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celedhring

#51480
August 26, 2015, 07:37:50 AM
I want to go to Dismaland  :(

derspiess

#51481
August 26, 2015, 07:47:37 AM
Quote from: Valmy on August 26, 2015, 07:36:57 AM
Huh. I don't remember those at all.

I remember those.  I used to beat up the kids who did them.
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

Valmy

#51482
August 26, 2015, 08:05:21 AM
PTSD. That explains it  :P
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Syt

#51483
August 26, 2015, 09:58:50 AM
The Versailles Treaty and successive agreements is causing problems for the potential bid of Hamburg for the 2024 Olympics, because the concept intends to make use of the Moldauhafen area :lol:


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moldauhafen

QuoteMoldauhafen (Vltava port) is a lot in the port of Hamburg, Germany, which has been leased since 1929 pursuant to the Treaty of Versailles to Czechoslovakia. In 1993, the Czech Republic succeeded to the rights of Czechoslovakia,[citation needed] and the lease is set to run until 2028.

The lot of about 30,000 square metres (322,917 sq ft) is not an exclave, since it is not sovereign Czech territory. Previously, a similar arrangement existed for the port of Stettin, now Szczecin, Poland.

The 1919 Treaty of Versailles stated in articles 363 and 364:[1]

Article 363
In the ports of Hamburg and Stettin Germany shall lease to the Czecho-Slovak State, for a period of 99 years, areas which shall be placed under the general regime of free zones and shall be used for the direct transit of goods coming from or going to that State.

Article 364
The delimitation of these areas, and their equipment, their exploitation, and in general all conditions for their utilisation, including the amount of the rental, shall be decided by a Commission consisting of one delegate of Germany, one delegate of the Czecho-Slovak State and one delegate of Great Britain. These conditions shall be susceptible of revision every ten years in the same manner. Germany declares in advance that she will adhere to the decisions so taken.

The deal thus allowed the landlocked country free ports where goods transported over the Vltava and the Elbe or the Oder, respectively, could be transferred to seagoing ships in Hamburg or Stettin without the interference of a third state.

Even though Germany had already declared in advance that it would follow the decisions of the Commission, the lease was formalised in an agreement between Germany and Czechoslovakia, signed in Prague on 16 February 1929.[2]

The lot was leased for 99 years. Until 2002, the Moldauhafen was used by the company ČSPL, before it went bankrupt.

With the abandonment of the Treaty of Versailles after World War II, the lease now has the character of a private contract between the city of Hamburg as property owner and the Czech Republic.
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

derspiess

#51484
August 26, 2015, 10:12:42 AM
Back in 2000 Cincinnati made a bid for the 2012 games.  That was cute.
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

derspiess

#51485
August 26, 2015, 01:44:37 PM
Facebook did some personalized notification wishing me a Happy Women's Equality Day.

Apparently women got the right to vote on this day 95 years ago.  I guess in a way I participate in women's suffrage :)
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

Valmy

#51486
August 26, 2015, 01:45:51 PM
You, sir, empower women to vote as you tell them. That's not nothing.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

derspiess

#51487
August 26, 2015, 01:49:53 PM
Quote from: Valmy on August 26, 2015, 01:45:51 PM
You, sir, empower women to vote as you tell them. That's not nothing.

New shoes are empowering.  Making your husband happy even more so.
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

alfred russel

#51489
August 26, 2015, 09:14:26 PM
Quote from: derspiess on August 26, 2015, 01:44:37 PM
Facebook did some personalized notification wishing me a Happy Women's Equality Day.

Apparently women got the right to vote on this day 95 years ago.  I guess in a way I participate in women's suffrage suffering :)

:hmm:
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.

There's a fine line between salvation and drinking poison in the jungle.

I'm embarrassed. I've been making the mistake of associating with you. It won't happen again. :)
-garbon, February 23, 2014

Josquius

#51490
August 27, 2015, 06:04:51 AM
Next week I head to Denmark.
I'll spend by first night in Helsingfors (arrive pretty late so that its dull is no concern, I want to see the castle) then cross over to Sweden for a day then my other 2 days in Copenhagen.
I am wondering- where should I stay in Sweden; Lund or Malmo?
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Liep

#51491
August 27, 2015, 06:10:45 AM
I haven't heard Helsinki been called Helsingfors for decades, so I assume you mean Helsingør, in which case, yes it is boring but the castle is nice.

Of those I'd pick Malmø, just much more interesting even if you're a week late for the music festival.
"Af alle latterlige Ting forekommer det mig at være det allerlatterligste at have travlt" - Kierkegaard

"JamenajmenømahrmDÆ!DÆ! Æhvnårvaæhvadlelæh! Hvor er det crazy, det her, mand!" - Uffe Elbæk

Josquius

#51492
August 27, 2015, 06:17:28 AM
Woops, yes, Helsingor. :lol:

I know a girl who is living there so I'll just go and have a drink with her on the night then look around before hopping on the boat in the morning.

So Malmo has a fair amount of night-time things to do (it will be a Friday). Or spend the extra and go for another night in Copenhagen? :hmm:
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Razgovory

#51493
August 28, 2015, 08:52:16 PM
How do Russians distinguish people named "Garry", from people named "Harry"?
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

DGuller

#51494
August 28, 2015, 10:42:20 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on August 28, 2015, 08:52:16 PM
How do Russians distinguish people named "Garry", from people named "Harry"?
They just don't.  It's spelled the same way.
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