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Varrick The Rich Guy wrote:I really should be more active here. Just dropped by to say this: I saw your forum thingy for the Vice-Chancellor is named the 'Blackstone House'. I gotta say, I'm really touched. Really, I am. You named such an important office after me, Iknik Blackstone Varrick? Even after I've been gone for so long? You shouldn't have! I guess I really did have a big impact on this place. Zhu Li! Prepare a 'thank you' card for the Vice-Chancellor! And whoever else is responsible for the naming of 'Blackstone House'!

Varrick! Great to see you again! It's been too long! And I don't know if the Blackstone House is really named after you, but it'd be cool if it was.

Continental Commonwealths wrote:[spoiler=Another Update from Parliament]Attention Citizens,

The Chartered Organization Act has been moved to a vote. Voting will last for seven days, concluding at 10:00pm Eastern on Friday, March 30.

The bill may be viewed and voted upon here:

http://thecoffincofn.boards.net/thread/69/chartered-organization-act

As always, everyone is encouraged to read the bill and vote upon it if they feel so inclined.

Thanks,

[nation=short]Continental Commonwealths[/nation]

Speaker of Parliament[/spoiler]

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Varrick The Rich Guy, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Jaslandia wrote:Varrick! Great to see you again! It's been too long! And I don't know if the Blackstone House is really named after you, but it'd be cool if it was.

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*blink*

I was more so inspired by... never mind. It's a pleasure as always, Varrick the Great.

Classy.

[spoiler]http://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/Creature:Boris_Blackrock#axzz5AdAaAxag[/spoiler]

Jaslandia, Varrick The Rich Guy, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Chernarus State wrote:I'm starting to feel physical pain from this

Then you are weak

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Then you are weak

I've been through a day of watching over my mother post-surgery, which will continue for an estimated two weeks, along with college courses and a history essay due on April 25, so forgive me if I feel pain over everything at this point.

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Then you are weak

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Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

Chernarus State wrote:I've been through a day of watching over my mother post-surgery, which will continue for an estimated two weeks, along with college courses and a history essay due on April 25, so forgive me if I feel pain over everything at this point.

Oh. Well, I was unaware of the context, and thought you were just poking fun at how often I have to send out updates as things in Parliament are fairly busy. Sorry about your circumstances.

Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

*sigh* Yet again, the WA mocks me by placing me as the 6th-most average nation in the region (though to be fair, it is a place less average than last time). If I ever become King of Percyton again, my first act will be to send a strongly-worded letter to the WA over their inaccurate rating system. And if that doesn't work, an invasion of WA headquarters might be in order. Maybe then they'll realize how splendid and un-average I am.

Percyton wrote:I don't know, I'd say democracy worked out pretty well for Percyton. Before we had democracy, we were ruled by the 'ollie-gar-key' of the Supreme Council, and while they were alright leaders, most people felt the Council wasn't doing enough to improve things on Sodor, and that things were just stalling in place under Council rule. Percyton has become more much democratic in recent years, and our nation has become all the better for it!

As someone who explicitly ran for King in opposition to the Supreme Council back in the 50s, I understand completely how bad the Supreme Council was back then (and it's only slightly better now). I like to think I did quite well in weakening the Supreme Council's power, but I guess I didn't do well enough, since the Council voted me out as King a few years later, and after a period of weakness, the Supreme Council is strong again (though not as strong as they were before I became King). For a state founded by radical revolution, you'd be surprised by how conservative and stubborn our political system can be. People like me may rock the boat from time to time (or, 'rock the coach', in our case *ba dum tss*), but it isn't long before things go back to roughly the way they were before.

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Varrick The Rich Guy, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Duke The Old Engine

Jaslandia wrote:FTFY.

I'm flattered, Jas! I still remember the whole 'Peng/Percy' ticket a while back. I miss those times.

Varrick The Rich Guy wrote:Percy! How have you been, old bud? It's been a while since I've seen you.

Varrick! It has been a while! I really need to visit your railway sometime to help out. I've been good. Busy with work, but good. How are you? How are Jaslandia (the engine), Kijo, Cardinal, Shu and all the others doing?

Jaslandia, Varrick The Rich Guy, Penguania And Antarctica, James The Red Engine, Duke The Old Engine

James The Red Engine wrote:*sigh* Yet again, the WA mocks me by placing me as the 6th-most average nation in the region (though to be fair, it is a place less average than last time). If I ever become King of Percyton again, my first act will be to send a strongly-worded letter to the WA over their inaccurate rating system. And if that doesn't work, an invasion of WA headquarters might be in order. Maybe then they'll realize how splendid and un-average I am.

As someone who explicitly ran for King in opposition to the Supreme Council back in the 50s, I understand completely how bad the Supreme Council was back then (and it's only slightly better now). I like to think I did quite well in weakening the Supreme Council's power, but I guess I didn't do well enough, since the Council voted me out as King a few years later, and after a period of weakness, the Supreme Council is strong again (though not as strong as they were before I became King). For a state founded by radical revolution, you'd be surprised by how conservative and stubborn our political system can be. People like me may rock the boat from time to time (or, 'rock the coach', in our case *ba dum tss*), but it isn't long before things go back to roughly the way they were before.

Don't listen to those pretentious swine that call themselves WA... You consider yourself [I]unique[/I] and [I]splendid[/I], then you ARE! Don't get too full of yourself though, for enemies can and will be out to mur- ...dismantle you. And on another note, at least the government is holding well in the nation! Besides... sometimes allies can be asked to perform an.... [I]International Coup[/I]... if things aren't favorable and unable to be fixed by the citizens.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, James The Red Engine, Duke The Old Engine

James The Red Engine wrote:

As someone who explicitly ran for King in opposition to the Supreme Council back in the 50s, I understand completely how bad the Supreme Council was back then (and it's only slightly better now). I like to think I did quite well in weakening the Supreme Council's power, but I guess I didn't do well enough, since the Council voted me out as King a few years later, and after a period of weakness, the Supreme Council is strong again (though not as strong as they were before I became King). For a state founded by radical revolution, you'd be surprised by how conservative and stubborn our political system can be. People like me may rock the boat from time to time (or, 'rock the coach', in our case *ba dum tss*), but it isn't long before things go back to roughly the way they were before.

