GLASSMANOAK'S Contest Thread #149 for WINNERS and with MULTIPLE WINNERS !!

[philbh]

6/30-2
I just went through 137 emails that have been piling up. Spending too much time on the forums...

 

[CountBoredom]

Not to nitpick (okay, I guess it is nit-picking ), but...

In Latin, there is no J sound, so his name was pronounced Yoolioos and Caesar was his family name, not a title, and it was pronounced Kaizar (yes, like the Russians borrowed it later to use as a title).

Not only was there no "J" sound, in print it was "Iulius," which makes the pronunciation a no-brainer. Also, "Kaiser" was the title adopted by the rulers of the Holy Roman Empire (who preferred to think of themselves as the inheritors of the old Roman Empire--forget those "dirty Greeks" in Byzantium)--this is the German version of "Caesar" and was retained, later, by both the Habsburgs and the monarchs of Prussia (which eventually became Germany).

Later, a dude named Augustus decided to use that family name as a title because it was so well known and powerful, so he called himself Caesar Augustus (still Kaizar in pronunciation) and that is where we got the month of August

The "dude's" name was actually Gaius Octavius (although, again, the Anglicized version is "Octavian"). When he was adopted by Julius Caesar, he also took on the family name of Caesar and dropped Octavius (technically "Octavianus" with the addition of Caesar to the name, meaning "of, or having belonged to, the Octavius family"). "Augustus," meaning "revered," was a title bestowed upon him by the Roman Senate after he defeated his rivals and consolidated his power, and fed into paradigm of the Roman Emperor ("Imperator"), of which he was the first, as being divine and a step below the gods.

Sorry--the Latin-phile in me needed to set the details straight....

 

[philbh]

6/30-3
I have NOTHING to contribute to that conversation. On another subject, has anyone seen Shameless on Netflix?

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[tiggerrts]

Missed this on Saturday, the clock was a bit fast......


6/30 - 5:

 

[SLM]

6/30_#6

I'm really thinking about calling it a day soon. Gotta go get gas yet though and maybe a coffee. But it's been a long long day and I'm tired.

Catch y'all in a bit.

 

[philbh]

6/30
#4
Does anyone have kids who don't fight daily?
My daughters are constantly rubbing each other the wrong way. It's a wonder I don't have a drinking problem.

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[Fuzzy Thunderbear]

6/30 #3

Sorry--the Latin-phile in me needed to set the details straight...

Good boy, Count. I never went beyond first declintion Latin because I was too busy trying to understand the Greek, Hebrew, Coptic, and to some degree, Egyptian hieroglyphs of the period (2000 BCE to 1500 CE) because it was very obvious that what was in our history books was not the truth. And the further I got into linguistics, the further one had to go in sociology to understand that what was claimed to have been said in any given time period could not have been said until 300-400 years later because the people didn't talk that way at the time of the claimed event/speech. Back to Rome... that was not my area of focus either, but a necessary minor in order to understand the overall big picture of Mediterranean history. What became very obvious for the whole area was that the more one learned about pagan life, the more it became very obvious that The Church was making things up as they went in an attempt to cover up pagan holidays/events/goddesses/etc. with pseudo saints in order to grab power over the lives of the masses. Anyway, that aside for the moment, even today I am trying to re-analyze Timaeus and Critias (Plato) as to their true meaning, so if you have insight there, let me know.

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[Zipslack]

6/30 - 2

I'm not staying in a Holiday Inn Express, so I can't add to the conversation (and I don't think that bootleg copy of "Caligula" I saw years ago counts).

On a completely different note, I just had an annoying situation turn into a pleasant encounter. I realized that I couldn't find the van key....locked in the van. Scrounged up a coathanger and was doing my best to slim-jim it when a guy walks over to offer help. Turns out he was a re-possessor, but all his tools were at home EXCEPT for in inflatable wedge-bag and a pair of pliers. Wedged the top of the door, used the pliers to remove the antenna, and pushed the unlock button. All's well that ends well.

No pic...too tired to Google.

 

[CountBoredom]

Does anyone have kids who don't fight daily?

I think that comes standard with multiple kids. I know my kids are at each other's throats from the moment they wake up in the morning.

Anyway, that aside for the moment, even today I am trying to re-analyze Timaeus and Critias (Plato) as to their true meaning, so if you have insight there, let me know.

It's been a while since I read Plato... umm, something about shadows of ideals..? A chair isn't a chair, but only the shadow of an idealized chair. Gosh darn, now you've got me thinking!

and I don't think that bootleg copy of "Caligula" I saw years ago counts

I think I was going to midnight showings of that and Rocky Horror while I should have been more closely reading my philosophy...

