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I was in Windsor, Ontario, Canada hanging out with a "neurotic jackass" aka my sister city aka Rodia.


Actually, I'm looking at a clock that says 9:30, and around this time on this day last year Cemthinae and I were zooming up I-75 toward Detroit, Michigan in my little Chevrolet Cavalier going about 90mph. Only one car passed us the entire way there.


:D:D:D

http://www.angelfire.com/indie/ladyro/windsor.html
http://www.angelfire.com/indie/ladyro/moot2.html
http://www.angelfire.com/indie/ladyro/moot3.html (All hail General Thaddeus Kosciuszko!!!!!!)

blah... I look awful.

Wahhhh...

That was the best day trip ever. The pictures aren't flattering but man...

We need more Ro&Ro moots. And I wasn't neurotic nor a jackass. I was just excited and tongue-tied. And you kept turning right.

Cemthinae: Okay, Kat, now turn left.
LoR: *turns right violently*
Cem:Okay....that means we have to go around the block again.
Ro: BUAHA
Cem: Here, turn left here, Kat.
LoR: *turns right*
Ro: BUAHAHA
Cem: That's all right...if you turn left at the next crossing we'll be okay...

*half an hour and about five turns right later, miles out of Windsor and heading towards Toronto*

Cem: Kat...please...last chance...get it right...I MEAN LEFT

Rodia wrote:

We need more Ro&Ro moots. And I wasn't neurotic nor a jackass. I was just excited and tongue-tied.

Rodia from 14-Dec-2003 wrote:

Even though I spent the best part of the moot behaving like a neurotic jackass, once Lady Ro started driving around and around and around the town I got sleepy, calmed down and was able to have a proper civil little conversation.

http://forums.tolkienonline.com/viewtop ... 40#3030740


We were... silly, to say the least.

And it's not my fault that left-turns aren't allowed in Windsor!!! Every freakin time you two wanted me to turn left, there was a sign that said "no left turn". And then the one time I did turn left, the Canadians behind me started honking the horn and making rude gestures. grr-face

I can't believe you bumped that thread.

[brain fade]

Was I not supposed to?

[/brain fade]

They're both insane...

Ro, befittingly, should start up the ringbearer congrats in Talk, if no one already has.

Given LoR's posting frequency, it might well run as long as Scribs did before the 10k is reached.

Aaah, but since it's not started by Erinhue or another mod-in-casual-clothes, or their buddies, it doesn't count...

Aglanor wrote:

Aaah, but since it's not started by Erinhue or another mod-in-casual-clothes, or their buddies, it doesn't count...

It's Ringbearer. It should count.


Can I have a party on TORC and on B77?


And Lidless, just because I lost my taste for spam doesn't mean I'm a bad person! Taking a shot at posting frequency...

Aglanor wrote:

another mod-in-casual-clothes,

I prefer the terms Mod in comfatable boots, or Mod in touch with their Modlarity, or even discussingsome Mods as carrots, some as sticks....

Or other root vegatables

I miss being a Mariner.

I'm lost without my little blue pointy compass/star.

My I be the first, either here or on TORC, to congratulate you on becoming Ringbearer.

And me the second? I'll leave you a TORC message as well...


:cheers

Cheers to the new Ringbearer of TORC!!! So where are you keeping that ring?

Oooh shiny.. :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Is there somewhere to leave congrats over there?

Congrats Lor .. not that I see it but I'm sure it's very becoming :mrgreen:

and just for fun.... this day in history (Dec 16) - any comments are tongue in cheek