Personally, I don't mind some conservatism and stubborness in a nation; if anything, I think a certain amount of it is necessary in any healthy society. However, I do share some of your gripes with the Supreme Council: I was quite unhappy when they took over my old railway the Mid-Sodor Railway in the 1920s, and when our railway was on its last legs and eventually closed in the 1940s, I feel like the Council didn't do enough to support us or make sure all of the railway's engines were looked after. This goes for myself especially, as I was locked up in a shed for over 20 years after the railway closed, and while a group of explorers led by the Thin and Fat Clergymen (who you may know as the Reverend Wilbert Awdry and the Reverend Teddy Boston respectively) eventually found me, and the Skarloey Railway took me in and restored me, the Supreme Council never gave a d*mn about what became of me this whole time. So yeah, you could say I'm a bit bitter over that.

Skarloey: Let bygones be bygones, Duke. The important thing is that you're here with us now.

Duke: I suppose you're right. Even if the Supreme Council didn't care about me, I'm glad you and your railway did, and I've been proud to have been part of the Skarloey Railway for... gosh, it's been nearly 50 years now.

Peter Sam: And you're still as grumpy and finicky as you were when we worked with you on the MSR!

Sir Handel: Maybe even moreso!

Duke: You impertinent scallywags! Be off with you! Those youngins. In my days, engines were seen and not heard. If I had a head, I'd be shaking it now.

Skarloey: Oh lighten up, Duke! We were all young once!

Duke: I suppose. Although I at least had a cab when I was young.

Rheneas: Oh, he got you there, Skarloey!

Skarloey: He got you too, since you didn't have a cab either!

Ivo Hugh: Are we seriously arguing over cabs? While I like my cab and everything, it doesn't seem like a big deal.

Skarloey: *laughs* It was a different time, Ivo. You're a young engine who was built in an era when every proper engine had a cab, so you wouldn't understand.

Samson: *puffing past* I heard that!

Jaslandia, Varrick The Rich Guy, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, James The Red Engine

Russkov Soviet wrote:Don't listen to those pretentious swine that call themselves WA... You consider yourself [I]unique[/I] and [I]splendid[/I], then you ARE! Don't get too full of yourself though, for enemies can and will be out to mur- ...dismantle you. And on another note, at least the government is holding well in the nation! Besides... sometimes allies can be asked to perform an.... [I]International Coup[/I]... if things aren't favorable and unable to be fixed by the citizens.

Thank you, Russ! I'm glad someone realizes how splendid and extraordinary I really am. And while we've been warned before about international threats and coups, I don't think we have TOO much to worry about. Nothing's happened in the past, both because Percyton is too small too really care, and because our fame through books and our TV series discourages people from attacking us. But, if something does come up, we shall call upon our allies, with our military (led by Minister of Defense Neville) will valiantly hold the enemies off while we wait.

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Varrick The Rich Guy, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Duke The Old Engine

James The Red Engine wrote:Thank you, Russ! I'm glad someone realizes how splendid and extraordinary I really am. And while we've been warned before about international threats and coups, I don't think we have TOO much to worry about. Nothing's happened in the past, both because Percyton is too small too really care, and because our fame through books and our TV series discourages people from attacking us. But, if something does come up, we shall call upon our allies, with our military (led by Minister of Defense Neville) will valiantly hold the enemies off while we wait.

Glad to hear it. Keep being you James....

Jaslandia, Varrick The Rich Guy, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, James The Red Engine

Duke The Old Engine wrote:

Samson: *puffing past* I heard that!

Oh no. Don't tell me HE'S back on Sodor. Why would Sir Topham Hatt bring back an engine who once took Gordon's express coaches to the Blue Mountain Quarry instead of quarry trucks?

https://youtu.be/K7dQAglM02k?t=2m40s

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Duke The Old Engine

James The Red Engine wrote:Oh no. Don't tell me HE'S back on Sodor. Why would Sir Topham Hatt bring back an engine who once took Gordon's express coaches to the Blue Mountain Quarry instead of quarry trucks?

https://youtu.be/K7dQAglM02k?t=2m40s

Samson: I'l have you know that I've learned from my mistakes, and that despite my past, I can indeed be a Really Useful Engine. And besides, I'll only be here for a few days. One of your diesel engines (I think his name was Braxton) is undergoing maintenance, so Sir Topham Hatt sent for me to take slate from the Blue Mountain Quarry and do Braxton's other jobs.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Duke The Old Engine

Percyton wrote:Samson: I'l have you know that I've learned from my mistakes, and that despite my past, I can indeed be a Really Useful Engine. And besides, I'll only be here for a few days. One of your diesel engines (I think his name was Braxton) is undergoing maintenance, so Sir Topham Hatt sent for me to take slate from the Blue Mountain Quarry and do Braxton's other jobs.

First off, it's Paxton. Second, Blue Mountain Quarry? So I guess that means we'll be working with you a lot over the next few days. That should be interesting. I wasn't at the Quarry when Samson came to work there the last couple of times (I was working on the Skarloey Railway with a few of the other narrow gauge engines), but I've heard some very interesting stories about him from Skarloey, Peter Sam, and the other engines who have worked with him. I'll actually be going up to the Blue Mountain Quarry for work tomorrow, so I'm looking forward to actually meeting Samson for the first time.

Skarloey: I'm not sure you'll like him, Duke. He's made a lot of careless mistakes in the past, and I know you always hate careless mistakes.

Duke: I do, but I'm also willing to look past that if those engines then improve. Samson says he has, so I'm willing to believe him unless he does something that makes me think otherwise.

Skarloey: That's a good attitude, Duke! When you get past the arrogance and reluctance to admit his mistakes, Samson is actually a very funny and pleasant chap. We chatted with him a lot when he was here before, although that didn't stop us from also laughing at his mistakes and overconfidence.

Peter Sam: Like when we laughed at him for taking too many stone trucks, and how he struggled and went slow instead of admitting that he took too many trucks?

https://youtu.be/Q7WNDaI1mHM?t=1m47s

Jaslandia, Percyton

Percyton wrote:I'm flattered, Jas! I still remember the whole 'Peng/Percy' ticket a while back. I miss those times.

Varrick! It has been a while! I really need to visit your railway sometime to help out. I've been good. Busy with work, but good. How are you? How are Jaslandia (the engine), Kijo, Cardinal, Shu and all the others doing?

Yeah, I would love to have you on Varrick Rail some time! Maybe a special excursion train from Omashu to Ba Sing Se? And the other engines are doing quite well, I'm pleased to report. Working hard as always, and they're making me money, so I can't complain!

Russkov Soviet wrote:Don't listen to those pretentious swine that call themselves WA... You consider yourself [I]unique[/I] and [I]splendid[/I], then you ARE! Don't get too full of yourself though, for enemies can and will be out to mur- ...dismantle you. And on another note, at least the government is holding well in the nation! Besides... sometimes allies can be asked to perform an.... [I]International Coup[/I]... if things aren't favorable and unable to be fixed by the citizens.

