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12-30-2012, 10:26 PM
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Re: THE Country Celebration Thread
I have learned so much in this thread! I just hope it keeps going  |
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12-31-2012, 11:04 AM
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Re: THE Country Celebration Thread
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I have learned so much in this thread! I just hope it keeps going |
I'm sure it will  I have now changed to Haiti, the first of the three nations to be celebrated Jan 1st. |
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01-01-2013, 10:22 AM
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Re: THE Country Celebration Thread
I'm now switching to Cuba. The Cuban I know best (not personally) is José Raoul Capablanca, World Chess Champion 1921-27. He was the first man to win a World Championship Match without losing a single game. It was said of his style of play that you always knew what he was going to do, but somehow found it impossible to prevent anyway.
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01-01-2013, 12:47 PM
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Re: THE Country Celebration Thread
I could never learn how to play Chess  And when I think of Cuba I still think of Fidel Castro  |
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01-01-2013, 02:58 PM
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Re: THE Country Celebration Thread
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I could never learn how to play Chess And when I think of Cuba I still think of Fidel Castro |
My first association with Castro is a more pleasant one. Domingos Castro is the last man ever to get away from the pack in a long-distance track championship run. World Athletics Championship 1987, 5000 metres. Nobody took him seriously, but he almost held out to the end, being caught only by one of his pursuers and securing a silver medal.
He is not Cuban, though. He is Portuguese. |
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01-02-2013, 09:20 AM
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Re: THE Country Celebration Thread
And now I've changed to Sudan. Hope they won't mind it's one day late.
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01-02-2013, 09:42 AM
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Re: THE Country Celebration Thread
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I could never learn how to play Chess And when I think of Cuba I still think of Fidel Castro |
Me 2.
I only hear good things about the country, I guess they are poor but I thing they are happy
By friend visit the country with her hubby and told me, beautiful country and super nice ppl but I think all of South America is 1. Beautiful 2. Nice ppl
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01-02-2013, 10:34 AM
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Me 2.
I only hear good things about the country, I guess they are poor but I thing they are happy
By friend visit the country with her hubby and told me, beautiful country and super nice ppl but I think all of South America is 1. Beautiful 2. Nice ppl
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I'm sure they are nice, but they're not South American. They're either North American or Central American, whichever of those you prefer. If you divide the continent in two, they're in the Northern bit. |
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01-06-2013, 05:46 AM
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There for a moment I thought Amber had used her power to move Cuba  |
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01-07-2013, 05:54 AM
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Hello everyone. Hope your holidays were full of joy.
On to the celebrations at hand. I'm retro-celebrating Jan 1st picks first.  |
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01-07-2013, 05:58 AM
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Welcome back Slasher We missed you! |
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01-07-2013, 06:48 AM
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Re: THE Country Celebration Thread
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There for a moment I thought Amber had used her power to move Cuba |
Lol my banking powers???
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01-07-2013, 06:52 AM
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Hello everyone. Hope your holidays were full of joy.
On to the celebrations at hand. I'm retro-celebrating Jan 1st picks first. |
Welcome back!!!!
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01-07-2013, 01:33 PM
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Lol my banking powers???
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Hey anyone that controls money has power so why not? |
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01-07-2013, 04:32 PM
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Hey anyone that controls money has power so why not? |
sadly that is true
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I miss you, not Budapest |
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