovland wrote:I will have you know that someone hacked my nation and moved me to this region. Luckily I was able to recover my account. Please try to find who among you is responsible for the attack.

Proof Comrade?

Xovland wrote:I will have you know that someone hacked my nation and moved me to this region. Luckily I was able to recover my account. Please try to find who among you is responsible for the attack.

O...kay. Ignoring whatever that's all about...

[nation=short]Kalaron[/nation], what's DaD?

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Continental Commonwealths wrote:O...kay. Ignoring whatever that's all about...

[nation=short]Kalaron[/nation], what's DaD?

Discord After Dark.

Basically a secret sharing place where I discovered I liked sharing secrets with him.

Russian Fedration, Penguania And Antarctica

I usually don't read through the little blurbs NS gives you after you do an Issue; But this was one of those occasions that it actually made me laugh -

Medical Researchers Close In On Cure For Spontaneous Decapititis

Russian Fedration, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Magnatronia, Percyton

Kalaron wrote:Discord After Dark.

Basically a secret sharing place where I discovered I liked sharing secrets with him.

yea ive been there before

Penguania And Antarctica

Russian Fedration wrote:yea ive been there before

I don't believe you have, TBH.

Discord After Dark is a different, older, server than the CFN one.

Russian Fedration, Penguania And Antarctica

You know North Korean propaganda is inaccurate when they compare Barack Obama to a hobo.

Kalaron wrote:I don't believe you have, TBH.

Discord After Dark is a different, older, server than the CFN one.

i thought we just ment in general not the CFN specific one .

The Cross And Davids Star wrote:Don't feel bad, for I too am straight.

OK, now I feel bad.

(Just kidding)

Penguania And Antarctica

Xovland wrote:I will have you know that someone hacked my nation and moved me to this region. Luckily I was able to recover my account. Please try to find who among you is responsible for the attack.

It was...JESUS!!!!!

.

The answer is always

.

JESUS!!!!

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Magnatronia

How are you all today?

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Percyton

Russian Fedration wrote:yea ive been reading along i dont know what your hoping for me to find? ive been enlightned .

I don't really think you understand me, it was a joke dude, everything anyone says to you you seem to take with a chip on your shoulder like they're having at you

My birthstone.

Equally beloved by the Aztecs and the Egyptians, speckled turquoise is a relaxed, fuss-free stone, and it’s believed that anyone who wears it adopts these qualities, too. Many ancient cultures also say it protects from the evil eye (aka people who don’t wish you well). So slip your turquoise ring on the next time you’re feeling stressed out (or the next time Sally in accounting shoots you a glare.)

As a perpetually anxious person, I could definitely use this stone's supposed abilities. Not for Sally in accounting though, whoever she is.

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:How are you all today?

Not bad. Quite happy with the Scottish local elections. You?

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:My birthstone.

Equally beloved by the Aztecs and the Egyptians, speckled turquoise is a relaxed, fuss-free stone, and it’s believed that anyone who wears it adopts these qualities, too. Many ancient cultures also say it protects from the evil eye (aka people who don’t wish you well). So slip your turquoise ring on the next time you’re feeling stressed out (or the next time Sally in accounting shoots you a glare.)

As a perpetually anxious person, I could definitely use this stone's supposed abilities. Not for Sally in accounting though, whoever she is.

Not bad. Quite happy with the Scottish local elections. You?

Bad. Depressed.

Latrovia wrote:It was...JESUS!!!!!

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The answer is always

.

JESUS!!!!

OUR LORD AND SAVIOR

Happy Birthday [nation=short]Minnesota_Dakota[/nation]. May all your wishes come true. Hope you enjoy today with friends and family. :)

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

Today is May 6 and today are:

- 14th Birthday of [nation=short]Minnesota_Dakota[/nation]

- Bladder Cancer Awareness Day

- Day of Gorans (Kosovo)

- Free Comic Book Day

- Hıdırellez (Turkey)

- Infidelity Hurts Awareness Day

- International No Diet Day

- Join Hands Day

- Joseph Brackett Day

- Kentucky Derby (Louisville, Kentucky, US)

- Mariachi Day

- Martin Z. Mollusk Day

- Martyrs' Day (Gabon, Lebanon, Syria)

- National Beverage Day (United States)

- National Bombshells’ Day (United States)