For what it's worth, I've dabbled with... let's call them 'private military contractors' and other war-related businesses. So if Percyton ever is attacked or couped, I could certainly use my vast connections and seemingly endless financial resources to put together a defense and/or counterattack. Just say the word, Percy, and I'll make the preparations immediately! Heck, for you, I could even throw in the Avatar at a discount!

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Varrick The Rich Guy wrote:Yeah, I would love to have you on Varrick Rail some time! Maybe a special excursion train from Omashu to Ba Sing Se? And the other engines are doing quite well, I'm pleased to report. Working hard as always, and they're making me money, so I can't complain!For what it's worth, I've dabbled with... let's call them 'private military contractors' and other war-related businesses. So if Percyton ever is attacked or couped, I could certainly use my vast connections and seemingly endless financial resources to put together a defense and/or counterattack. Just say the word, Percy, and I'll make the preparations immediately! Heck, for you, I could even throw in the Avatar at a discount!

And knowing you, I'm guessing you would still make money off this whole thing?

Varrick The Rich Guy, Penguania And Antarctica

Jaslandia wrote:And knowing you, I'm guessing you would still make money off this whole thing?

Why of course! I'm crazy, but I'm not THAT crazy! But, for Percy, I would make a little less money than I normally would. I have some scruples, you know?

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Varrick The Rich Guy wrote:Why of course! I'm crazy, but I'm not THAT crazy! But, for Percy, I would make a little less money than I normally would. I have some scruples, you know?

Only sacrificing a little bit of money to help a good friend doesn't seem to exhibit much scruples, but coming from you, I suppose it's something.

Varrick The Rich Guy, Penguania And Antarctica

Jaslandia wrote:Only sacrificing a little bit of money to help a good friend doesn't seem to exhibit much scruples, but coming from you, I suppose it's something.

Now you're getting it! Keep thinking like that, and you might have the smarts to go into business yourself one day!

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

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[spoiler=Today is March 24 and today are:]

Today is March 24 and today are:

- Be Mad Day

- Commonwealth Covenant Day (Northern Mariana Islands)

- Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice (Argentina)

- Earth Hour

- Endometriosis March Day

- International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims

- National Cheesesteak Day (United States)

- National Chocolate Covered Raisin Day (United States)

- National Tree Planting Day (Uganda)

- Student Day (Scientology)

- Take Your Parents to the Playground Day

- World Endometriosis Day

- World Tuberculosis Day

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[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 1401 – Turco-Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus.

- 1603 – James VI of Scotland becomes James I of England and Ireland, upon the death of Elizabeth I.

- 1603 – Tokugawa Ieyasu is granted the title of shogun from Emperor Go-Yōzei, and establishes the Tokugawa shogunate in Edo, Japan.

- 1663 – The Province of Carolina is granted by charter to eight Lords Proprietor in reward for their assistance in restoring Charles II of England to the throne.

- 1720 – Count Frederick of Hesse-Kassel is elected King of Sweden by the Riksdag of the Estates, after his consort Ulrika Eleonora abdicated the throne on 29 February

- 1721 – Johann Sebastian Bach dedicated six concertos to Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg-Schwedt, now commonly called the Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046–1051.

- 1731 – Naturalization of Hieronimus de Salis Parliamentary Act is passed.

- 1765 – Great Britain passes the Quartering Act, which requires the Thirteen Colonies to house British troops.

- 1829 – The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829, allowing Catholics to serve in Parliament.

- 1832 – In Hiram, Ohio, a group of men beat and tar and feather Mormon leader Joseph Smith.

- 1837 – Canada gives African Canadian men the right to vote.

- 1854 – Slavery is abolished in Venezuela.

- 1860 – Sakuradamon Incident: Assassination of Japanese Chief Minister (Tairō) Ii Naosuke.

- 1869 – The last of Titokowaru's forces surrendered to the New Zealand government, ending his uprising.

- 1878 – The British frigate HMS Eurydice sinks, killing more than 300.

- 1882 – Robert Koch announces the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis.

- 1885 – Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Bang Bo on the Tonkin–Guangxi border.

- 1896 – A. S. Popov makes the first radio signal transmission in history.

- 1900 – Mayor of New York City Robert Anderson Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground "Rapid Transit Railroad" that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.

- 1907 – The first issue of the Georgian Bolshevik newspaper Dro is published.

- 1921 – The 1921 Women's Olympiad begins in Monte Carlo, first international women's sports event

- 1927 – Nanking Incident: Foreign warships bombard Nanjing, China, in defense of the foreign citizens within the city.

- 1934 – United States Congress passes the Tydings–McDuffie Act, allowing the Philippines to become a self-governing commonwealth.

- 1944 – Ardeatine massacre: German troops murder 335 Italian civilians in Rome.

- 1944 – World War II: In an event later dramatized in the movie The Great Escape, 76 Allied prisoners of war begin breaking out of the German camp Stalag Luft III.

- 1946 – A British Cabinet Mission arrives in India to discuss and plan for the transfer of power from the British Raj to Indian leadership.

- 1958 – Rock 'n' roll teen idol Elvis Presley is drafted in the U.S. Army.

- 1961 – Quebec Board of the French Language is established.

- 1965 – Images from the Ranger 9 lunar probe are broadcast live on network television.

- 1973 – Kenyan athlete Kip Keino defeats Jim Ryun at the first-ever professional track meet in Los Angeles.

- 1976 – In Argentina, the armed forces overthrow the constitutional government of President Isabel Perón and start a 7-year dictatorial period self-styled the National Reorganization Process.

- 1980 – El Salvadorian Archbishop Óscar Romero is assassinated while celebrating Mass in San Salvador.

- 1986 – The Loscoe gas explosion leads to new UK laws on landfill gas migration and gas protection on landfill sites.

- 1989 – In Prince William Sound in Alaska, the Exxon Valdez spills 240,000 barrels (38,000 m3) of crude oil after running aground.

- 1993 – Discovery of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9.

- 1998 – Mitchell Johnson and Andrew Golden, aged 11 and 13 respectively, fire upon teachers and students at Westside Middle School in Jonesboro, Arkansas; five people are killed and ten are wounded.

- 1998 – A tornado sweeps through Dantan in India, killing 250 people and injuring 3,000 others.

- 1998 – First computer-assisted Bone Segment Navigation, performed at the University of Regensburg, Germany

- 1999 – Kosovo war: NATO began attacks on Yugoslavia without United Nations Security Council (UNSC) approval , marking the first time NATO has attacked a sovereign country.

