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Start here => What's your crime? Basic Discussion => Topic started by: Christopher McCandless on November 17, 2007, 02:54:54 PM
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eh?
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Я должен напечатать в русском, чтобы Присоединиться?
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I have some russian in blood so ive been told - not that i know what that means.
Also quite chilled out.
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i'm french. cava?
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I'm American of Irish and German descent but can use a translator program with the best of them. My Sister in law's step father was the son of a Cossack who fled after the revolution though
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Its a club for anyone who didnt throw a strop at Cal's prank... ;)
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i'm not russian :(
sophie was though
and i'm getting a russian tattoo (hopefully)
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I'm American of Irish and German descent but can use a translator program with the best of them. My Sister in law's step father was the son of a Cossack who fled after the revolution though
That must make you humourous and humourless! :LOL:
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i dunno if i'm french, i just assumed from the gobbledygook in my title. :laugh:
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does my name make me german?
or does it not count that i chose it myself? :P
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actually i thought i was french from my name too, davout must be french. :P
if you wanna be german you can be. you can be anyone here. :laugh:
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does my name make me german?
or does it not count that i chose it myself? :P
Germany is close enough to Russia :P
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i come from a country next to russia. :P i have german blood. i think i'm 1/8th german.
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Its a club for anyone who didnt throw a strop at Cal's prank... ;)
I thought it was funny and didn't know what was going on when I first logged in
I changed back mostly because it's easier to tel who is who
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I was a Viennese emperor.
You're a Romanov. Most Russians aren't gonna be a big fan of yours. Even the chilled out ones.
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Its a club for anyone who didnt throw a strop at Cal's prank... ;)
I thought it was funny and didn't know what was going on when I first logged in
I changed back mostly because it's easier to tel who is who
this one confused me more than the ass fairies lol
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Its a club for anyone who didnt throw a strop at Cal's prank... ;)
I thought it was funny and didn't know what was going on when I first logged in
I changed back mostly because it's easier to tel who is who
this one confused me more than the ass fairies lol
Me too when I saw my new avatar I thought it was some new feature :laugh:
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Its a club for anyone who didnt throw a strop at Cal's prank... ;)
I thought it was funny and didn't know what was going on when I first logged in
I changed back mostly because it's easier to tel who is who
this one confused me more than the ass fairies lol
Me too when I saw my new avatar I thought it was some new feature :laugh:
It probably didnt help when he changed absolutely everything :laugh:
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I logged in and my name and avatar had changed. Also sig.
I wiki'd to see who the geezer was.
I learnt something today - Andrew Jackson was an american person from early nineteenth century.
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Pranks providing lessons in history now :green:
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I logged in and my name and avatar had changed. Also sig.
I wiki'd to see who the geezer was.
I learnt something today - Andrew Jackson was an american person from early nineteenth century.
You see it was even educational :)
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I logged in and my name and avatar had changed. Also sig.
I wiki'd to see who the geezer was.
I learnt something today - Andrew Jackson was an american person from early nineteenth century.
i did an essay on him a few months ago :P
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I logged in and my name and avatar had changed. Also sig.
I wiki'd to see who the geezer was.
I learnt something today - Andrew Jackson was an american person from early nineteenth century.
You see it was even educational :)
Yeah - I had to go look myself up to figure out the point, and I'm still not sure I'm seeing the right connections.
+ for the prank, it was entertaining and I want to know who everyone was before they changed back.
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I was
Prince Mikhail Illarionovich Golenishchev-Kutuzov (Russian: князь Михаи́л Илларио́нович Голени́щев-Куту́зов) (September 16 [O.S. September 5] 1745 — April 28 [O.S. April 16] 1813) was the Russian Field Marshal popularly credited with saving his country from Napoleon's invasion.
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Davout was born at Annoux (Yonne). He joined the French army as a sub-lieutenant in 1788. On the outbreak of the French Revolution, he embraced its principles. He was chef de bataillon in a volunteer corps in the campaign of 1792, and distinguished himself at the Battle of Neerwinden the following spring. He had just been promoted to general of brigade when he was removed from the active list because of his noble birth. He nevertheless served in the campaigns of 1794-1797 on the Rhine, and accompanied Desaix in the Egyptian expedition of Napoleon Bonaparte.