- National Crepe Suzette Day (United States)

- National Herb (United States)

- National Homebrew Day (United States)

- National Nurses Day (United States)

- National Scrapbook Day (United States)

- National Start Seeing Monarchs Day (United States)

- National Train Day (United States)

- National Wildfire Community Preparedness Day (United States)

- No Homework Day

- St. George's Day (Bulgaria)

- Teachers' Day (Jamaica)

- World Beer Pong Day

- World Naked Gardening Day

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[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 1527 – Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. 147 Swiss Guards, including their commander, die fighting the forces of Charles V in order to allow Pope Clement VII to escape into Castel Sant'Angelo.

- 1536 – The Siege of Cuzco commences, in which Incan forces attempt to retake the city of Cuzco from the Spanish.

- 1536 – King Henry VIII orders English-language Bibles be placed in every church. In 1539 the Great Bible would be provided for this purpose.

- 1542 – Francis Xavier reaches Old Goa, the capital of Portuguese India at the time.

- 1659 – English Restoration: A faction of the British Army removes Richard Cromwell as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth and reinstalls the Rump Parliament.

- 1682 – Louis XIV of France moves his court to the Palace of Versailles.

- 1757 – Battle of Prague: A Prussian army fights an Austrian army in Prague during the Seven Years' War.

- 1757 – The end of Konbaung–Hanthawaddy War, and the end of Burmese Civil War (1740–1757).

- 1757 – English poet Christopher Smart is admitted into St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics in London, beginning his six-year confinement to mental asylums.

- 1782 – Construction begins on the Grand Palace, the royal residence of the King of Siam in Bangkok, at the command of King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke.

- 1801 – Captain Thomas Cochrane in the 14-gun HMS Speedy captures the 32-gun Spanish frigate El Gamo.

- 1835 – James Gordon Bennett, Sr. publishes the first issue of the New York Herald.

- 1840 – The Penny Black postage stamp becomes valid for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

- 1857 – The British East India Company disbands the 34th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry whose sepoy Mangal Pandey had earlier revolted against the British and is considered to be the First Martyr in the War of Indian Independence.

- 1861 – American Civil War: Arkansas secedes from the Union.

- 1863 – American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville ends with the defeat of the Army of the Potomac by Confederate troops.

- 1877 – Chief Crazy Horse of the Oglala Lakota surrenders to United States troops in Nebraska.

- 1882 – Thomas Henry Burke and Lord Frederick Cavendish are assassinated in Phoenix Park, Dublin.

- 1882 – The United States Congress passes the Chinese Exclusion Act.

- 1889 – The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.

- 1902 – Macario Sakay establishes the Tagalog Republic with himself as President.

- 1906 – The Russian Constitution of 1906 is adopted (on April 23rd by the Julian calendar).

- 1910 – George V becomes King of the United Kingdom upon the death of his father, Edward VII.

- 1915 – Babe Ruth, then a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, hits his first major league home run.

- 1916 – Twenty-one Lebanese nationalists are executed in Martyrs' Square, Beirut by Djemal Pasha.

- 1916 – Vietnamese Emperor Duy Tân is captured while attempting to call upon the people to rise up against the French, and later being deposed and exiled to Réunion island.

- 1933 – The Deutsche Studentenschaft attacked Magnus Hirschfeld's Institut für Sexualwissenschaft, later burning many of its books.

- 1935 – New Deal: Executive Order 7034 creates the Works Progress Administration.

- 1937 – Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.

- 1940 – John Steinbeck is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Grapes of Wrath.

- 1941 – At California's March Field, Bob Hope performs his first USO show.

- 1941 – The first flight of the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt.

- 1942 – World War II: On Corregidor, the last American forces in the Philippines surrender to the Japanese.

- 1945 – World War II: Axis Sally delivers her last propaganda broadcast to Allied troops.

- 1945 – World War II: The Prague Offensive, the last major battle of the Eastern Front, begins.

- 1949 – EDSAC, the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs its first operation.

- 1954 – Roger Bannister becomes the first person to run the mile in under four minutes.

- 1960 – More than 20 million viewers watch the first televised royal wedding when Princess Margaret marries Anthony Armstrong-Jones at Westminster Abbey.

- 1962 – Martín de Porres is canonized by Pope John XXIII.

