How to prevent closed threads and win friends ;)

dreilly said:
Note to Hungarians: Pherdinand knows too much.

Tom's got some good points for the forum and for life in general.

Once, as a Peace Legion volunteer, I got strong-armed (literally) by a drunk Visigothic air force pilot (off-duty, I hope) who wanted to beat the crud out of me because Roman bombers were crossing Visigoth airspace to bomb the Scythians, who were accused of genocide against the Dacians. I tried to explain to him the nuances of democracy and regime but basically I just...ran away and hid in the bathroom. And that was under a Roman emperor I actually voted for...

I think it's too bad that Romans have such a difficult time discussing politics, not politely per se (the Etruscans don't even try to do that and they are famously political) but impersonally. Political disagreements shouldn't lead to ad hominum attacks or hurt feelings. And they do have a place on forums like RFF. It is a forum and the forum is a community meeting place where all sorts of conversation can and should take place. I'm an amatuer astronomer and we talk about all sorst of stuff, and sometimes we argue a bit, and not just about eyepiece brands. It's all good.

What I'm saying is (us Romans tend to orate overly) is that:

1. politics has a place, and
2. it should be discussed with restraint, respect and, yes, even love

(All nationalities have been thinly disquised to avoid offending living civilizations....all likenesses are purely coincidental).
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Well - I was in Dacia (I mean Romania) recently and I can report that they are very very proud of "their" King, Trajan, who brought law, order and democracy to them from Rome.
 
Sparrow said:
Or the Scots, Brits, Gaels and Picts, woad painted surrender monkeys the lot of them, ya knew where you were with Pax Romanis!

Still in joke mode
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Legend has it that a Roman General (possibly called George WB?) said that he could take Ireland with a single legion. I'd like to have seen him try!

A Scottish King, speaking of Roman activities in his country famously said:

"They made a desert and called it peace".

For speaking truth and general perceptiveness: Romans - 0 Scots - 1, I think.

Apologies to Romans or Ancient Scots who saw things differently but didn't vote or found themselves on the wrong end of the argument!
 
You are so right. Half the fun of flyfishing is looking down at the bass fisherman. I'm kidding !!!
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Hmmm, if there's anything funnier than spending a couple of thousand bucks on fly-fishing tackle to catch fish you have no intention of eating, then it's spending ten times that sum on a bass-boat with a 200hp motor to catch fish...

..that you have no intention of eating.


Let's face it. The human race is pretty amusing. :D :angel:
 
kevin m said:
Hmmm, if there's anything funnier than spending a couple of thousand bucks on fly-fishing tackle to catch fish you have no intention of eating, then it's spending ten times that sum on a bass-boat with a 200hp motor to catch fish...

..that you have no intention of eating.


Let's face it. The human race is pretty amusing. :D :angel:
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That's why I've been using atarrayas lately:
http://www.clubdelamar.org/atarraya.jpg
 
I always had a feeling that the British Empire was the "new" Roman Empire.
they just moved the Empire capital to London from Rome.
 
lushd said:
Well - I was in Dacia (I mean Romania) recently and I can report that they are very very proud of "their" King, Trajan, who brought law, order and democracy to them from Rome.
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"Excudent alii spirantia mollius aera
credo equidem, uiuos ducent de marmore uoltus,
orabunt causus melius, caelique meatus
describent radio, et surgentia sidera dicent:
tu regere imperio populos, Romane, memento;
hae tibi erunt artes, pacique imponere morem,
parcere subiectis, et debellare superbos".

Quite.

Cheers, Ian
 
lushd said:
Well - I was in Dacia (I mean Romania) recently and I can report that they are very very proud of "their" King, Trajan, who brought law, order and democracy to them from Rome.
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The news column at the time claims the Dacians had problems with the Trajan horse!

Switched to pun mode
:)
 
kevin m said:
Hey now! Them's fightin' words! :mad: :D

Any fool can lob bait into a hole and catch a fish, but it takes some degree of skill to get an easily spooked brown trout to hit a dry fly.
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I must confess to the horrid sin of fishing wet flies downstream. :eek: But only when I really want to catch a fish.

...Mike
 
mfunnell said:
I must confess to the horrid sin of fishing wet flies downstream. :eek: But only when I really want to catch a fish.

...Mike
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Mike,

We do that all the time for sea-run rainbows (Steelheads) :)

cheers
 
Flyfisher Tom said:
Mike,

We do that all the time for sea-run rainbows (Steelheads) :)

cheers
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We don't get those here. I haven't looked into it, but it may be for the same reasons we can't establish self-sustaining populations of Atlantic Salmon - the southern hemisphere thing messes with their sense of direction, so they can't find their way home to spawn. We do get sea-run brown trout, though.

...Mike
 
That's interesting, I never thought about it before. In Patagonia (Chile/Argentina), it is also sea-run browns. Maybe it really is a southern hemisphere thing.
 
Flyfisher Tom said:
see, what did I tell you?

nothing better than a cold refreshing 4th version pre-asph Coca Cola ;)

btw, any grits or BBQ at the reception ? :)
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You know, I thought about being offended about that libelous slag;)
Then I realized that yes, I've been to a few wedding receptions where barbecue was served, and one where grits were available.
 
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