- 1999 – A lorry carrying margarine and flour catches fire inside the Mont Blanc Tunnel. The resulting inferno kills 38 people.

- 2003 – The Arab League votes 21–1 in favor of a resolution demanding the immediate and unconditional removal of U.S. and British soldiers from Iraq.

- 2008 – Bhutan officially becomes a democracy, with its first ever general election.

- 2015 – Germanwings Flight 9525 crashes in the French Alps in an apparent pilot mass murder-suicide, killing all 150 people on board.

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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 1494 – Georgius Agricola, German mineralogist and scholar

- 1693 – John Harrison, English carpenter and clock-maker, invented the Marine chronometer

- 1733 – Joseph Priestley, English theologian, philosopher, chemist, physicist

- 1820 – Fanny Crosby, American poet and composer

- 1874 – Harry Houdini, Hungarian-Jewish American magician and actor

- 1884 – Peter Debye, Dutch-American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1897 – Wilhelm Reich, Austrian-American psychotherapist and academic

- 1903 – Adolf Butenandt, German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1909 – Clyde Barrow, American criminal

- 1911 – Joseph Barbera, American animator, director, and producer, co-founded Hanna-Barbera

- 1921 – Vasily Smyslov, Russian chess player

- 1926 – Dario Fo, Italian playwright, actor, director, and composer, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1927 – Martin Walser, German author and playwright

- 1930 – Steve McQueen, American actor and producer

- 1951 – Tommy Hilfiger, American fashion designer, founded the Tommy Hilfiger Corporation

- 1956 – Steve Ballmer, American businessman

- 1960 – Nena, German singer-songwriter and actress

- 1961 – Yanis Varoufakis, Greek economist and politician, Greek Minister of Finance

- 1973 – Jim Parsons, American actor

- 1974 – Alyson Hannigan, American actress

- 1976 – Peyton Manning, American football player and entrepreneur

- 1990 – Keisha Castle-Hughes, Australian-New Zealand actress

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Quote of the day

The stars don't look bigger, but they do look brighter.

- Sally Ride (American Astronaut, 1951-2012) -

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, Lex Caledonia, Mercunova, Percyton

Conglomerate News wrote:Conglomerate News is glad to see the amount of interest shown in our journalistic positions. We'll be producing a staff list soon, but don't hesitate to drop us a telegram if you're interested in working with us on an independent or organized basis!

who are you?

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Mercunova

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:

- 1603 – Tokugawa Ieyasu is granted the title of shogun from Emperor Go-Yōzei, and establishes the Tokugawa shogunate in Edo, Japan.

https://youtu.be/5vscOHPFUf0?t=7m3s

Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Spanelsko wrote:who are you?

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Continental Commonwealths, Penguania And Antarctica, Spanelsko

Jaslandia wrote:https://youtu.be/5vscOHPFUf0?t=7m3s

Extra history!

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Hello people. :)

How are you all?

Jaslandia, Lex Caledonia, Percyton, Confederal States, Midasia

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Hello people. :)

How are you all?

Quite good. How fares you?

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Midasia

Vista Major wrote:Quite good. How fares you?

Im alright. Enjoy my weekend. :)

Vista Major, Percyton, Midasia

Axeldonia wrote:Extra history!

I watched their series on Genghis Khan recently. It was good.

Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Hello people. :)

How are you all?

I'm good, reading over some material from the NSMRC, watching Criken, and getting ready to open the expo.

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

So the UK is leaving the EU but:

The EU will still have full access to British waters and the UK will still be subject to EU fishing policy with the added bonus of having no say.

The UK wants to "take back control of our borders" but does not want to erect a hard border in Northern Ireland.

The UK's shiny new blue post-Brexit passports will be printed in France.

If this is taking back control, I would not like to see what not having control looks like.

Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Spanelsko

Nuremgard wrote:So the UK is leaving the EU but:

The EU will still have full access to British waters and the UK will still be subject to EU fishing policy with the added bonus of having no say.

The UK wants to "take back control of our borders" but does not want to erect a hard border in Northern Ireland.

The UK's shiny new blue post-Brexit passports will be printed in France.

If this is taking back control, I would not like to see what not having control looks like.

B-But now the scary brown people will go away, right?

Bearlong, Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia

[spoiler=Today is March 25 and today are:]

Today is March 25 and today are:

- Anniversary of the Arengo and the Feast of the Militants (San Marino)

- Cultural Workers Day (Russia)

- Empress Menen's Birthday (Rastafari)

- EU Talent Day (European Union)

- Feast of the Annunciation (Lebanon)

- Freedom Day (Belarus)

- International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade

- International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members (United Nations General Assembly)

- International Day of the Unborn Child

- International Waffle Day

- Maryland Day (Maryland)

- National Cerebral Palsy Day (United States)

- National Lobster Newburg Day (United States)

- National Medal of Honor Day (United States)

- National Pecan Day (United States)

- National Tolkien Reading Day (United States)

- New Zealand Army Day (New Zealand)

- Old New Year's Day

- Palm Sunday (Christianity)

- Pisan New Year

- Rama Navami (India, Nepal)

- Revolution Day (Greece)

- Struggle for Human Rights Day (Slovakia)

- Tolkien Reading Day

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[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 0708 – Pope Constantine succeeds Pope Sisinnius as the 88th pope.

- 0717 – Theodosius III resigns the throne to the Byzantine Empire to enter the clergy.

- 1000 – Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah assassinates the eunuch chief minister Barjawan and assumes control of the government.

- 1199 – Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France, leading to his death on April 6.

- 1306 – Robert the Bruce becomes King of Scots (Scotland).

- 1409 – The Council of Pisa opens.

- 1555 – The city of Valencia is founded in present-day Venezuela.

- 1576 – Jerome Savage takes out a sub-lease to start the Newington Butts Theatre outside London.

- 1584 – Sir Walter Raleigh is granted a patent to colonize Virginia.

- 1655 – Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christiaan Huygens.

- 1802 – The Treaty of Amiens is signed as a "Definitive Treaty of Peace" between France and the United Kingdom.

- 1807 – The Slave Trade Act becomes law, abolishing the slave trade in the British Empire.

- 1807 – The Swansea and Mumbles Railway, then known as the Oystermouth Railway, becomes the first passenger-carrying railway in the world.

- 1811 – Percy Bysshe Shelley is expelled from the University of Oxford for publishing the pamphlet The Necessity of Atheism.

- 1821 – Traditional date of the start of the Greek War of Independence. The war had actually begun on 23 February 1821 (Julian calendar).