- 1966 – Myra Hindley and Ian Brady are sentenced to life imprisonment for the Moors murders in England.

- 1972 – Deniz Gezmiş, Yusuf Aslan and Hüseyin İnan are executed in Ankara for attempting to overthrow the Constitutional order.

- 1975 – During a lull in fighting, 100,000 Armenians gather in Beirut to commemorate 60th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.

- 1976 – An earthquake strikes the Friuli region of northeastern Italy, causing 989 deaths and the destruction of entire villages.

- 1983 – The Hitler Diaries are revealed as a hoax after being examined by experts.

- 1984 – 103 Korean Martyrs are canonized by Pope John Paul II in Seoul.

- 1994 – Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and French President François Mitterrand officiate at the opening of the Channel Tunnel.

- 1996 – The body of former CIA director William Colby is found washed up on a riverbank in southern Maryland, eight days after he disappeared.

- 1997 – The Bank of England is given independence from political control, the most significant change in the bank's 300-year history.

- 1998 – Kerry Wood strikes out 20 Houston Astros to tie the major league record held by Roger Clemens. He threw a one-hitter and did not walk a batter in his fifth career start.

- 1999 – The first elections to the devolved Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly are held.

- 2001 – During a trip to Syria, Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to enter a mosque.

- 2002 – Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn is assassinated following a radio-interview at the Mediapark in Hilversum.

- 2013 – Three women missing for more than a decade are found alive in the U.S. city of Cleveland, Ohio.

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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 1405 – George Kastrioti, better known as Skanderbeg, Albanian national hero

- 1464 – Sophia Jagiellon, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Polish princess

- 1501 – Pope Marcellus II

- 1574 – Pope Innocent X

- 1758 – Maximilien Robespierre, French lawyer and politician

- 1797 – Joseph Brackett, American religious leader and composer

- 1856 – Sigmund Freud, Austrian neurologist and psychoanalyst

- 1856 – Robert Peary, American admiral and explorer

- 1868 – Gaston Leroux, French journalist and author

- 1871 – Victor Grignard, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1871 – Christian Morgenstern, German author and poet

- 1880 – Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German-Swiss painter

- 1895 – Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor

- 1904 – Harry Martinson, Swedish novelist, essayist, and poet Nobel Prize laureate

- 1915 – Orson Welles, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

- 1921 – Erich Fried, Austrian-German author, poet, and translator

- 1943 – Andreas Baader, German terrorist, co-founded the Red Army Faction

- 1947 – Martha Nussbaum, American philosopher and author

- 1953 – Tony Blair, British politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

- 1961 – George Clooney, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

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Quote of the day

Time spent with cats is never wasted.

- Sigmund Freud -

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Jaslandia, Vista Major, Continental Commonwealths, Minnesota Dakota, Yukona, Percyton, James The Red Engine

Nuremgard wrote:My birthstone.

Equally beloved by the Aztecs and the Egyptians, speckled turquoise is a relaxed, fuss-free stone, and it’s believed that anyone who wears it adopts these qualities, too. Many ancient cultures also say it protects from the evil eye (aka people who don’t wish you well). So slip your turquoise ring on the next time you’re feeling stressed out (or the next time Sally in accounting shoots you a glare.)

As a perpetually anxious person, I could definitely use this stone's supposed abilities. Not for Sally in accounting though, whoever she is.

Not bad. Quite happy with the Scottish local elections. You?

"Amethyst, the birthstone of February, is a variety of Quartz that carries a spectacular purple color that ranges from a blend of deep violet and red to a lighter lilac hue. Ancient Greeks believed that the stone protected the wearer from drunkenness and enabled them to keep a balanced mindset."

Oh Hell yeah this is true. I've yet to get drunk yet and I once downed about 10 Jell-O shots, a solo cup of orange vodka and Coke, and half of a Caribou Lou in one sitting.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia

See, I would read all 222 new comments...

But that's the devil's number

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Yukona wrote:I don't really think you understand me, it was a joke dude, everything anyone says to you you seem to take with a chip on your shoulder like they're having at you

Ever consider maybe because it comes off that way?

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Russian Fedration wrote:Ever consider maybe because it comes off that way?

I've just seen you do it to a lot of people, no need to take offence - considering the nature of the conversation we were having I was obviously being sarcastic, there's no need to take it as an insult all the time

Russian Fedration

Nuremgard wrote:My birthstone.