1431 - King Henry VI of England crowned king of France (sorry Steph )
1538 - King Fran‡ois I orders renewed pursuit of Protestants .. yikes!!!!
1617 - Spanish viceroy Hernando Arias de Saavedra founds provinces R¡o de la Plata (Argentina)/Guaira (Paraguay) - go you Ber!!!
1631 - Mount Vesuvious, Italy erupts, destroys 6 villages & kills 4,000 - ouch!
1653 - Oliver Cromwell sworn in as English Lord Protector
1659 - General Monck demands free parliamentary election in Scotland
1689 - English Parliament adopts Bill of Rights after Glorious Revolution
1767 - Van Ritter von Glucks opera "Alceste" premiers - :
1773 - Big tea party in Boston harbor-indians welcome (Boston Tea Party)
1809 - Napoleon Bonaparte divorces Empress Josephine by French Senate .. am sure he was quite sorry later!
1811 - 8.0 earthquake shakes New Madrid, Missouri - never knew there was another Madrid (but then why not? Many names have been... erm.. transferred )
1824 - Great North Holland Canal opens - Aggie! What is that???
1835 - Fire consumes over 600 buildings in NYC - and then they started building taller
1838 - Boers beat Zulu chieftain Dingaan in South Africa po'ed
1858 - Dutch govt decides to vacate Schokland Island - another geography lesson is in order
1862 - Kingdom of Nepal accepts its constitution
1864 - Battle of Nashville ends after 4400 casualities
1877 - Anton Bruckner's 3rd Symphony in D, premieres - Anton who??
1880 - Republic of South-Africa forms - Hi Griff
1884 - Great Britain recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State - about time
1886 - Rift at Dutch Reformed Church over "Doleantie" - Aggie, Jae... translation??
1892 - Commencement of 1st Sheffield Shield cricket game, SA v NSW - :tired
1893 - Anton Dvorak's "New World Symphony" premieres - :mrgreen: Now that's a name I know!!!
1897 - 1st submarine with an internal combustion engine demonstrated - Hubby would be thrilled to know I'm sure
1903 - Majestic Theater, NYC, becomes 1st in US to employ women ushers bet ya their income soared
1905 - "Variety," covering all phases of show business, 1st published - no business like show business
1907 - Great White Fleet sails from Hampton Downs on it's World Cruise - the fleet did a world cruise? Nice vacation
1909 - US pressure forces Nicaraguan Pres Jos‚ Santos Zelaya from office - first story of success
1913 - Charlie Chaplin began his film career at Keystone for $150 a week
1915 - Albert Einstein publishes his "General Theory of Relativity"
1918 - Jack Dempsey KOs Carl Morris in 14 seconds Ouch!
1920 - 8.6 earthquake destroys 15,000ý miles (Kansu China); Over 180,000 die
1924 - Noel Coward's "Vortex," premieres in London - another one to look up
1926 - Darius Milhauds opera "Le Pauvre Matelot," premieres in Paris - this is getting real embarassing
1931 - German SPD begins Eiserne Front against fascism
1932 - Heavy earthquake ravages Kansu China, 70,000 killed
1933 - Abe de Vries & Sipke Castelein win Elfstedentocht :ask:
1936 - John Monks/Fred Finklehoff's "Brother Rat," premieres in NYC
1940 - British air raid on Mannheim
1941 - Sarawak occupied by Japanese -such a beautiful place
1942 - Hitler orders combat against partisans in Russia & Balkan
1944 - Battle of Bulge begins in Belgium
1944 - Gen Eisenhower's clerk Rickey marries corporal Pearlie
1944 - German V-2 strikes Antwerp bioscope (638 kill)
1944 - US 2nd Inf division occupies "Heartbreak Crossroads" Wahlerscheid
1950 - "Let's Make an Opera" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 5 perfs - I guess no one took the free tickets
1950 - Truman proclaims state of emergency against "Communist imperialism"
1953 - 1st White House Press Conference (Pres Eisenhower & 161 reporters)
1953 - Charles E Yeager fly > 2,575 kph in Bell X-1A
1956 - "Fanny" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 888 performances
1959 - Snow falling in Lowarai Pass West Pakistan kills 48
1960 - "Wildcat" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 172 performances
1960 - TWA 266 & United 826 collide over Staten Island, kills 134
1962 - David Lean's "Lawrence of Arabia" premieres
1962 - Nepal gets constitution/becomes Constitutional Hindu Monarchy
1964 - US performs nuclear test at Pacific Ocean
1965 - Gemini 6 returns to Earth
1965 - Pioneer 6 launched into solar orbit
1965 - Taufa'ahau Tupou IV, becomes King of Tonga
1966 - Beatles release "Everywhere its Christmas" in UK - missed that one it seems
1966 - Jimi Hendrix Experience releases its 1st single, "Hey Joe," in the UK
1969 - Brit House of Commons votes 343-185 abolishing the death penalty
1969 - "War is Over! If You Want It, Happy Christmas from John & Yoko" posters begin appearing :mrgreen:
1970 - 1st successful landing on Venus (USSR) - did they find any sirens?
1970 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - they 'made' some sirens
1971 - Bangladesh (East Pakistan) declares independence from Pakistan
1971 - India's army occupies Dacca, West Pakistani troops surrenders
1972 - Bangladesh Constitution goes into effect
1973 - US kidnap victem Paul Getty III freed - just barely remember that drama
1974 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1974 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR - titt for tatt
1976 - Govt halts swine flu vaccination prog following reports of paralysis - and now they're making quintuple shots po'ed
1976 - Liberian tanker stranded at Nantucket, 180,000 barrels oil in sea
1978 - Ronald Reagan denounces Pres Jimmy Carter's recognition of China PR
1983 - Spokesperson for The Who announces the group is disbanding
1985 - Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-L mission -
1988 - Political cult leader Lyndon LaRouche convicted of tax, mail fraud - guess they had to hang him on something
1991 - UN reverses ruling that Zionism is racism by 111-25 (13 abstain) vote
1997 - President Clinton names his Labrador retriever, "Buddy" - who cares?? :mrgreen:

Just re-iterating.... not personal in any way

Alandriel wrote:

1824 - Great North Holland Canal opens - Aggie! What is that???

Our biggest weed transplantation. Also used for mudwrestle movies and huge orgies...


Seriously: It's either the canal running horizontal that connects the North Sea with the Ysselmeer (that big lake) or the vertical canal that runs from that other canal to the North where our marine force is located. Both are used for trade. If I'm correct. Ironically, in history class we mostly talked about foreign history...

Alandriel wrote:

1886 - Rift at Dutch Reformed Church over "Doleantie" - Aggie, Jae... translation??

Not. A. Clue.

Alandriel wrote:

1933 - Abe de Vries & Sipke Castelein win Elfstedentocht :ask:

w00tw00t!!1

The 'Elfstedentocht" (Tour of 11 Cities, loosely translated) is a big Dutch event in Northeastern Holland (the province of Friesland to be precise). In the winter when the rivers freeze, a big iceskatingtour is held that runs through those 11 cities. Not sure how long it is exactly, but it's quite impressive. Has been cancelled the last few years, because of soft winters...


Cool stuff, Alandriel!! :mrgreen:

Is it just me, or has TORC gone downhill big time. Just 7 posts in 7 odd hours for the latest ringbearer, nothing in Talk I'd want to post to, about two threads in Movies of interests.

...and to top it off, TWat's thread in Talk re the ROTK:EE

Maybe I'm biased. Maybe I'm not.

Lidless wrote:

...and to top it off, TWat's thread in Talk re the ROTK:EE

It's good to see I'm not alone in my complete frustration over this. I may mail the mods later on, asking to put it to movies.

I've only been posting in my own thread lately, and hardly see any change coming...

You're right Steve.

From my p.o.v. it's got something to do with the fact that most of my friends are posting more over here. Hence the obscene post-count increases on the B77 side of the fence. :mrgreen:

And as for that ROTK EE thread in Talk sums it up really. not that i could even join in if I wanted to - at this rate I'll be writing off the money spent on amazon and hunting for a copy in the Christmas sales.

Ag - I think the Mods should be mailed straight away with that.

( can you tell I'm not very pro-TWT? :mrgreen: )

I'm sorry that TORC is so dead suddenly ... I still have friends there that is not on B77, so for the time being I've got a foot in both messageboards