- 1865 – American Civil War: In Virginia, Confederate forces temporarily capture Fort Stedman from the Union.

- 1894 – Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, departs Massillon, Ohio for Washington, D.C.

- 1911 – In New York City, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 garment workers.

- 1917 – The Georgian Orthodox Church restores its autocephaly abolished by Imperial Russia in 1811.

- 1918 – The Belarusian People's Republic is established.

- 1924 – On the anniversary of Greek Independence, Alexandros Papanastasiou proclaims the Second Hellenic Republic.

- 1931 – The Scottsboro Boys are arrested in Alabama and charged with rape.

- 1941 – The Kingdom of Yugoslavia joins the Axis powers with the signing of the Tripartite Pact.

- 1947 – An explosion in a coal mine in Centralia, Illinois kills 111.

- 1948 – The first successful tornado forecast predicts that a tornado will strike Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.

- 1949 – More than 92,000 kulaks are suddenly deported from the Baltic states to Siberia.

- 1957 – United States Customs seizes copies of Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" on obscenity grounds.

- 1957 – The European Economic Community is established with West Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg as the first members.

- 1965 – Civil rights activists led by Martin Luther King Jr. successfully complete their 4-day 50-mile march from Selma to the capitol in Montgomery, Alabama.

- 1969 – During their honeymoon, John Lennon and Yoko Ono hold their first Bed-In for Peace at the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel (until March 31).

- 1971 – Bangladesh Liberation War: Beginning of Operation Searchlight by the Pakistan Armed Forces against East Pakistani civilians.

- 1971 – The Army of the Republic of Vietnam abandon an attempt to cut off the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos.

- 1975 – Faisal of Saudi Arabia is shot and killed by a mentally ill nephew.

- 1979 – The first fully functional Space Shuttle orbiter, Columbia, is delivered to the John F. Kennedy Space Center to be prepared for its first launch.

- 1988 – The Candle demonstration in Bratislava is the first mass demonstration of the 1980s against the communist regime in Czechoslovakia.

- 1995 – WikiWikiWeb, the world's first wiki, and part of the Portland Pattern Repository, is made public by Ward Cunningham.

- 1996 – The European Union's Veterinarian Committee bans the export of British beef and its by-products as a result of mad cow disease (Bovine spongiform encephalopathy).

- 2006 – Capitol Hill massacre: A gunman kills six people before taking his own life at a party in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood.

- 2006 – Protesters demanding a new election in Belarus, following the rigged Belarusian presidential election, 2006, clash with riot police. Opposition leader Aleksander Kozulin is among several protesters arrested.

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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 1347 – Catherine of Siena, Italian philosopher, theologian, and saint

- 1538 – Christopher Clavius, German mathematician and astronomer

- 1867 – Gutzon Borglum, American sculptor, designed Mount Rushmore

- 1867 – Arturo Toscanini, Italian-American cellist and conductor

- 1881 – Béla Bartók, Hungarian pianist and composer

- 1908 – David Lean, English director, producer, and screenwriter

- 1914 – Norman Borlaug, American agronomist and humanitarian, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1921 – Simone Signoret, Jewish French actress

- 1928 – Jim Lovell, American captain, pilot, and astronaut

- 1942 – Aretha Franklin, American singer-songwriter and pianist

- 1947 – Elton John, English singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor

- 1973 – Michaela Dorfmeister, Austrian skier

- 1976 – Wladimir Klitschko, Ukrainian boxer

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Quote of the day

A heart is not judged by how much you love, but by how much you are loved by others.

- Frank Morgan (American Actor, 1890-1949) -

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Jaslandia, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Mercunova, Percyton, Midasia

Axeldonia wrote:B-But now the scary brown people will go away, right?

In an ironic twist, the UK Government claims it wants closer ties with the Commonwealth which is made up of lots of non-white people. In trade deals, there is no doubt that many of these countries will want easier access to the UK as a condition.

I am sure Brexit voters will be happy to have less white people coming from Christian and democratic Europe and instead have more non-whites coming from poorer, authoritarian and conservative Commonwealth countries.

Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:So the UK is leaving the EU but:

The EU will still have full access to British waters and the UK will still be subject to EU fishing policy with the added bonus of having no say.

The UK wants to "take back control of our borders" but does not want to erect a hard border in Northern Ireland.

The UK's shiny new blue post-Brexit passports will be printed in France.

If this is taking back control, I would not like to see what not having control looks like.

But listen to your Führer Mrs. May. She is infallible. The Empire will return. Leaving the EU is just the first step. You will re-colonize the old territory and bring it to its former glory. Just a few ethnic cleansings here and there is all it needs.

(I'm being sarcastic here. Don't take any of this serious.)

Nuremgard, Axeldonia

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:But listen to your Führer Mrs. May. She is infallible. The Empire will return. Leaving the EU is just the first step. You will re-colonize the old territory and bring it to its former glory. Just a few ethnic cleansings here and there is all it needs.

(I'm being sarcastic here. Don't take any of this serious.)

The sad thing is that returning to the glorious days of Empire is what many Brexiteers want. They think they are "ruled" by the "tyrannical" EU. This is quite frankly an insult to the countless people who suffered under the yoke of the Empire.

Brexiteers ought to ask the Irish what it's really like to be ruled by a foreign power. Oh, wait a minute. They're instead telling the Irish they should leave the EU along with the UK. Some are even saying Ireland should re-join the UK!

Delusional does not even begin to describe them.

Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:The sad thing is that returning to the glorious days of Empire is what many Brexiteers want. They think they are "ruled" by the "tyrannical" EU. This is quite frankly an insult to the countless people who suffered under the yoke of the Empire.

Brexiteers ought to ask the Irish what it's really like to be ruled by a foreign power. Oh, wait a minute. They're instead telling the Irish they should leave the EU along with the UK. Some are even saying Ireland should re-join the UK!

Delusional does not even begin to describe them.

How about this:

Step 1: Dissolve all nations except UK

Step 2: Integrate all that unclaimed territory into the UK

Step 3: British World Empire with all it's aweful splendid parts

Step 4: PROFIT

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia

Axeldonia wrote:B-But now the scary brown people will go away, right?

I'm a scary brown person who will be travelling to London this summer. So, no. The answer is no.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:How about this:

Step 1: Dissolve all nations except UK

Step 2: Integrate all that unclaimed territory into the UK

Step 3: British World Empire with all it's aweful splendid parts

Step 4: PROFIT

That is more coherent than any strategy for Brexit the British government has came up with.

Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica

Bearlong wrote:I'm a scary brown person who will be travelling to London this summer. So, no. The answer is no.