Equally beloved by the Aztecs and the Egyptians, speckled turquoise is a relaxed, fuss-free stone, and it’s believed that anyone who wears it adopts these qualities, too. Many ancient cultures also say it protects from the evil eye (aka people who don’t wish you well). So slip your turquoise ring on the next time you’re feeling stressed out (or the next time Sally in accounting shoots you a glare.)

As a perpetually anxious person, I could definitely use this stone's supposed abilities. Not for Sally in accounting though, whoever she is.

Not bad. Quite happy with the Scottish local elections. You?

"During the middle ages, topaz was worn by the clergy to promote clarity of thought and foster goodwill to the people. Today, its meaning has expanded into a symbol of friendship. These rust-hued gems are said to be especially useful in bringing helpful connections into their wearer’s life. So consider pulling your old topaz gems out of hiding when it comes time for job hunting, eh? Certainly can’t hurt."

Maybe? I think?

Nuremgard, Jaslandia

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Bad. Depressed.

Sorry to hear that.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Percyton

Yukona wrote:I've just seen you do it to a lot of people, no need to take offence - considering the nature of the conversation we were having I was obviously being sarcastic, there's no need to take it as an insult all the time

Yea your right , just when i say

intresting conversation and you say enlighten your self it felt combative

and i Honestly couldn't tell you were being sarcastic

Yukona

Hello!

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The Vidnoye wrote:Hello!

hey, how's it going?

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Percyton

The Vidnoye wrote:Hello!

Mornin' Vid :)

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Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Bad. Depressed.

Anything you need to vent about?

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lat don't close that Domicilium embassy please. Friendly request before I go to the HoD to overrule you.

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Continental Commonwealths Can I ask if the University of Alberta, Edmonton; Concordia or Ottawa Uni are any good?

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Oelesa wrote:hey, how's it going?

Tiring, my day job shafts me with a bunch of hours, Im driving across the State to DJ for one night where Ill make more money than I do in my dayjob paycheck, Im still in school so Ive got studies and then every other part of being a person. Its a bit heavy right now but Ill be fine :)

Andromitus wrote:Mornin' Vid :)

Good morning!

Yukona

The Vidnoye wrote:Hello!

Hello Vid! How are you today?

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Yukona wrote:Continental Commonwealths Can I ask if the University of Alberta, Edmonton; Concordia or Ottawa Uni are any good?

I actually know little of the UofA. Concordia is a good university- it's known as the English-speaking university of Quebec and it's located in Montreal, which I believe to be Canada's greatest city.

I went to uOttawa. Also a very good school. You can get by in Ottawa only speaking English, but most people are bilingual. Be careful what you apply for at uOttawa, though; some degree programs require you to take at least one class in French (not a French class, but a normal class where all the materials are in French) and they're sometimes not entirely upfront about it with applicants.

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The Vidnoye wrote:Tiring, my day job shafts me with a bunch of hours, Im driving across the State to DJ for one night where Ill make more money than I do in my dayjob paycheck, Im still in school so Ive got studies and then every other part of being a person. Its a bit heavy right now but Ill be fine :)

YEah, you got this!

Continental Commonwealths wrote:I actually know little of the UofA. Concordia is a good university- it's known as the English-speaking university of Quebec and it's located in Montreal, which I believe to be Canada's greatest city.

I went to uOttawa. Also a very good school. You can get by in Ottawa only speaking English, but most people are bilingual. Be careful what you apply for at uOttawa, though; some degree programs require you to take at least one class in French (not a French class, but a normal class where all the materials are in French) and they're sometimes not entirely upfront about it with applicants.

Ah, OK - well it's a year abroad, so it'd be through that system so I'm sure they'd let me know, UoT is an option too but I don't know how competitive it is to get on to on the international course, I don't even know if any of them do my course

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Yukona wrote:Ah, OK - well it's a year abroad, so it'd be through that system so I'm sure they'd let me know, UoT is an option too but I don't know how competitive it is to get on to on the international course, I don't even know if any of them do my course

Ah, I see. In terms of how prestigious the degrees are viewed within Canada, UofT almost is always the most highly viewed, usually making it quite competitive. uOttawa and Concordia are viewed highly as well, but not as high as UofT.

