Gaius Octavius
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There was/is a radio program called the 'Art Bell Show'. There were many 'reports' by some, that they had seen 'were' dogs in Ohio.
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Barry Bonds, Clemens, Giambi, etc., are on steroids. Right? That's a badie. Left!
1. The Yankee Stadium was built for my personal hero, Babe Ruth.
2. The pitchers' mound raised.
3. The balls and bats 'adjusted'.
4. A ball hit 6" off the ground on the fair side of the base and lands foul is a hit. On the exact same trajectory but 10' in the air - foul.
5. Strike zone from ankles to nose for one umpire; belly button to crotch for another.
6. Foul territory in one park, and you need a cab to cover it. In another, you need a seat in the stands.
7. Strike for a good pitcher; ball for a good batter.
8. On a DP, the runner is out at 2nd, if the fielder is somewhere in the country.
9. C.C. Sabathia 1-6, and can barely pitch 6 innings, is witching about $100 million? Johnny Vander Meer who pitched back to back no hitters and did duty in both ends of a double header had to sell apples in the off season.
10. A reliever who pitches one inning and can't go again for a few days.
And Barry Bonds can't get a job. And that
CENSORED 
congress is looking into steroids? Look at what the owners did. They're the ones who wanted the homers.Gaius has to take his necessary medication. A couple more shots. god "Damn Yankees" give me no solace at all! (Watch out, you delinquent penciltucky farmer!)
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I see that you are off of your necessary lithium - again!
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How is it known that she was/is a 'Lady'? That term is flung around much too gratuitously these days. He might have been treating her as he would a child. If she were properly dressed for the time, she would have had a dress and nylons between her knee and his hand. Or, maybe her knee was a treasure.
Come on F., you did get a shoulder when you took the 'wheel of your brand new Oldsmobile'.
Oh dear GO you really have no idea what 'properly dressed for the times meant do you?
http://www.jamd.com/search?assettype=g&...n+bakewell%2522
Now from my perspective all I can say is
I might be going back a little more.
London, si; Wall St., no. But, then there was that babe with the tremendous bazooms who used to hang out on the Sub-Treasury steps.
Anyway, my Illegitimate Mother had to ask the Old Man for PERMISSION to wear slacks in the office! Phelps, Fenn imported British knockouts as receptionists. These babes didn't have to wear anything above the knees.
While I'm at it, my Illegitimate Father, when giving me a substantial dressing down for some minor indiscretion, would put his arm over my shoulders. If I knew what was in my best interests, I had to go to Trinity Church with him after meetings on Wednesdays. Neither of us belonged to the Episky operation.
Gaius the Damned
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You mean Indiana Jones does not really exist? Like Santa Claus? Dang it! What can I believe in that actually exists any more?
The Holy Roman Catholic Church?
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What were the levers and their supports made of? Were the sailors having an eXpresso when the claw hit?
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At one time, the Romans used dogs (Present day Neapolitan Mastiffs?) to commence an attack. When and where? And why were they given up?
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"Military Channel - 9:00 am
Next showing: The Claw Greek genius Archimedes creates a secret weapon that plucks Roman warships from the sea." (From the G-Man)
Considering the weight of a warship, or any ship for the matter, was it really possible for the claw to lift a ship out of the water?
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How is it known that she was/is a 'Lady'? That term is flung around much too gratuitously these days. He might have been treating her as he would a child. If she were properly dressed for the time, she would have had a dress and nylons between her knee and his hand. Or, maybe her knee was a treasure.
Come on F., you did get a shoulder when you took the 'wheel of your brand new Oldsmobile'.
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We hope to someday review and interview other aspriing writers within our ranks, Augusta.
Yeah, Tattletale, what's up with your novel? Have you sold it to 'Sex in the City'?
I'll interview you.
Cecil, etc.
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'Екатерин'
Ekatarinburgh! Shades of St. Nicholas II.
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Cool! I think that I recognize some of my ancestors.
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I clicked on 'Europe'. Then I clicked on the bit on the toolbar at the top of the page, where it said 'postcode, search' etc. thinking that the Roman name of Barrow-in-Furness would appear. To my surprise I was directed to lots of photographs of attractive young women with slavic sounding names! Very odd..
http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/country/dgb2.html
Click on the one closest to you. Maybe Leeds?