London has a brown person as mayor. You should be fine.

Bearlong, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:The sad thing is that returning to the glorious days of Empire is what many Brexiteers want. They think they are "ruled" by the "tyrannical" EU. This is quite frankly an insult to the countless people who suffered under the yoke of the Empire.

Brexiteers ought to ask the Irish what it's really like to be ruled by a foreign power. Oh, wait a minute. They're instead telling the Irish they should leave the EU along with the UK. Some are even saying Ireland should re-join the UK!

Delusional does not even begin to describe them.

To be fair, both sides have handled this in an exceptionally poor fashion, IMO.

Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Spanelsko

Kalaron wrote:To be fair, both sides have handled this in an exceptionally poor fashion, IMO.

I disagree. The UK side has been an absolute shambles. The EU is merely protecting the interests of its member states.

Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:I disagree. The UK side has been an absolute shambles. The EU is merely protecting the interests of its member states.

And by doing so in such an aggressive way, is placing the unity of europe in even greater harms way in front of two economic predators tbh. From what I've seen, it's always been less a matter of protecting EU interests and more a matter of punishing the dissenter with a side of EU interests.

Suffice to say, it's not my fight but the future will demand a lot of cohesion from the west in the future if we all don't want to end up as economic markets for China when it surpasses the US in status -best case is a Free World Autarky with the express goal of strangling China's economics IMO- but at least either way it would allow a bit more economic resistance. Every second spent squabbling between the EU and dissenting states is another month wasted tho.

Penguania And Antarctica, Spanelsko

Kalaron wrote:And by doing so in such an aggressive way, is placing the unity of europe in even greater harms way in front of two economic predators tbh. From what I've seen, it's always been less a matter of protecting EU interests and more a matter of punishing the dissenter with a side of EU interests.

Suffice to say, it's not my fight but the future will demand a lot of cohesion from the west in the future if we all don't want to end up as economic markets for China when it surpasses the US in status -best case is a Free World Autarky with the express goal of strangling China's economics IMO- but at least either way it would allow a bit more economic resistance. Every second spent squabbling between the EU and dissenting states is another month wasted tho.

The EU is not punishing the UK for dissenting or leaving. That's Brexit victim nonsense. The EU will not compromise its structure or its economic interests just to please the UK. The UK is leaving but is expecting the EU to bend over backwards and give it an amazing deal. The UK wants to leave the club but retain the privileges of membership. Not happening.

Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:The EU is not punishing the UK for dissenting or leaving. That's Brexit victim nonsense. The EU will not compromise its structure or its economic interests just to please the UK. The UK is leaving but is expecting the EU to bend over backwards and give it an amazing deal. The UK wants to leave the club but retain the privileges of membership. Not happening.

We've already gone down this road before so I'll leave it at the same old same old. Germany should never have released the statement saying "I am confident that these countries can also send a message that we won't let anyone take Europe from us,” if they didn't mean to say that they were going to punish anyone who tried to take Europe from them, and it's frankly more important to me that there is more cooperation inside of Europe than the usual ragtime affairs I point to when I say "An increasingly western focused West that doesn't look at the real threats".

We'll have to agree to disagree.

Penguania And Antarctica

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:How about this:

Step 1: Dissolve all nations except UK

Step 2: Integrate all that unclaimed territory into the UK

Step 3: British World Empire with all it's aweful splendid parts

Step 4: PROFIT

OHHAHAHHAHA.... you are soooo funny..... we all know that the Catalonian Empire of Siberian Spain will rule all of us in the future.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Nuremgard wrote:So the UK is leaving the EU but:

The EU will still have full access to British waters and the UK will still be subject to EU fishing policy with the added bonus of having no say.

The UK wants to "take back control of our borders" but does not want to erect a hard border in Northern Ireland.

The UK's shiny new blue post-Brexit passports will be printed in France.

If this is taking back control, I would not like to see what not having control looks like.

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:

- EU Talent Day (European Union)

Oh the irony.

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:

- 0717 – Theodosius III resigns the throne to the Byzantine Empire to enter the clergy.

Only in the 700s would someone give up the throne of one of the most powerful empires of the time, in order to become a priest.

Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Spanelsko

Nuremgard wrote:The EU is not punishing the UK for dissenting or leaving. That's Brexit victim nonsense. The EU will not compromise its structure or its economic interests just to please the UK. The UK is leaving but is expecting the EU to bend over backwards and give it an amazing deal. The UK wants to leave the club but retain the privileges of membership. Not happening.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFl3OaBi8FY

Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica

Jaslandia wrote:Oh the irony.

Why is it irony??

Percyton

Germany is a great country. :)

Nuremgard, Vista Major, Percyton, Confederal States

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Why is it irony??

The fact that we're talking about Britain leaving the EU on 'EU Talents Day'. Bonus points for the fact that, based on the Brexit deal Nurem gave earlier, the EU is coming out on top in this deal, thus proving the EU's talent.

Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Jaslandia wrote:The fact that we're talking about Britain leaving the EU on 'EU Talents Day'. Bonus points for the fact that, based on the Brexit deal Nurem gave earlier, the EU is coming out on top in this deal, thus proving the EU's talent.

Oh okay. :)

Jaslandia, Percyton

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Germany is a great country. :)

This is yet more proof that Peng is a Nazi.

Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Confederal States

Gualimole wrote:This is yet more proof that Peng is a Nazi.

No.

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:No.

Who else thought that Germany was a great country?

Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Gualimole wrote:Who else thought that Germany was a great country?

Many people think. You don't need to be a Nazi to love your country.

But thank you for giving me an insight into your thinking that patriotism is part of a bad ideology.

I'm sure the Americans will love you for this. /s

Another updaaate

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=grand_hesperia/detail=factbook/id=992229

Vista Major, Axeldonia, Lex Caledonia, Percyton, Confederal States

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Many people think. You don't need to be a Nazi to love your country.

But thank you for giving me an insight into your thinking that patriotism is part of a bad ideology.

I'm sure the Americans will love you for this. /s

American patriotism? More like apologism for genocide and slavery. Iraqi patriotism? More like patriotism for an artificial state created by the Brits. Russian patriotism? More like apologism for Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea and anti-LGBT laws. Patriotism in general? More like patriotism for a spook.

Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica

Hi guys!

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Aldwood, Mercunova, Percyton

New Estaris wrote:Hi guys!

Hi Est. Long time no speak. How are you? :)

Jaslandia, New Estaris, Percyton

Grand Hesperia wrote:Another updaaate

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=grand_hesperia/detail=factbook/id=992229

I'm... To your west?

