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Post by gregintenn on Dec 31, 2015 9:13:01 GMT -5
Are there 2 conversations going on here? One, how did this guy know where I was? Two, Weight loss? We're professionals. Do not attempt this at home.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2015 9:19:13 GMT -5
Are there 2 conversations going on here? One, how did this guy know where I was? Two, Weight loss? We're professionals. Do not attempt this at home. I've missed you!
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Post by tloonya on Dec 31, 2015 9:36:33 GMT -5
Are there 2 conversations going on here? One, how did this guy know where I was? Two, Weight loss? We're professionals. Do not attempt this at home. Yeah. Like it is surprising or something... Artemis, ever heard of Julius Caesar? He could type, give out orders, smoke and have sex all at once. So how are we different?
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Post by Green Eyed Lady on Dec 31, 2015 10:17:41 GMT -5
Julius Caesar had a typewriter?
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Post by gregintenn on Dec 31, 2015 10:23:43 GMT -5
Don't stop her....she's on a roll!
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Post by Green Eyed Lady on Dec 31, 2015 10:28:48 GMT -5
No way I'm trying. I'm encouraging it. She cracks me up.
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Post by tloonya on Dec 31, 2015 11:09:33 GMT -5
No way I'm trying. I'm encouraging it. She cracks me up. I somehow imagined him smoking cigar, typing a letter and ordering people around. So now what? He is not typing? The picture got bored
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Green Eyed Lady
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Post by Green Eyed Lady on Dec 31, 2015 11:13:48 GMT -5
I don't think he typed any letters. He had people to do that stuff for him. He probably just dictated them in Dragon Speak. I bet his secretary proof-read and edited for him, tho. I find rulers usually have very poor punctuation skills.
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Post by dannylion on Dec 31, 2015 12:03:43 GMT -5
I don't think he typed any letters. He had people to do that stuff for him. He probably just dictated them in Dragon Speak. I bet his secretary proof-read and edited for him, tho. I find rulers usually have very poor punctuation skills. More likely Centaur Speak. The Romans didn't really have a dragon tradition in their mythology, but they did happily coopt the mythological creatures dreamed up by the Greeks. It was more efficient than devising their own mythological creatures. The Romans were big on efficiency.
I'm sure you're right about the secretary. It's so difficult to make corrections on marble.
Since tobacco is a New World commodity, it is extremely unlikely that Caesar or anyone he knew smoked a cigar. He probably just snacked on peacock livers and hummingbird tongues and washed it down with lead-sweetened wine while dictating.
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Post by Green Eyed Lady on Dec 31, 2015 12:14:35 GMT -5
It was pot he was smoking - not tobacco. I heard that in the baths. Could be rumor, but I doubt it.
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Post by dannylion on Dec 31, 2015 12:46:16 GMT -5
Isn't marijuana a New World commodity, too? Though it is certain there must have been a Roman-era equivalent, so I'm sure you're right. If they were smoking something, it was likely something "special."
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Post by Artemis Windsong on Dec 31, 2015 16:46:20 GMT -5
Maybe opium. Romans could fight forever, to the death. Certainly not in their right mind.
Beer built the pyramids in Egypt because the water was poison.
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Post by tloonya on Jan 2, 2016 10:42:46 GMT -5
I don't think he typed any letters. He had people to do that stuff for him. He probably just dictated them in Dragon Speak. I bet his secretary proof-read and edited for him, tho. I find rulers usually have very poor punctuation skills. More likely Centaur Speak. The Romans didn't really have a dragon tradition in their mythology, but they did happily coopt the mythological creatures dreamed up by the Greeks. It was more efficient than devising their own mythological creatures. The Romans were big on efficiency.
I'm sure you're right about the secretary. It's so difficult to make corrections on marble.
Since tobacco is a New World commodity, it is extremely unlikely that Caesar or anyone he knew smoked a cigar. He probably just snacked on peacock livers and hummingbird tongues and washed it down with lead-sweetened wine while dictating.
I was waiting for someone to comment on cigar...so my vision of Ceasar is destroyed!
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Post by tloonya on Jan 2, 2016 10:44:24 GMT -5
Maybe opium. Romans could fight forever, to the death. Certainly not in their right mind. Beer built the pyramids in Egypt because the water was poison. Was there beer? So they were must drinking Hmmmm
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Post by Artemis Windsong on Jan 3, 2016 17:13:40 GMT -5
Maybe opium. Romans could fight forever, to the death. Certainly not in their right mind. Beer built the pyramids in Egypt because the water was poison. Was there beer? So they were must drinking Hmmmm I don't know about beer used by the Romans but I'm sure there was alcohol. Wine, for sure.
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Jan 4, 2016 10:37:11 GMT -5
Was there beer? So they were must drinking Hmmmm I don't know about beer used by the Romans but I'm sure there was alcohol. Wine, for sure. Indeed there was wine. Some of it quite good, even by our standards today. But for reasons we still do not know, the Romans tended to adulterate their lesser vintages - they would serve them hot, mixed with such things as honey or even sea water.
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Post by tloonya on Jan 4, 2016 14:25:20 GMT -5
I don't know about beer used by the Romans but I'm sure there was alcohol. Wine, for sure. Indeed there was wine. Some of it quite good, even by our standards today. But for reasons we still do not know, the Romans tended to adulterate their lesser vintages - they would serve them hot, mixed with such things as honey or even sea water. I know for sure they used to serve hot wine in Russia. And I had tried grog once in Germany on a cold day with bratwurst and mustard...ymmmmmm
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