Yukona

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Ah, I see. In terms of how prestigious the degrees are viewed within Canada, UofT almost is always the most highly viewed, usually making it quite competitive. uOttawa and Concordia are viewed highly as well, but not as high as UofT.

I got told that Edmonton is a bit of a dive in the sense it's flat and there's nothing going on, I could do part time on the pipelines though :^)

Jaslandia, Continental Commonwealths

Jaslandia wrote:Hello Vid! How are you today?

Im doing pretty hot, cant wait to be a dad.

what about you?

Oelesa wrote:YEah, you got this!

:) Thanks, howre u doing?

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Yukona wrote:I got told that Edmonton is a bit of a dive in the sense it's flat and there's nothing going on, I could do part time on the pipelines though :^)

You'll probably get really buff, if you can find a job that is. Alberta is kind of hurting right now.

And Calgary is 1000% better than Edmonton. And UofC has a good reputation, particularly for business and policy degrees.

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Anything you need to vent about?

Nope. I am depressed. Not full of hate and anger.

Continental Commonwealths wrote:You'll probably get really buff, if you can find a job that is. Alberta is kind of hurting right now.

And Calgary is 1000% better than Edmonton. And UofC has a good reputation, particularly for business and policy degrees.

I know it is, and it's closer to the Rockies, but my uni doesn't have links with it. Shame, really. It's only Concordia, Alberta (Edmonton), Ottawa and TARANAH

Jaslandia, Continental Commonwealths

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:

- National Train Day (United States)

National Train Day? How wonderful! A day to celebrate the rails and everything that travels on them! Me and Sir Topham Hatt have organized a bunch of special events and special trains to celebrate. I'm going to be pulling a special passenger train from Tidmouth to Vicarstown.

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The Vidnoye wrote:Im doing pretty hot, cant wait to be a dad.

what about you?

Wow wait what ?

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Continental Commonwealths wrote:Ah, I see. In terms of how prestigious the degrees are viewed within Canada, UofT almost is always the most highly viewed, usually making it quite competitive. uOttawa and Concordia are viewed highly as well, but not as high as UofT.

How would UCalgary sound? I was planning on spending a year there for their economics courses.

Continental Commonwealths

Percyton wrote:National Train Day? How wonderful! A day to celebrate the rails and everything that travels on them! Me and Sir Topham Hatt have organized a bunch of special events and special trains to celebrate. I'm going to be pulling a special passenger train from Tidmouth to Vicarstown.

That's good to hear.

Jaslandia, The United Providences Of Perland, Percyton

The Vidnoye wrote:Im doing pretty hot, cant wait to be a dad.

what about you?

:) Thanks, howre u doing?

'Can't wait to be a Dad'? What do you mean? Is your wife expecting or something?

Russian Fedration

Friedensreich wrote:How would UCalgary sound? I was planning on spending a year there for their economics courses.

Continental Commonwealths wrote:You'll probably get really buff, if you can find a job that is. Alberta is kind of hurting right now.

And Calgary is 1000% better than Edmonton. And UofC has a good reputation, particularly for business and policy degrees.

Beat ya to it, babe. For economics I think it's a great choice.

Yukona wrote:I know it is, and it's closer to the Rockies, but my uni doesn't have links with it. Shame, really. It's only Concordia, Alberta (Edmonton), Ottawa and TARANAH

Well, if you can apply to any you like I would recommend UofT, uOttawa, and Concordia. All great universities and each in a great Canadian city. You'll enjoy your time at any of them.

Yukona

Russian Fedration wrote:Wow wait what ?

Jaslandia wrote:'Can't wait to be a Dad'? What do you mean? Is your wife expecting or something?

no, i just work with a lot of dads. theyre all probably the best people to work with because.. well theyre dads and they have that american dad mentality.

like im just really excited to be a dad xD

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Friedensreich wrote:How would UCalgary sound? I was planning on spending a year there for their economics courses.

I know someone who's there at the moment and he really enjoys it, if you like the outdoors its proximity to the Rockies over Edmonton makes it such a better city

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The Vidnoye wrote:no, i just work with a lot of dads. theyre all probably the best people to work with because.. well theyre dads and they have that american dad mentality.

like im just really excited to be a dad xD

oh i was gonna say like darn and you didnt tell me :P lol

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