Axeldonia, Confederal States

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Many people think. You don't need to be a Nazi to love your country.

But thank you for giving me an insight into your thinking that patriotism is part of a bad ideology.

I'm sure the Americans will love you for this. /s

Never mind him. He's winding you up.

Gualimole wrote:American patriotism? More like apologism for genocide and slavery. Iraqi patriotism? More like patriotism for an artificial state created by the Brits. Russian patriotism? More like apologism for Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea and anti-LGBT laws. Patriotism in general? More like patriotism for a spook.

Let's be honest. Every state in the world is artificial. Borders are man-made and nation-states are man-made constructs. And jeez, I thought I was cynical. If we keep listing off the sins of all countries, by your reasoning, nobody should be proud of their country and we should all just be a bunch of self-loathing misery guts.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:Never mind him. He's winding you up.

You know me well.

Nuremgard wrote:Let's be honest. Every state in the world is artificial. Borders are man-made and nation-states are man-made constructs. And jeez, I thought I was cynical. If we keep listing off the sins of all countries, by your reasoning, nobody should be proud of their country and we should all just be a bunch of self-loathing misery guts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarcho-communism

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/petr-kropotkin-the-conquest-of-bread

Gualimole wrote:You know me well.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarcho-communism

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/petr-kropotkin-the-conquest-of-bread

Thanks? I'll give that book a miss.

Nuremgard wrote:Thanks? I'll give that book a miss.

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

Nuremgard wrote:Never mind him. He's winding you up.

Let's be honest. Every state in the world is artificial. Borders are man-made and nation-states are man-made constructs. And jeez, I thought I was cynical. If we keep listing off the sins of all countries, by your reasoning, nobody should be proud of their country and we should all just be a bunch of self-loathing misery guts.

It's even self-defeating to be self-loathing.

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Many people think. You don't need to be a Nazi to love your country.

But thank you for giving me an insight into your thinking that patriotism is part of a bad ideology.

I'm sure the Americans will love you for this. /s

Honestly, it's pretty nice to be patriotic if you still want to fix issues in the nation, IMO. Better than folks just going "I hate this country".

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Kalaron wrote:It's even self-defeating to be self-loathing.

Honestly, it's pretty nice to be patriotic if you still want to fix issues in the nation, IMO. Better than folks just going "I hate this country".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcw8R_pt43w

Penguania And Antarctica

Vista Major wrote:I'm... To your west?

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Vista Major, Axeldonia, Percyton, Confederal States

Who knew legalising gay marriage, polygamy and polyandry would lower religiousness?

Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Grand Hesperia

Nuremgard wrote:Who knew legalising gay marriage, polygamy and polyandry would lower religiousness?

Cuz loving god is gay

Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica

Axeldonia wrote:Cuz loving god is gay

His Maj will have severely pissed off the clerics.

Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcw8R_pt43w

They should stay but help to change this country in a good way tbh rather than growing ever more disaffected IMO :V

America needs to reinspire a mass civic nationalism to help recover I think.

Nuremgard, Lex Caledonia

Kalaron wrote:They should stay but help to change this country in a good way tbh rather than growing ever more disaffected IMO :V

America needs to reinspire a mass civic nationalism to help recover I think.

Perhaps, but first we'd need to take back the 'nationalist' label from Trump, the alt-right, and other toxic folks.

Nuremgard

Jaslandia wrote:Perhaps, but first we'd need to take back the 'nationalist' label from Trump, the alt-right, and other toxic folks.

People will always accuse you of being a "bad" nationalist. Take it from a self-identified nationalist.

Confederal States, Spanelsko

Nuremgard wrote:People will always accuse you of being a "bad" nationalist. Take it from a self-identified nationalist.

Fair enough, but that's why more people need to be open to calling themselves 'civic nationalists'. I don't know how it is in the UK, but in America, pretty much the only folks who call themselves 'nationalists' are 'America First', Trumpian, usually white supremacist types. If there are civic nationalists in America, they aren't calling themselves that.

Nuremgard, Lex Caledonia

Jaslandia wrote:Fair enough, but that's why more people need to be open to calling themselves 'civic nationalists'. I don't know how it is in the UK, but in America, pretty much the only folks who call themselves 'nationalists' are 'America First', Trumpian, usually white supremacist types. If there are civic nationalists in America, they aren't calling themselves that.

In the UK, nationalists refer to Scots, Welsh and Irish who want independence. This is often decried as xenophobic and terribly awful. British patriotism (that's the word always used) is purer than the driven snow, all about inclusiveness and is so elevated above all other nationalism that those who espouse it don't even recognise it as nationalism.

Axeldonia

New Estaris wrote:Hi guys!
*hug*

Penguania And Antarctica, New Estaris, Percyton

Jaslandia wrote:Perhaps, but first we'd need to take back the 'nationalist' label from Trump, the alt-right, and other toxic folks.

To be frank, we'd need to take it back in emotive terms first which will already be hard given the normalized envy disaffected folks have towards other places (The grass is always greener on the other side) and then do even harder tasks like keeping it up while we -hopefully- cauterize China's development forward towards being a super power.

We've a lot of scumfvckery to get through :/

E: if we can even do it I guess. The real pitfall of capitalism is that it completely fails at looking ahead by more than half a minute. We'd have lobbyists breathing down the world's neck like sweaty people.

Jaslandia

Im pretty great! Almost one year with my girl, Tuesday

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Im pretty great! Almost one year with my girl, Tuesday

Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

New Estaris wrote:Im pretty great! Almost one year with my girl, Tuesday

Glad to hear it bud.

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Welp, found out I'm going to be a full-fledged uncle: my sister confirmed her test last night

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Chernarus State wrote:Welp, found out I'm going to be a full-fledged uncle: my sister confirmed her test last night

Congrats, UCT!

Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Chernarus State wrote:Welp, found out I'm going to be a full-fledged uncle: my sister confirmed her test last night

How old is your sister?

Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Jaslandia wrote:Congrats, UCT!

yee

Gualimole wrote:How old is your sister?

26, turning 27 this year

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Chernarus State wrote:26, turning 27 this year

I feel young.

Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Gualimole wrote:I feel young.

you are :p

Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Chernarus State wrote:you are :p

At least I'm going to turn 18 in a few weeks.

Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Gualimole wrote:At least I'm going to turn 18 in a few weeks.