On his return he took part in the Battle of Marengo under Napoleon, who had great confidence in his abilities, made him a general of division soon after Marengo, and around 1801 gave him a command in the consular guard. At the accession of Napoleon as emperor, Davout was one of the generals who were created marshals of France. As commander of the III Corps of the Grande Armée, Davout rendered his greatest services. At the Battle of Austerlitz, after a forced march of forty-eight hours, the III Corps bore the brunt of the allies' attack. In the subsequent War of the Fourth Coalition, Davout with a single corps fought and won the Battle of Auerstädt against the main Prussian army, which had more than twice as many soldiers at its disposal (more than 63,000, to Davout's 28,000). Historian François-Guy Hourtoulle writes: "At Jena, Napoleon won a battle he could not lose. At Auerstädt, Davout won a battle he could not win".[1]
Davout's military character has been interpreted as cruel, and he had to defend himself against many attacks upon his conduct at Hamburg. He was a stern disciplinarian, who exacted rigid and precise obedience from his troops, and consequently his corps was more trustworthy and exact in the performance of its duty than any other. One example of this is that Davout forbade his troops from plundering enemy villages, a policy he would enforce by the use of the death penalty. Thus, in the early days of the Grande Armée, the III corps tended to be entrusted with the most difficult work. His loyalty and obedience to Napoleon were absolute. He was regarded by his contemporaries as one of the ablest of Napoleon's marshals. On the first restoration he retired into private life, openly displaying his hostility to the Bourbons, and when Napoleon returned from Elba, Davout rejoined him.
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and he endeavoured to prevent the condemnation of Michel Ney.
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Nicolas_Davout
yeah thanks for the history lesson. :-*
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i'm not russian :(
sophie was though
and i'm getting a russian tattoo (hopefully)
She would have fucking LOVED the joke.
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does my name make me german?
or does it not count that i chose it myself? :P
I SO wanted to put you in, but
you didn't post on the thread, and
I didn't want to get EVERYONE.
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I changed back mostly because it's easier to tel who is who
As I've said, that was kinda the main point.
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I was a Viennese emperor.
You're a Romanov. Most Russians aren't gonna be a big fan of yours. Even the chilled out ones.
Alexander was fucking loved.
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Michel, explain why you gave me Davout and why you gave everybody what they got. :P
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I logged in and my name and avatar had changed. Also sig.
I wiki'd to see who the geezer was.
I learnt something today - Andrew Jackson was an american person from early nineteenth century.
Who had ALMOST no influence on the Napoleonic
wars (other than winning the battle of New Orleans,
AFTER the peace treaty). Thus, your random foray into
the relevant thread made me decide.
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Yeah - I had to go look myself up to figure out the point, and I'm still not sure I'm seeing the right connections.
+ for the prank, it was entertaining and I want to know who everyone was before they changed back.
I gave you Wellington, right? Not a perfect fit.
Tallyrand would have been a better choice, but
I figured I needed someone to be Wellington.
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I was
Prince Mikhail Illarionovich Golenishchev-Kutuzov (Russian: князь Михаи́л Илларио́нович Голени́щев-Куту́зов) (September 16 [O.S. September 5] 1745 — April 28 [O.S. April 16] 1813) was the Russian Field Marshal popularly credited with saving his country from Napoleon's invasion.
Yeah, and, at Austerlitz, when he didn't like the two emperors
modifying his strategy, he promptly went to sleep, and doomed
the allied army. :laugh:
Alexander mainly learned his lesson. I think the next time
he tried interfering was at Leipzig, and both Francis and Fredrick
were present there.
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and he endeavoured to prevent the condemnation of Michel Ney.
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Nicolas_Davout
yeah thanks for the history lesson. :-*
I saved the best for you, darlin'.
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:eyelash: :-* 8)
you get plus for it.
what the hell happened to your karma btw? :laugh:
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what the hell happened to your karma btw? :laugh:
:laugh:
Eh. I was wondering how to get it back
down.
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you succeeded too well. :laugh:
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Nah, it's still positive. That was VERY little
effort, for such results though. Sadly, I doubt
my other prank ideas would get me such pleasure.
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i would turn everyone into Stargate characters if i were to pull a prank. :P
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This was pretty much the earliest I could go,
and get portraits of all the major players. It was
a time of many paintings.
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i like the painting style.
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I just love the uniforms of the period.
Have something from a good deal later
(post ACW), but it still looks very similar.
Probably don't fit in it though - I'm getting
fat.
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you're not getting fat. you're a rake.
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Yeah, right. It was always tight around the shoulders.
Looked good on my wife. But, I've put on a bit, especially
in the legs.
No way in hell that I could dance in it. But, I could
probably get into it for a pic. Too bad 'tis not here.
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your wife took it didn't she?
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No. It was actually hers, and I took it. :laugh:
It's at my mom's though, some 3000 miles away.
She looked good in it too though (my wife),
kinda piraty.
I would powder my hair, and tie it back.
Even had some nice tight pants (ripped now)
that fit perfectly. Didn't button up, either -
had it held together with a heavy gold chain.
Had a nice old medallion that went with it.
Almost bought a bicorn too. Ah, and then there
was my hunting boots.
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bicorn? somekinda cousin to unicorn i assume.
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(http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/images/560/D/76/D7649_1.jpg)
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no horns at all. ???
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Tricorn
(http://www.nps.gov/history/museum/exhibits/revwar/image_gal/morrimg/web_exhibit/Hat_Tricorn_MORR3874.jpg)
unicorn
(http://www.fotosearch.com/comp/sdc/sdc105/close-up-of-a-dunce-cap-~-187779sdc.jpg) :laugh:
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:laugh:
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I gave you Wellington, right? Not a perfect fit.
