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Thread ID: 94667	2008-11-07 01:39:00	Mr. Ahmadinejad Kudos Mr. Obama	SurferJoe46 (51)	PC World Chat

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718338	2008-11-07 02:41:00	I am sure it's not Icelandic! No . . . . that would make you and your moniker an "Iceman-Comes-Lately" I'm afraid . The Pre-Classic Greeks predated the Icelandinavitians by a few years . ibid: Marcus Tullius Cicero (Classical Latin pronounced [ˈkikeroː], usually pronounced /ˈsɪsərəʊ/ in English; January 3, 106 BC – December 7, 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, political theorist, philosopher, and Roman constitutionalist . Cicero is widely considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists . [1][2] Cicero is generally perceived to be one of the most versatile minds of ancient Rome . He introduced the Romans to the chief schools of Greek philosophy and created a Latin philosophical vocabulary, distinguishing himself as a linguist, translator, and philosopher . An impressive orator and successful lawyer, Cicero probably thought his political career his most important achievement . Today, he is appreciated primarily for his humanism and philosophical and political writings . His voluminous correspondence, much of it addressed to his friend Atticus, has been especially influential, introducing the art of refined letter writing to European culture . Cornelius Nepos, the 1st-century BC biographer of Atticus, remarked that Cicero's letters to Atticus contained such a wealth of detail "concerning the inclinations of leading men, the faults of the generals, and the revolutions in the government" that their reader had little need for a history of the period . [3] During the chaotic latter half of the first century BC, marked by civil wars and the dictatorship of Gaius Julius Caesar, Cicero championed a return to the traditional republican government . However, his career as a statesman was marked by inconsistencies and a tendency to shift his position in response to changes in the political climate . His habit to imbibe of wine laced with lead was instrumental to his chaotic mental and physical mumblings and absurdities . His indecision may be attributed to his sensitive and impressionable personality; but he was prone to overreaction in the face of political and private change and would fly into rages of uncontrolled blathering and accusatory stances laced with delusions of grandeur, if not outright suspicions and thoughts of attacks by subordinates . "Would that he had been able to endure prosperity with greater self-control and adversity with more fortitude! He also got drunk a lot . " wrote C . Asinius Pollio, a contemporary Roman statesman and historian . [4][5] They all died of lead poisoning, ya know? The ancient Greeks, that is, and Cicero with them . Lead is not a good preservative either . Lead perchlorate in their wines to make them red and lead pipes for water delivery and food handling bowls and cooking utensils wrought havoc, disillusions and spectral nightmares to even the staunchest publican of the day . : see the derivative of the word "plumber", below > (Lead (pronounced /ˈlɛd/) is a main group element with a symbol Pb (Latin: plumbum) . Lead has the atomic number 82 . Lead is a soft, malleable poor metal, also considered to be one of the heavy metals . ) .	SurferJoe46 (51)
718339	2008-11-07 02:45:00	Cicero was Roman, no? Are you sure that's Bulgarian? Looks a whole lot like Russian to me Same alphabet..................	SurferJoe46 (51)
718340	2008-11-07 03:02:00	Joe said...."They all died of lead poisoning, ya know? : #444444; font-style : italic; "> The ancient Greeks, that is, and Cicero with them. : #444444; font-style : italic; "> Lead is not a good preservative either. : #444444; font-style : italic; "> Lead perchlorate in their wines to make them red and lead pipes for water delivery and food handling bowls and cooking utensils wrought havoc, disillusions and spectral nightmares to even the staunchest publican of the day. : see the derivative of the word "plumber", below >" I don't think it was the lead water pipes that caused the problems, it must have been use of lead utensils with fruit and wine acids, and lead additives perhaps. Lead pipes were used for yonks in UK and probably elsewhere too with no ill effects. Even in Birmingham where the water came from dams in Wales (ie rainwater), the pipes were coated inside with 'scale', and in hard water areas they would be coated in lime, often so much as to restrict flow.	Terry Porritt (14)
718341	2008-11-07 03:44:00	Επιθυμώ να βάλω τα φασόλια στη μύτη μου . Pretty sure Obama will support Israel as per usual . I even think he might authorise a bombing attack some where just to show the conservatives hes a real bloke president . Nothing arouses a conservative like a jolly good bombing especially on civilians like they did on Jugoslavia in 1999 Επιθυμώ να βάλω τα φασόλια στη μύτη μου . Επιθυμώ να βάλω τα φασόλια στη μύτη μου . Επιθυμώ να βάλω τα φασόλια στη μύτη μου .	prefect (6291)
718342	2008-11-07 03:53:00	Google Translate knows. It's Greek. Γιατί είσαι τόσο εμμονή με τη μύ τη σου ?? Or maybe.....γιατί βασανίζεστε έτσι με τη μύ τη σας; ?? Why are you so obsessed with your nose;; Or maybe ..... why so tortured by your nose;?; Συμπαθώ ακριβώς τον ήχο τη ς λέξης σ τα ελληνικά. Μπορώ να χρησιμοποιήσω τα βουλγαρικά επίσης. Я как раз люблю звук слова в греке. Я могу использовать болгаринина слишком. Just like the sound of the word in Greek. Can I use Bulgarian as well? I just love the sound of the words in Greek. Can I use bolgarinina too. (Greek and Bulgarian.) Σκέφτομαι " torture" εί να ι ελάχισ τα έ να ς ακραίος. Αριθ.; I think of "torture" is a little extreme. No? Επιθυμώ να βάλω τα φασόλια σ τη μύ τη μου. I want to put beans in my nose. :stare:	pcuser42 (130)
718343	2008-11-07 03:53:00	: #444444; font-style : italic; "> Joe said . . . . "They all died of lead poisoning, ya know? : #444444; font-style : italic; "> The ancient Greeks, that is, and Cicero with them . : #444444; font-style : italic; "> Lead is not a good preservative either . : #444444; font-style : italic; "> Lead perchlorate in their wines to make them red and lead pipes for water delivery and food handling bowls and cooking utensils wrought havoc, disillusions and spectral nightmares to even the staunchest publican of the day . : see the derivative of the word "plumber", below >" I don't think it was the lead water pipes that caused the problems, it must have been use of lead utensils with fruit and wine acids, and lead additives perhaps . Lead pipes were used for yonks in UK and probably elsewhere too with no ill effects . Even in Birmingham where the water came from dams in Wales (ie rainwater), the pipes were coated inside with 'scale', and in hard water areas they would be coated in lime, often so much as to restrict flow . YOU know that . . . and I know that . . . but I was tryin' to get ol' Cicero all upset . Now ya went and spoiled it! : angry Invoking the verb here, not the noun : Yank, as in "yank a chain" .	SurferJoe46 (51)
718344	2008-11-07 03:56:00	Cicero was Roman, no? Are you sure that's Bulgarian? Looks a whole lot like Russian to me There's a tiny difference between Latin and Cyrillic.	beeswax34 (63)
718345	2008-11-07 06:10:00	;) YOU know that . . . and I know that . . . but I was tryin' to get ol' Cicero all upset . Now ya went and spoiled it! :angry Invoking the verb here, not the noun: Yank, as in "yank a chain" . We all know that, Cicero is above getting upset by yanky devil . ;)	Cicero (40)
718346	2008-11-07 07:15:00	I don't think it was the lead water pipes that caused the problems, it must have been use of lead utensils with fruit and wine acids, and lead additives perhaps. I second that. Initially they thought it was the food that was causing the problem, didn't they? Later they found out that it was the pots etc. that was causing the problem. Cheers :)	Renmoo (66)
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