I'm turning 19 in a month

Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Chernarus State wrote:I'm turning 19 in a month

19 in two months and a day. :P

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Kalaron wrote:19 in two months and a day. :P

Wee bairn, ya Wee Baby Kally

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Varrick The Rich Guy wrote:Yeah, I would love to have you on Varrick Rail some time! Maybe a special excursion train from Omashu to Ba Sing Se? And the other engines are doing quite well, I'm pleased to report. Working hard as always, and they're making me money, so I can't complain!

For what it's worth, I've dabbled with... let's call them 'private military contractors' and other war-related businesses. So if Percyton ever is attacked or couped, I could certainly use my vast connections and seemingly endless financial resources to put together a defense and/or counterattack. Just say the word, Percy, and I'll make the preparations immediately! Heck, for you, I could even throw in the Avatar at a discount!

I'm glad to hear the others are well. And I'd love to pull an excursion train when I get back! I'll try to come soon! And thanks for your support, Varrick! Hopefully we never need it, but it's nice to know that we have it. I met the Avatar once before, and she seemed cool. She was understandably confused by the idea of talking locomotives, but after she got over that, we got along quite well. I certainly would love to see her again, though hopefully not under such dire circumstances!

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:

- 1807 – The Swansea and Mumbles Railway, then known as the Oystermouth Railway, becomes the first passenger-carrying railway in the world.

An important day in railway history for sure! Just as I did last year, I pulled a special passenger train from Tidmouth to Vicarstown earlier today to mark the occasion. Although this time, I triple-headed the train with Thomas and Gordon, so that was fun!

New Estaris wrote:Im pretty great! Almost one year with my girl, Tuesday

Welcome back, Est! And congrats on your happy relationship!

Chernarus State wrote:Welp, found out I'm going to be a full-fledged uncle: my sister confirmed her test last night

Congrats, Chernarus! I'm sure you'll be a great uncle!

Kalaron wrote:19 in two months and a day. :P

I'm turning 118 this year, so in terms of years, "y'all got nothing on me" (as I've heard some of the teens say). Though, I mentioned before that there isn't a strong relationship between an engine's age and their personality, so I don't really act 118. And I'm not even the oldest engine on Sodor; the oldest would be Stephen, who is 189 years old now.

Jaslandia, Varrick The Rich Guy, Penguania And Antarctica

Percyton wrote:I'm glad to hear the others are well. And I'd love to pull an excursion train when I get back! I'll try to come soon! And thanks for your support, Varrick! Hopefully we never need it, but it's nice to know that we have it. I met the Avatar once before, and she seemed cool. She was understandably confused by the idea of talking locomotives, but after she got over that, we got along quite well. I certainly would love to see her again, though hopefully not under such dire circumstances!

An important day in railway history for sure! Just as I did last year, I pulled a special passenger train from Tidmouth to Vicarstown earlier today to mark the occasion. Although this time, I triple-headed the train with Thomas and Gordon, so that was fun!

Welcome back, Est! And congrats on your happy relationship!

Congrats, Chernarus! I'm sure you'll be a great uncle!

I'm turning 118 this year, so in terms of years, "y'all got nothing on me" (as I've heard some of the teens say). Though, I mentioned before that there isn't a strong relationship between an engine's age and their personality, so I don't really act 118. And I'm not even the oldest engine on Sodor; the oldest would be Stephen, who is 189 years old now.

yey

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Kalaron wrote:19 in two months and a day. :P

And now I feel old; I'm turning 20 in November of this year.

Percyton wrote:

I'm turning 118 this year, so in terms of years, "y'all got nothing on me" (as I've heard some of the teens say). Though, I mentioned before that there isn't a strong relationship between an engine's age and their personality, so I don't really act 118. And I'm not even the oldest engine on Sodor; the oldest would be Stephen, who is 189 years old now.

Well, I don't feel so old now.

So, what's like being in existence for 118 years? You have seen so many things, and witnessed so many changes in society. When you were built, there was no TV, no cell phones, no airplanes, and cars were still in their infancy. How the world has changed!

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Jaslandia wrote:And now I feel old; I'm turning 20 in November of this year.

Well, I don't feel so old now.

So, what's like being in existence for 118 years? You have seen so many things, and witnessed so many changes in society. When you were built, there was no TV, no cell phones, no airplanes, and cars were still in their infancy. How the world has changed!

Honestly, I don't feel 118; not only do I still act like a young engine, but we engines are so busy with work, that the years seem to go by fast for us. And while I haven't seen all the changes in the world, since I can only go where the rails go, I have seen a lot: I've seen Percyton become more 'urbanized' (as Edward calls it when cities are bigger and have more people in them), I've seen World War II and the war industry come and go, I've seen more passengers with cell phones, and I've also seen our commuter and work-related traffic decline due to the rise of cars and planes (though we've made up for it with more tourist travelers, and we still have a decent number of people who use our trains to get to and from work). Still, a lot of things have stayed the same too: I work with many of the same engines as I did in the begining, the stations and rails haven't changed much, and the problems of the old days are still problems today (snow on the line, faulty signals, accidents and crashes, icy rails, etc.).

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:In the UK, nationalists refer to Scots, Welsh and Irish who want independence. This is often decried as xenophobic and terribly awful. British patriotism (that's the word always used) is purer than the driven snow, all about inclusiveness and is so elevated above all other nationalism that those who espouse it don't even recognise it as nationalism.

All mainstream British parties describe themselves as upholding the tennants of civic nationalism. The only reason it’s come to refer to the independence movement is because British nationalism has been bastardised by the National Front - now BNP - and the EDL.

Percyton wrote:Honestly, I don't feel 118; not only do I still act like a young engine, but we engines are so busy with work, that the years seem to go by fast for us. And while I haven't seen all the changes in the world, since I can only go where the rails go, I have seen a lot: I've seen Percyton become more 'urbanized' (as Edward calls it when cities are bigger and have more people in them), I've seen World War II and the war industry come and go, I've seen more passengers with cell phones, and I've also seen our commuter and work-related traffic decline due to the rise of cars and planes (though we've made up for it with more tourist travelers, and we still have a decent number of people who use our trains to get to and from work). Still, a lot of things have stayed the same too: I work with many of the same engines as I did in the begining, the stations and rails haven't changed much, and the problems of the old days are still problems today (snow on the line, faulty signals, accidents and crashes, icy rails, etc.).

Interesting. I guess the old saying is true: the more things change, the more they stay the same.

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Yukona wrote:All mainstream British parties describe themselves as upholding the tennants of civic nationalism. The only reason it’s come to refer to the independence movement is because British nationalism has been bastardised by the National Front - now BNP - and the EDL.

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Jaslandia wrote:Interesting. I guess the old saying is true: the more things change, the more they stay the same.

If things change, then how do things also stay the same?

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

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