Time for me to unplug for the day (and try to turn off my brain--argh, maybe I'll have to lose myself in a Fritz Leiber story to do so...). Good night, Treefam!

 

[philbh]

6/30-5
Well I am up later than I should be. Good night everyone! 1 more day!!!!

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[rangerrobin]

NAE

@Chris H. - Congrats on the job!

6/30-3
I have NOTHING to contribute to that conversation. On another subject, has anyone seen Shameless on Netflix?

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Not on Netflix, but have seen all the seasons!

6/30 - 2

I'm not staying in a Holiday Inn Express, so I can't add to the conversation (and I don't think that bootleg copy of "Caligula" I saw years ago counts).

On a completely different note, I just had an annoying situation turn into a pleasant encounter. I realized that I couldn't find the van key....locked in the van. Scrounged up a coathanger and was doing my best to slim-jim it when a guy walks over to offer help. Turns out he was a re-possessor, but all his tools were at home EXCEPT for in inflatable wedge-bag and a pair of pliers. Wedged the top of the door, used the pliers to remove the antenna, and pushed the unlock button. All's well that ends well.

No pic...too tired to Google.

Awesome!

Good Night / G'Mornin' and Good Vibes Tree Fam!

 

[Fuzzy Thunderbear]

6/30 #4

the Anglicized version is

When you wake up tomorrow, Count (and anyone else who chooses to participate), this is something I have always had a problem with. No, not anything you said, but that we have an "Anglized version" of dang near everything from every country on the planet. My beef is: Why can't we leave other people's words and names as THEY used them? We have renamed nearly every Pharaoh of ancient Egypt instead of using the name they called themselves. We rename countries instead of using the name those locals call their own country. Why do we do this? When I was in the USAF a bazillion years ago, a friend from NYC (of Puerto Rico descent) always called me Ricardo. I kept telling him that was not my name. He said it was my name in his country. I said, "So your country is not the USA? Where the language is ENGLISH!" He felt he was Spanish no matter where he lived, but I still told him my name was NOT RIcardo, and if he expected me to respond, he should call me by the name I claimed was my name, NOT his choice of what he thought my name should be. He never got it. How about the rest of you folks? Is it Rapa Nui or Easter Island?

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[KatzWh1skers]

6/30 #1
..the "old guy" unmentionable is again, asleep on his ice pack ...notice how the story doesn;t change much when you get old

...eitther that..or he just knows a good thing when he's got it

Somebody pronounce Puyallup for me...it always trips me up
Another hot one today ....Hope all in the tree fam are hangin in there
Gnite

 

[tiggerrts]

6/30 - 6: Good night all, sleep well. lol really do I have to answer Fuzzy? Renaming Pharaoh's, no I had no idea....... that is sarcasm by the way. No more thinking.

 

[liblue1]

6/30 #6
Somebody pronounce Puyallup for me...it always trips me up

Try............ I'll edit now....................
Good night Treefam.............

 

[SLM]

7/1_#1

So much for calling it an early night. Yea... like I actually thought that was gonna happen. :-\

And on that note...

Goodnight Treefam. Happy dreams of shiny things.

 

[Mandikay]

7/1 #1
Good morning everyone!!! TGIF
Gotta get on the road, have a little extra work to do and I don't want to stay late so I'm going early.. I'll catch up in a bit

 

[philbh]

7/1-1
Good morning all. Not much sleep last night. Need lots of coffee. Long day ahead. BUT It's FRIDAY! We made it!!

 

[Mandikay]

7/1.#2

@philbh how old are your kids?? My girls, 12 and 16, fight constantly! It's never ending :/ but I have a stepdaughter, also 16, and two step sons, 10 and 11, who really don't fight that much, well the boys do every now and then, but they never fight with their sister or my girls... I am starting to wonder if it's just that I happened to have 2 girls and that's why they fight so much :/ I know me and my sister used to fight constantly but now she's my best friend.. Hopefully the same thing will happen with my girls

 

[DaleH1985]

7/1 #1

Good morning treefam. It's Friday, which is great, but it's still too dang early and it's a work day, so yeah, ugh.
@Mandikay thanks for giving me a glimpse of what I have to look forward to. I have 2 girls myself, although much younger than yours. (22 months and 3 months). I am scared to death thinking about the teen years already.

@Chris H. congrats on the job. Glad to hear things are looking up for you.

Don't really have any big plans for the holiday weekend, probably just spending some time with family, and of course checking in with the treefam as well.

Have a great day everyone.