If you don't succeed, make enquiry of Pope Mal(icious)adict.
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Indiana Jones isn't the real thing? I am totally disfracted!
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And mine is: Nemo Me impune lacesit (No one, but no one, insults me, and gets away with it.)
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At one time the Romans had camel units. (I don't know if they were Roman or allies.) Were they used in battle? If so, how? Any battle(s) in particular? Ditto, elephants. Could it be that the Romans did not expand their own cavalry arm because of the terrain they generally fought on? (At one time, each legionary was was trained in horsemanship.) At Zama, Scipio manhandled Hannibal's elephants quite easily.
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I also took for granted that ancient people were just not as tall as modern people (due to diet and such), and I was somewhat surprised to read that "the Roman inhabitants were on average a bit taller than the modern Neapolitans."
Ah, but just how tall are the modern Neapolitans, eh?
-- Nephele
Can't help you there. But, this Wednesday is Holey Sfachemes Day in Napoli.
I'm sure they have good cause to celebrate. If it wasn't for sfacheme, the descendants of the ancient Romans (tall or short) wouldn't be here today.
-- Nephele
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I also took for granted that ancient people were just not as tall as modern people (due to diet and such), and I was somewhat surprised to read that "the Roman inhabitants were on average a bit taller than the modern Neapolitans."
Ah, but just how tall are the modern Neapolitans, eh?
-- Nephele
Can't help you there. But, this Wednesday is Holey Sfachemes Day in Napoli.
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For whom the coming US General Election is a foregone conclusion consider these recent elections and new governments in Europe:
Germany - Merkel (conservative)
France - Sarkozy (conservative)
Italy - Berlusconi (conservative)
Britain - Labor gets Old (?conservative?)
Faustus
The first two are not conservative in the American sense. They would be hanged if they were. berlusconi is a traitor and convicted criminal. He is a conservative in the American sense.
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Wasn't there a financial qualification to be in the Senate?
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Let them abolish the income tax and replace it with various "health taxes." I'd rather people be punished for eating junk food than for the simple fact of having a high income.
I have waited a while before answering this inane post. It is obviously from one without a clue about American history. It is my fondest, fervent wish that he eat none but imported foods, particularly the oriental slops. I wish the same for any medicine that he will, hopefully, need. Had he a 'high income', taxes wouldn't trouble him. He wouldn't pay any. I don't. Yes, I am having a couple of brews - the kind he can't afford. Do your damndest. With my permission, of course. For more ammo, check my blog.
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Supposedly with cheaper Sicilian grain overflowing the Roman capital, and the Roman farmer turned into landless proles with the majority of the land concentrated inthe hands of the few...
This sounds like Mommsen again. Since Mommsen's time, new archaeological evidence has shown evidence of widespread smallholdings (aka, peasant farming) before, during, and after (1) the import agreement with Sicily and (2) the Punic Wars. For a systematic look at this issue, see Nate Rosenstein's Rome at War. The idea that the Roman farmer was turning into landless proletarii is the biggest myth of the history of the middle republic (except maybe the one about Rome salting the earth at Carthage).
Without defining 'small holding', i.e., keeping body and soul in touch, how can anyone get anywhere here? 23 jugera? One jugera? Tenant farmer? How does one know that this 'new' information, (that is not from primary sources), is nothing more than propaganda? I hope that none will ever have the temerity to use Mommsen as a source, on any matter, again!
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Dogs.
in Gloria Exercitus - 'Glory of the Army'
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Don't know how reliable this is:
"Throughout History, canines have been a vital element of warfare. In the early days of the Roman Empire, almost 2000 years ago, dogs were outfitted with armor and trained to attack the enemy. Great leaders like Fredrick the Great and Napoleon have also used wardogs in their military operations. And more recently, in the Civil War, WWI, WWII, and the Vietnam War, individual dogs have become so courageous that they have been reccomended for the Silver Star and countless Purple Hearts."
From: http://militaryhistorypodcast.blogspot.com...ogs-of-war.html