Tully Mars

Romania?

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Shell

...south of 45?

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uncle phil

are you in Tsarskoe Selo?

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BadNick

right, Tul...I'm in Romania

Shell, I'm north of the 45

unc, I'm not rushin' to get there since I think Tsarskoe Selo is in Russia

So I'm in Romania, a famous person was born in this town, the person's ethnic heritage is like mine, and the name of the town is closely connected to my name, not "Nick" but as it is in the particular ethnic language.

uncle phil

brasov?

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

Shell

...pervertov?

...ok, i'll behave

...omg, it wouldn't be the birthplace of Count Dracula in Bucharest would it? Wait...you share the same ethnic heritage???

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uncle phil

onesti, previously named gheorghe gheorghiu-dej?

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
-----------------------------------------
never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

BadNick

none of those, though the Dracula connection is close to my bloody heart. Btw, Shell, I'm a nice normal guy not a perv.

clue: music

uncle phil

salzburg?

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
-----------------------------------------
never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

Shell

...George Enescu born in Liveni?

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BadNick

none of those, though unc may know I was born very near Salzburg.

clue: my heritage is Hungarian

uncle phil

salzburg was part of the HRE before it became austria...i was thinking of wolfgang amadeus...

no clue...

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
-----------------------------------------
"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
-----------------------------------------
never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

Shell

...Franz Liszt? Doborjan?

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BadNick

Nope none of those.

The person who was born in the town I'm in is often considered one of the most significant Hungarian composers, along with Liszt. The connection to my name I mentioned before is that the name of this town is connected to my name in Hungarian. All that Hungarianism but as already nailed down by Tully, the town in in Romania.

Shell

...Hadyn was born just over the border...in austria...so it can't be him...or does close to the border count?

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BadNick

"close but no cigar"

"close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades"

...though Karen Carpenter seems to disagree


...sorry Shell

Shell

...Ferenc Erkel, composer of your National Anthem born in Gyula?

(awww...that youtube was bittersweet...such beautiful music from a beautiful lady who, sadly, didn't think she was at all attractive. That is a very unusual video clip in that she usually hid herself behind the drums when she sang)

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squeeeb

you are in Nagyszentmiklós, birthplace of hungarian composer Bela Bartok

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onward to mayhem!

BadNick

OK squeeeb!!! you found me. Good job....though this seems too fun to be a "job". You're up next, go hide.

My name "Nicholas" is the anglicized conversion of the Hungarian "Miklós" since when I was in kindergarden the teacher asked if Miklós was Michael or Nicholas and I correctly told her Nicholas.

The town where the great Hungarian composer Bela Bartok was born is Nagyszentmiklós which means Big St. Nicholas. Shell's earlier guess of a Dracula hit close to home since Bela Lugosi was a Hungarian actor famous for his portrayal of Count Dracula....it was funny as a kid watching his Dracula movies and hearing him talk Hungarian in the film.

Jetée

well, as I aspire to be a Romantic language expertise shifter who also speaks German & Japanese (what's that 11 languages? wow), I put forth the contention that you are masquerading the Balle as Nicolae Bretan, and therefore, you must be within the limits of his birthtown, Nasaud.


Colibita Lake, Bistrita Nasaud, Romania

Am I correct in my assertion and caught my whopper at last, or should I continue to go fish?

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Shell

...alas, nicholas, has already crowned
squeeeb the winner...and to think i was
JUST getting ready to offer sexual favors
in return for the crown...

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BadNick

A beautiful place and great guess, Jetée, though your timing is somewhat fishy

ahh, the fishy beauty of such favors is beyond my grasp! Mind if I at least take a smell?

Shell

...you had your chance...

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BadNick

so I was just sniffing up that palm...I wonder where in the world has it been that I enjoyed it so much?

Jetée

I take quite a while to finalize a post. (it took the above 25 min. to post, while my most recent post elsewhere took upwards of an hour to securely convey my message.)

I'm a mess.

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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves.

—Mohandas K. Gandhi

Shell

...it's an amazing post, jetee...beautiful location...
...worthy of another look
...it doesn't matter that you lost this one...you're in good company
...speaking of good company...tully and phil missed out too

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Tully Mars

We shall see what happens with squeeeb, is this going to be a pattern? If so I may make more of an effort.

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Jetée

What pattern is that of which of you speak? I took a hiatus for the last four or five pages.

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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves.

—Mohandas K. Gandhi

Shell

::::Where In The World Am I::::::::::::::INTERMISSION:::::::::::::Where In The World Am I::::

...okay, BadNick, i saw that comment above...payback time...remember you promised me you'd watch one of my chick
flicks?...haha...noooo, i would NEVER forget THAT...so...here it is...one of my favorite scenes from a favorite chick flick, "The Notebook"...so get your barfbag ready, pepto-bismol, whatever you need...but WATCH IT!...you MUST! (must i handcuff you?)
(i should put this in the thread called "I want one"...i sure could use a kiss in the rain like this one...)

...WAIT!...i owe Tully a punishment too...although i don't think this is quite what he had in mind

...DISCLAIMER: this has about a dozen little reboots in the beginning but they stop as soon as she starts feeding the swans so hang in there! It's worth it...well, i think so anyway...OH C'MON, YOU CAN DO THIS!

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::INTERMISSION ENTERTAINMENT::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

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Shell

::::Where In The World:::::::::::::::::INTERMISSION:::::::::::::::::::::Where In The World::::

...would anyone like a glass of some fabulous wine (my fave) during Intermission until Squeeeb gets back? The name is Pouilly-Fuisse and is a White Burgundy from the Chardonnay grape. The Vineyard is Louis-Jadot in France....enjoy!

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Jetée

wait, why can she doublepost and I cannot?

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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves.

—Mohandas K. Gandhi

BadNick

I promise I'll watch that flick, Shell, a little later today. I'm quite familiar with Pouilly-Fuisse, I've even had that specific one. I really like the subtle dry fruitiness a lot, and it doesn't have the "hit you over the head with an oak barrel" character of too many California chardonnays, though it seems they are finally drifting away from that trendy pattern.

Jetée,
Shell may be too new to have seen the most aggregious and prolific double-posting this side of the O.K. Corral, when you were doing that a while back, I think it was in the "longest" thread. I still don't know how you did that.

Good luck, Tully.

OK, sqeeeb, come out of the woodwork!

uncle phil

'cause she's special...

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
-----------------------------------------
"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
-----------------------------------------
never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

Shell

...i'm still clueless about protocol here in many areas but may i ask...what exactly do you mean when you say you cannot doublepost? Do you mean it's not suppose to be technically possible? Or do you mean that the administration doesn't allow it? Or do you mean it's bad manners? Technically, i have no problem. If it's not allowed or if it's bad manners i'll not do it.

...i had another person comment to me "too much jargon, oust her"...my comment was only 3 lines long. I figured he was just being mean to me. But is it frowned upon here to comment as much as i am in this very post?

...be patient with my growing pains please...plus females are sensitive...well, so is uncle phil...he's always "cryin' me a river"...what a baby... (we luvya unc)

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Tully Mars

Where did this happen?

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uncle phil

and who "said" it?

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
-----------------------------------------
"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
-----------------------------------------
never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

Jetée

One

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Two

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Three

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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves.

—Mohandas K. Gandhi

Tully Mars

Two?

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Jetée

Four (is this really how you spell it? It looks so weird right now)

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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves.

—Mohandas K. Gandhi

Tully Mars

Four?

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Six?

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Eight?

What do you speak of mate?

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