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27 Oct 2006, 1:45 am

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October 26, 2006 One-Winged-Angel's post count surpassed werbert's.

With his lifelong ambition fulfilled, Sephiroth no longer had any reason to live. He later allowed himself to be impaled on Cloud Strife's sword.

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27 Oct 2006, 5:12 am

In 1904, the first rapid transit subway, the IRT, was inaugurated in New York City.

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27 Oct 2006, 10:41 am

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Aren't you glad the government cares about us? :cry:

Litigious especially

Sure.

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27 Oct 2006, 10:43 am

Until 1965 it was legal to rape your wife in Sweden. A husband could only be put on trial for raping his wife if he turned himself in to the prosecutor.

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27 Oct 2006, 10:50 am

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We used to celebrate Guy Fawkes day in Australia with fireworks and bonfires. This practice stopped when in the 1970's fireworks were banned in order to protect ourselves from ourselves. Aren't you glad the government cares about us? :cry:

Hm, banned fireworks and licenses for air guns. I thought Australians were like Crocodile Dundee, but they (most of you) seem to be more submissive to Big Brother than we Swedes are. All fireworks with up to 1 kg powder in them are free to buy for anyone over 18 here and most of the chemicals that you can make your own fireworks out of are free as well.

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27 Oct 2006, 11:11 am

Really, Bazza ! !! I'm with Litigious ! ! I'm shocked. Aussies tucking their 'roo tails between their legs, and saying OK guvnor, no fireworks, it is ????????????

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27 Oct 2006, 11:52 am

Nobody in the Military ever calls it Area 51. it's Offically Groom Lake Dry Lakebed. Since the F-117 became operational in 1983, operations at Groom Lake have continued unabated. The base and its associated runway system have been expanded, and the daily flights bringing civilian commuters from Las Vegas continue. Some commentators, after examining recent satellite photos of the base, estimate it to have a live-in complement of over 1000 people, with a similar number commuting from Las Vegas. In 1995, the federal government expanded the exclusionary area around the base to include nearby mountains that had hitherto afforded the only decent overlook of the base. Subsequently, limited views of the area are available only from the summits of several distant mountains, particularly Tikaboo Peak, around 26 miles (42 km) to the east.

Aircraft that have supposedly been tested at Groom include the Northrop Tacit Blue stealth demonstrator, various classified UAVs, a small stealthy VTOL troop-transport aircraft, a stealthy cruise missile, the rumored Aurora hypersonic spy plane, a "Stealth Blimp", a secret USAF spaceplane codenamed Blackstar, and replacements for the SR-71 and F-117A.

The whole UFO thing is a stealthy cover story.

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27 Oct 2006, 12:13 pm

October 14 1066 AD the normans defeated the anglo-saxons in the battle of Hastings.

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27 Oct 2006, 12:36 pm

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October 14 1066 AD the normans defeated the anglo-saxons in the battle of Hastings.

I know! I was there. King Harold really got his butt handed to him that day!

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27 Oct 2006, 12:36 pm

October 14 1066 AD werbert defeated werbert in the Battle of Werberts.

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27 Oct 2006, 12:38 pm

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October 14 1066 AD werbert defeated werbert in the Battle of Werberts.

I did not defeat him. You can only hope to contain werbert.

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27 Oct 2006, 1:00 pm

In 1922, the first annual celebration of Navy Day took place.

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27 Oct 2006, 1:04 pm

On November 5, 1996, MrMark, aka Jack Kemp, was defeated in his attempt to be elected Vice President of the United States.

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27 Oct 2006, 1:15 pm

October 21, 2006, Michael Jackson was disappointed.

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27 Oct 2006, 1:17 pm

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October 21, 2006, Michael Jackson was disappointed.

He won't be disappointed for too much longer. You need 11.6 posts to get your PPD back up to 66.6.

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27 Oct 2006, 2:21 pm

January 1' 2007, "All Hail Werbert Day" is added to the calendar worldwide as a day to take time and kneel in the direction of Werbert and hail him.

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