Gaius Octavius

Oddly enough, I just got a present of a new brush, mug and soap to replace my 'Old Spice' equipment. The soap and brush are much better than that other stuff. I still have my father's straight edge, stone and strop. Never tried it. Some have suggested that I use it in more - shall I say - daring way. Pantagathus, before you plunk down $30 for that one, I am sure that you can get a later, less expensive double edge Gillete holder.

Iupiter forefend that IT should ever find out about my personal WMD - flatulence! -_- I announce an omen - I have just imagined a WMD.

That guy is GOOD! Very GOOD! Liked the bit about his parents never meeting.

Don't know which replay was watched, but the neo-Romans, playing a man short, won that kick fair and square. :punk: :bag:

Think in terms of a board with nails. A puddy tat. Two Jack Russells! They'll clean out the neighborhood of the ferocious tree rats. As a last resort, there is my cousin's wife, Tex.... :sniper: She snuffed an elk once for peeking in her window! A couple of likered up Apaches almost bought the farm. :2guns:

If it helps you any, the Chinese called Emesa, Su-fu.

At Rome & China there are a number of writings by various Chinese authors reporting on the relations between these two countries. They describe the geography between Syria and China; the culture and habits of the various peoples; the cities and their rulers; and the engineering in in these cities. Accounts are given for the period 166 A.D. to 1333 A.D. Ta-ts'n or Li-kan is Roman Syria. In 166 A.D., An-tun (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus) is said to have sent an embassy to China. "From that time dates the direct intercourse with this country". In another report for the same year, Ts'in-lun, a (Roman) merchant of Li-kan, (presumably on an embassy and perhaps the same one) reached Cochin-China where its prefect sent him to the court of the Chinese Emperor, Sun-ch'uan, who aked him to draw up a report on the Roman Empire. In 643 A.D., Constans II Pogonatus is reported to have sent an embassy to China. The Chinese report that at Fu-lin (Byzantium), "They have clever physicians, who by opening the brain and extracting worms, can cure mu-sheng (a sort of blindness)", i.e., trepanny. There is a clepsydra(?) with twelve golden balls which fall to the side of a golden man and tell the hour accurately. Crossing the desert south of Constantinople (sic), one comes to the two countries of Kush where the black natives are most violent. Illicit 'intercourse' is practiced on these natives to show who is master. One out of every seven days they (Romans) refrain from business and carouse all night. In 1333 A.D., Pope John XXII is said to have aappointed a replacement archbishop to Peking. Presumably, a Christian community existed there and/or the archbishop was a Papal ambassador. A sea voyage from India(?) to Li-kan is said to be three years long. Is a voyage around Africa contemplated? In all, it was a difficult read for me, as the Chinese names did nothing but confuse me. But the lists of animals (a sheep whose belly is attached to the earth), building materials, and trade goods was fascinating. A 'Buddda", said to be Christ, was reported. Except for the sentence quoted in the second paragraph above, there seems to be no other direct statements as to relations between the two states. Nonetheless, it appears that these two nations were in direct contact with each other.

Neo Romans 1; Aussiees 0 Britania 1; Ecuador zip

That goes a long way towards explaining Brooklyn's gull's operations. They must be eating those goodies and dropping the digested bits ON MY CHARIOT! Who cares about L.A. anyway!

Thanks Romans for BBC 7. Try this one from the BBC. Appropriate for this site and ancient history in general: Virtual Tour of Housesteads Maybe BBC Heaven!

Good, my Lord Melchett, We are amused with your translation. As a matter of fact, We appreciate your rendition more than Ours! Surprised?

Ah, yes, the furry flying frisky fir tree rat. ^_^ Not too common in these parts any longer, as a result of the predations of errant nippers using them for target practice. Not a difficulty at all.

Your medical lexicon is indeed extensive and quite astounding! Scientifically known as Arboratus Ratus. My brother exterminates the little varmints in his leisure. :sniper: My cousin, in Texass, a practicing member of PETA (People who Eat Tasty Animals), blasts the perky little critters to glory and then makes a meal of them. :2guns:

I have some of the photographic letters sent from over seas during WWII. They were censored, but the writers let one know what was going on. "Send me some... and a...." "God, I am wet."

I can't agree more with these comments. It seems to get worse every day. Computer and telephone survailance yesterday. Today, bank transactions. Unlawful FISA searches of anything. Is someone looking at these blogs? Will 'they' now search tax returns in retribution? I'd always thought that one of the functions of the Supreme Court was to expand upon OUR liberties and freedoms and not to curb them. Legislation is written with the intent to obfuscate, and allow anyone who can afford the lawyer who wrote it, to find 'his' loop holes. If one of the poloi goes to a traffic court, he is damned. If some politicos steal from the public treasury, or work a shakedown scheme, they get a slap on the wrist, at most, but even if the 'sentence' is a bit of soft time at a country club, they'll be out for good behavior or 'health' reasons in a trice. How could our politicos find the time to oversee anything, or find the time to read the legislation they effect when they are much too busy filling their pockets with the gold from their shakedown operations? Ever notice that the ones who prattle on the most about freedom and liberty and The Constitution are the same who trample on them the most?

Of course not. I, for one, would simply ask what kind of potable you had with it and if you got the eyes. Neos, we know of the lassie situation, but where is the luggage abiding now?

If you can, post a picture of said tatoo and environs.

Perchance you refer to a certain group of warmonger's offspring?

No need for insalubrious self-flagellation , surely the Evil Genius aka E.Blackadder will return to offer more mesocricetic metaphysical expostulations.Or my name is not Melchett. Your polytropic instictions do you great credit, sir. One questions whether they would obtain the applause of Dr. Johnson or his student, Mr. Webster. Metagrammatism, dysmetria and myomantic claudication seem to have taken a hold on your person. At this juncture, good sir, I would like to take the liberty of recalling to your attention the fact that you have as yet to take up the gauntlet in re 'that'. -_- E. Black Adder

My dear Lost_Warrior, our patience is terminated. One would have hoped that sooner, rather than later, you would have been so kind as to decipher that patois and so doing, relieve my growing anxiety Please accept this as your warrant to perform such service. E. Black Adder