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  1. Gaius Octavius

    Nursery Crimes

    WAR! This means war! Unrestricted! No farthing given! Out skien dhu's, and to work with all!
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    MiG-15

    Depending on the situation, a slower plane can knock out a faster plane - and did. The Russians didn't come in until Stalin got tired of supplying the gooks and Chinese with coffins.
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    MiG-15

    Almost? The USAF controlled the skies over N.K. Pyongyang got the Tokyo treatment. It was exceptionally difficult to tell a crisp gook from a crisp Russian - they went down, in glory, over enemy territory. And usually high-tailed it to China when the Yanks showed up. The enemy never went south of the lines - if they knew what was in their best interests. The 'kill' count was heavily in favor of the USAF. The only point I tried to make, is that the planes were similar in design.
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    MiG-15

    The MIG-15 and the Sabrejet were almost carbon copies.
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    Sale!

    "Medicating"? Did you mean 'meditating' - on all sorts of capricious twaddle? Or, are you simply unknowingly 'feeding' me?
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    Sale!

    How about a swap: a copy of my own work " - I Made $100 in Real Estate" for a copy of your "Monograph "? [Could I still buy a stamp with 100 bucks?] If you act quickly I'll include two of my latest: " - Tax Shelters for the Poor " [dubya gave me a copy!] and " - How to Convert your Family Room into a Garage " [Need a whole basement for my Pleasure Barge!] What say ye? Faustus But, I am an easy mark. Throw in one billion air miles so that I can get from La Guardia to Republic to commit some nefarious crime, and you have a deal! While you are at it, throw in some pre-certified rebates - so that I can get the dynamite on the prop-job.
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    New Job

    Fiji will never be the same - fewer heads.
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    The Library Blues

    M., you'll never find it. He sabotaged the Swindon 'round-about' - just to get at Americans driving Pleasure Barges!
  9. I am really going out on a limb here: They also dug a tunnel to get sea water in to flood the 'lake'. They built two moles to allow warships to enter the lake to shelter during storms. A series of special arches were built on the moles so that these ships could be dragged into the lake. Wooden bridges were constructed between the moles. Still doesn't answer your specific questions. Personally, I think that the legionaries did the work.
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    identify this item?

    7 cm. is almost twice the length of the picture. Pretty big 'coin'. The 'B' is rather odd. The edges seem too regular for a 'coin' of that metal. Are you sure that it doesn't have something to do with a WWI shell? The next time you pick something up in Flanders Fields, you had better be sure of what it is, or you may wind up in Potter's Field!
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    Pans Labyrinth

    I guess that one has to be an A/K in this world - or a politician.
  12. Gaius Octavius

    Proto-Romance and Romance Languages

    "The number for us would probably be closer to 20." Would you kindly list them DoLl?
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    Proto-Romance and Romance Languages

    Some linguistic scholar has held that a tounge that has poetry, (songs?), and a literature of its own, constitutes a language. Isn't Mozarabic a Roman Catholic Church (sorry) Rite and not a language? Doesn't the unworthy R.C.C. preserve and maintain at least three forms of Latin that, (to me), don't seem to be included in their listing?
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    Diocletianus price edict.

    The question then is, how many death penalties were executed?
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    Diocletianus price edict.

    Absolutely wrong! Price controls always work for the controllers. That's why governments attempt to interfere with price controls by attempting to control prices.
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    Sale!

    F., is yours a 'solo' work, or a collaboration with others? Will consider your offer. And, of course, will KIM.
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    Patricii!

    #1 - you studying away. #2 - my 'shame' for having missed you. #3 - my complimentary close.
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    Sander van Dorst.

    C., I was not trying to 'prove' anything. I obviously have not made myself clear. But, then it should be obvious from all my posting, that I am an idiot. What I have drawn from you, is that once a battle plan, for all legions, in all eras, was formulated, that that was that, and the 'commander' might just as well have gone to a movie. I see that the Romans only went after an area, only if there was a city involved. Not that it's worth anything, but that is fine by me. Gaius, now exits - stage wrong.
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    Monday Cars

    Wrong? Thought that I was agreeing with you. Anyway, what in particular, did I say that was 'wrong'? Just underline the item.
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    Pans Labyrinth

    You sound (to me) as if you feel that there is some shame attached to being unemployed. There ain't none! I get the impression that you have served your nation in its armed forces. There ain't no shame in picking up an unemployment check - even if you didn't serve - you and your family have paid for it. If you feel that you are a leech on this account, then observe your politicos who do it in a grand manner. Your age may be kicking in. One of your former supervisors, justly or unjustly, may have it 'in' for you.
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    Sander van Dorst.

    Lots of good info. Still doesn't answer my hypothetical.
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    Monday Cars

    Bingo!, C., and as I am sure that you are well aware, one must consider the condition of 'sheen, road, and person behind the wheel. Yet, that only accounts for the 'speeder' and not the idiot (me) ahead, alongside or behind. In NYC, we still have roads that were built for no more than 15-20 MPH. Race car drivers are driving under ideal known conditions with well tuned 'sheens and competitors. I'd bet that they are never pulled over - too ascared of the competition, which might have a pistola handy. I used to teach 'driving'. I'd always tell the student that I could show him how to pass a driving test in a couple of hours, but that it would take him years to learn how to drive. (P.S., I like your blog. Chance for an education and to have a little fun. Keep scribbling!)
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    Credit Problems.

    Just in case any of you are stuck in a 'credit crunch', this may be helpful - particularly the end of the program. http://www.myamerica2008.org/
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    Monday Cars

    Let me help you, DoLl. If any of 'the boys' see NY "SPQR" on the King's Highway, whilst fooling around in their Used Yugos, they had better steer clear. BTW, C, what I enjoy seeing is someone tooling down the road in his speed 'sheen. Usually has a trooper on his tail; or is later seen in a ditch, on his roof, with the wheels spinning, and an ambulance coming. Most idiots only know how to step on the pedal. Things such as brakes, steering, tires, and suspensions never cross their brain cell.
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    Sale!

    Nobody loves me? OK, I'll throw in 1,000 Green Stamps!
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