Tallyrand would have been a better choice, but
I figured I needed someone to be Wellington.
Why, thank you. :laugh:
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I gave you Wellington, right? Not a perfect fit.
Tallyrand would have been a better choice, but
I figured I needed someone to be Wellington.
Why, thank you. :laugh:
shit in a silk stocking? :laugh:
Ah, but you CLAIM to have some goal.
I suspect he just turned coats so many
times for the game of it all.
One might try and argue that he was merely
a survivor, but he took great risks, to both put
Nappy in charge, AND to take him down.
Then again, maybe he really thought he had
France's interests at heart, but I doubt it. The
consummate diplomat seldom cares much for
such things, and turns to just playing, much
as spies do.
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Nappy? :laugh: :plus:
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I was
Prince Mikhail Illarionovich Golenishchev-Kutuzov (Russian: князь Михаи́л Илларио́нович Голени́щев-Куту́зов) (September 16 [O.S. September 5] 1745 — April 28 [O.S. April 16] 1813) was the Russian Field Marshal popularly credited with saving his country from Napoleon's invasion.
Yeah, and, at Austerlitz, when he didn't like the two emperors
modifying his strategy, he promptly went to sleep, and doomed
the allied army. :laugh:
Alexander mainly learned his lesson. I think the next time
he tried interfering was at Leipzig, and both Francis and Fredrick
were present there.
Да. это - кое-что, что я сделал бы. Я ненавижу секунду людей предположение меня. Я могу быть очень пассивен агрессивный время от времени :)
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russia is fucked up. moscow is hideous
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Moscow is beautiful. Russians are the best figure skaters.
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i want to go to moscow
me and sophie were going to live in st petersburg with flo and schmoo lol
(http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/8940/starbirthdayob4.jpg)
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ive recently changed my mind. russias ok i guess, but why is it so expencive to live there? :laugh:
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i wouldn't live there. oppression and shit. i just wanna go back home. :'( it's similar to moscow in helsinki, the architecture and there's snow. :'(
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i love snow. i wish it would snow here. it rains a lot in manchester, but never any snow. and when it does snow, people just drive over it so by the time i've woken up and seen it, it's a slushy mess lol. i wanna build a snowman and throw snowballs at everyone. :'(
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i miss sleet too. sleet and slush and snow and snowfall... :(
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i hope it snows a lot this year
probably won't though :(
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it doesn't snow here. last year it snew like one time and it melted away immediately.
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it sometimes does here. but not much and then it's gone by the time i can be arsed getting out of bed.
the last time it snowed a lot i wasn't even in the country. :laugh:
i was in new york though that year and it snowed a lot there.
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new york rules. they get snow there.
i wanna go to new jersey though. it's pretty there.
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i want to go to california. the only one i've been to is new york on a history trip lol
the plane nearly couldn't take off on the way back beacuse of the snow. we managed it on the last attempt :laugh:
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was that scary?
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a bit. :P
i used to be scared of flying until then, so i hadn't flown since i was 8
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i love flying but i get a bit scared during take off and landing. :P
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I changed mine back, but I didn't mind being a historical Russian figure that had a city named after him.
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Not Russian, but I was this person, chosen by calandale,
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Andremassena1.jpg/200px-Andremassena1.jpg)
André Masséna, Duke of Rivoli, Prince of Essling (May 6, 1758–April 4, 1817) was a French military commander during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He is considered by military historians as one of the greatest field commanders in history and is often ranked among generals of his generation second only to Napoleon himself.
He and Napoleon had a falling out once and Massena was into looting and massacres as well. :evillaugh:
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they were lovers? :o
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No. Does the expression falling out mean lovers? I don't know. But here is what I copied from Wikipedia:
Masséna then returned to Italy and led his forces at the Siege of Genoa (1800), one of his greatest military achievements. Masséna refused to surrender until June 4, with the condition that the Austrians provide him and his men a safe passage to French territories, and the remaining 7,000 men retreated to France with full honors. Despite the fact that he had lost the city, Masséna had given Napoleon valuable time leading up to the Battle of Marengo (June 14, 1800). Masséna was then made commander of the French forces in Italy, only to soon be dismissed for looting.
Not until 1804 did Masséna regain the trust of Napoleon. That year he was promoted to the rank of Marshall of France in May.
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i hope they were lovers. :P
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i hope they were lovers. :P
They could have been. They made up in the end. ;)
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and then Davout got jealous and killed Napoleon.
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Да. это - кое-что, что я сделал бы. Я ненавижу секунду людей предположение меня. Я могу быть очень пассивен агрессивный время от времени :)
De plus, il est tout à jouer. Je n'étais pas vraiment faire de graves décisions.
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they were lovers? :o
But, of course. Why do you think they wear those
nice tight pants? :eyebrows:
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and then Davout got jealous and killed Napoleon.
With arsenic in his wallpaper? :laugh:
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je vouldrait un sufflé, por favor.