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Today it is exactly 100 years ago that the shots in Sarajevo on Franz Ferdinand, the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, happened. In a series of events, made possible mostly by a series of incompetent political decisions, it is recognised as the starting point that launched the first world war. As horrible as it was, it was in essence a trench war; meaning that there was some time for shenanigans behind the lines[^]. Although I think people still are being killed from unexploded shells...
Other earth shattering events that has formed the history on the date 28 june:
28. june 1389 The Serbian king Lazar was beaten outside Kosovo by the Ottomans.
28. june 1709 The Swedish king Karl XII is defeated in Poltava (Ukraine) by Peter the Great's army
28. june 1919 the Germans are forced to sign the Versailles treaty, that eventually launches the second world war.
So, lets hope none of you (or anybody else for that matter) does something equally stupid today... 
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Really boared were they? 
If first you don't succeed, hide all evidence you ever tried!
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Seem to be, although I find the antiquated gas masks more hilarious. 
It should be easy to spot look a likes 
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Sep 25, 1958: World War I formally ended between Andorra and Germany. (though I had heard that they formally met with German officials to end WWI and immediately signed up for WWII. Since their entire military budget for 1962 was $4.90 I would imagine the enemy weren't exactly frightened...
Costa Rica on the other hand is still technically at war with Germany since they did not attend the Treaty of Versailles (and that meant they didn't declare war on Germany for WWII either, because it seemed unnecessary so weren't included in the peace for that one either!)
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Andorra, they didn't have a border with the occupying German forces did they. It was the Vichy government that had that border.
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Andorians[^] are very good at fighting cold wars.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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Well, I wonder where you Americans got your imagination from  ; Disneyland with "castles", Towns with significant "historical" roots
As we on the subject or barely significant history; did you know that the Vatican was made a country during Mussolini's rule?
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Kenneth Haugland wrote: Vatican was made a country
I would have made it a mall.
![Badger | [badger,badger,badger,badger...]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/badger.gif)
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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About 1000 or so is living there; I guess thats a normal mall in US? (In Norway a normal mall in a big city has about 10 - 15 permanent inhabitants in their teens, or so it seems.
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So is Frigidaire and I think they're bigger.
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It's time again for the usual July 4th week vacation! This time we are going to Albuquerque and Santa Fe, NM. We have a day trip scheduled to Durango, CO. It's my second time there, and I hope this time is as enjoyable as the first. Too bad such a lovely trip must be endured with traveling companions (brother in-law and father in-law) who don't stop talking for more than a few seconds at a time.
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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First thing I thought about[^]
Make sure to turn left at Albuquerque!
It's an OO world.
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
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kmoorevs wrote: brother in-law and father in-law
Drop them off at Roswell so they can catch the next flight home.
What we got here is a failure to communicate
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I like being around people who talk a lot. Gives me the opportunity to sit quietly, space out and get lost in my own thoughts!
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Really? Is Chrome all that much faster that Google has to shove that message in my face every single day? And on a machine that already has Chrome too (as well as three other browsers).
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It doesn't do that to me - It sits there, it browses the web, it looks good, it works.
Where is it shoving the message from?
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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it doesn't do it to me, either.
But I'm on a Mac 
PooperPig - Coming Soon
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It's a lot faster, because, if you're using chrome, three-quarters of your system resources aren't dedicated to trying to con you into using chrome.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I never see that either.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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If you would like to receive alerts when the ISS is passing overhead go to http://spotthestation.nasa.gov/[^] and sign up with your location.
It is interesting to see it passing overhead knowing that there people on board. You'll be amazed at how fast it is traveling.
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
I would agree with you but then we both would be wrong.
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
I'm on-line therefore I am.
JimmyRopes
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Not a lot of use to me at the moment:
"No sightings at this location for this period.
(Friday Jun 27, 2014 through Sunday Jul 13, 2014)"
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Be patient. It will eventually pass overhead. 
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
I would agree with you but then we both would be wrong.
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
I'm on-line therefore I am.
JimmyRopes
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Two weeks? Two weeks?
That's, like, forever, man.:StupidRisingToneAtEndOfSentence:
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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OriginalGriff wrote: Two weeks? Two weeks?
That's, like, forever, man.
Take a deep breath and step away from the keyboard. 
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
I would agree with you but then we both would be wrong.
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
I'm on-line therefore I am.
JimmyRopes
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Damn.
I was hoping for a photoshopped Where's Wally, with a to-scale space station.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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