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Re: Random possibly useful fact
« Reply #375 on: May 18, 2013, 09:55:45 AM »
Not for their time  :orly:

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Re: Random possibly useful fact
« Reply #376 on: May 18, 2013, 10:03:56 AM »
Not for their time  :orly:

  I wonder what the world would be like today if the Romans had ruled it all these thousands of years.  :orly:
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Re: Random possibly useful fact
« Reply #377 on: May 18, 2013, 10:37:57 AM »
It'd be  :viking:

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Re: Random possibly useful fact
« Reply #378 on: May 18, 2013, 10:40:49 AM »
It'd be  :viking:

  We'd eat superb meals  :fsm:  based upon the healthful Mediterranean diet!
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« Reply #379 on: May 18, 2013, 10:42:55 AM »
 :agreed: :indeed:

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Re: Random possibly useful fact
« Reply #380 on: May 18, 2013, 03:54:13 PM »
But then, I wouldn't be head of the CoE.   :o
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Re: Random possibly useful fact
« Reply #381 on: May 18, 2013, 04:53:26 PM »
:toporly:

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Re: Random possibly useful fact
« Reply #382 on: May 19, 2013, 06:01:54 AM »
But then, I wouldn't be head of the CoE.   :o

  Indeed, there wouldn't even be an England!  :'(
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Re: Random possibly useful fact
« Reply #383 on: May 19, 2013, 11:44:59 AM »
"Godlike" is "divine" in English, because one vocative form of deus, "god" in Latin, is dive.

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Re: Random possibly useful fact
« Reply #384 on: May 19, 2013, 11:50:15 AM »
Ō! is an interjection being a vocative particle in Latin. However, for words lacking a special vocative form it may also be followed by the accusative.

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« Reply #385 on: May 19, 2013, 05:07:11 PM »
"Godlike" is "divine" in English, because one vocative form of deus, "god" in Latin, is dive.

  That's why  "dive"  bars are so popular here in America!    :fiveshots:    We are a very devout country!
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Re: Random possibly useful fact
« Reply #386 on: May 19, 2013, 05:20:37 PM »
Happiness is like peeing in your pants

Everyone can see it but only you can feel its warmth


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Re: Random possibly useful fact
« Reply #387 on: May 20, 2013, 12:14:24 AM »
Happiness is like peeing in your pants

Everyone can see it but only you can feel its warmth


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  But soon enough everyone can smell it too.  :-[
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Re: Random possibly useful fact
« Reply #388 on: May 20, 2013, 04:36:34 AM »
The Romans only counted hours during daytime. The day had twelve hours, but since they counted from sunrise to sunset, the hours were shorter in the winter and longer in the summer.

In the afternoon it is pretty simple to convert Roman time to modern: you just add six hours. Roman noon was six o'clock. It's more complicated in the morning, but one o'clock is usually between five and seven A.M.

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Re: Random possibly useful fact
« Reply #389 on: May 20, 2013, 10:09:52 PM »
You can pick up Canadian dimes with a magnet
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