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Dimensional Door - Freeople Thread 7
Posted on 08/18/2003 8:07:45 PM PDT by Mo1

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To: null and void
Swervie, we will never be pure enough møøselimbs. It'll be sunni Vs. shiite all over again. Then I guess it's settled then, we kill them all..
Will this be the 8th or 9th Crusade, or just the Last?
So9
To: Servant of the Nine
Can't find it, but there was a wonderful post some time back about wanting them to cower in their caves any time they heard jets...
To: Servant of the Nine; Mo1; grannie9; lodwick
I will commit feloonies for that boat So would I Swerve - I was going to pretend it was my daughter´s boat but grannie wouldn´t let me, she spilled the beans to Mo. My daughter´s is the little white one that follows the shots of the big black one.
I know y´all would be interested in this article on Aguardiente. I always have a few drops in my coffee here in this little backward province of Spain.
Do you think that accounts for my moral turpitude gran or did Servant get it right with his "How they hangin´AC?"?
Anyway, it could be a solution for the WOD
Even Kings Couldn't Stop Aguardiente
By ANDREW SELSKY
ASSOCIATED PRESS
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -
In 1676, having successfully outlawed a drink suspected of leading to homicides, inattentiveness at church and moral turpitude, King Carlos II of Spain warned of another looming threat.
He wrote his colonial rulers in Bogota a drink "that is, beyond all comparison, more dangerous and which goes by the name of aguardiente."
Aguardiente's popularity might be faltering these days, but back then not even the king of Spain could get between Colombians and their cherished booze. It took 17 years until a ban was finally imposed, and even then, the colonials marked the occasion by tipping another glass, and kept on drinking.
Seven years later, Spain gave up and assumed a monopoly to raise tax revenues.
As described in Gilma Mora de Tovar's book, "Aguardiente and Social Conflicts in 18th Century New Granada," the hardy settlers didn't take kindly to the new setup. Many families that made or sold aguardiente were thrown out of work. Those that produced molasses, a key ingredient, were often forced to sell at rock-bottom prices.
In August 1738, the king's men came to the riverside town of Honda and declared that only one store was authorized to sell aguardiente. Within days, the townspeople invaded the establishment and smashed it up.
The town's mayor was accused of negligence for not sending police to intervene even though "there was a din of horses, of firearms, a growing number of people and the noise of rock-throwing between 9 and 10 o'clock at night."
In 1752, authorities tried to jail aguardiente bootleggers in the city of Tunja, 80 miles northeast of Bogota in the Andean highlands.
Mobs took to the streets and stoned tax collectors' homes. Authorities responded by banning public gatherings, jailing suspected leaders of the uprising and confiscating their properties.
Other scattered rebellions followed, but the royal monopoly lasted until Colombia won independence in 1810.
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To: null and void; .38sw; yall
R.A.Wilson announces his candidacy for Govenor
My party, the Guns and Dope Party, invites extremists of both right and left to unite behind our shared goals of:
Get those pointy-headed Washington bureaucrats off our backs and off our fronts too!
Guns for everybody who wants them; no guns for those who don't want them.
Drugs for everybody who wants them; no drugs for those who don't want them.
Freedom of choice, free love,free speech, free Internet and free beer.
California secession -- Keep the anti-gun and ant-dope fanatics on the Eastern side of the Rockies.
Lotsa wild parties every night by gun-toting dopers.
Animal protection -- Support your right to keep and arm bears.
More position papers will follow; we know at least 69 good positions.
Learn more here.
To: lodwick
ROTFLMAO --- That is a good one Loddy.
To: grannie9
Morning Grannie,
Love your purple windmill.
Reminds me of a saying on a silly painting on my office: Before there was hi-tech, there had to be lo-tech.
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posted on
09/02/2003 8:45:25 AM PDT
by
Sundog
(Cheers.)
To: Ace Correspondent
Ahhhh fold.. ;)
To: Sundog
A tiefed horse to play with.
Good morning Dog.. Did you have a nice long weekend?
To: Ace Correspondent
Interesting liquor information.
Aguardiente distillers.
I will seek some locally.
Sada cheers.
To: grannie9; Moi; All
I just love this thread it is such a treat of wonderful visuals and mind thrilling feast!
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posted on
09/02/2003 9:23:59 AM PDT
by
restornu
(Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them.)
To: restornu
Taking us with a grain of salt will help..;)
We love having you..and enjoy your posts too.
Sometimes if the moon is right we get a little crazy, not me of course, but some of us... ahem...
1,331
posted on
09/02/2003 9:30:25 AM PDT
by
grannie9
(I won't mention any names....)
To: restornu; All
1,332
posted on
09/02/2003 9:58:43 AM PDT
by
grannie9
(I won't mention any names....)
To: grannie9
I just shared this with a group of friends of mine these delightful morsels!
1,333
posted on
09/02/2003 10:29:56 AM PDT
by
restornu
(Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them.)
To: grannie9
Switzerland is the cleanest, most picturesque, country that I've ever visited. (But there's tons of places that I've not seen.)
Thanks for the beautiful memory revival Gran.
To: lodwick; restornu
There sure are some wonderful photographers on Pbase.. I love to go thru their folders...and sometimes if there is no copyright,... I tief.... ;)
1,335
posted on
09/02/2003 12:28:29 PM PDT
by
grannie9
(I won't mention any names....)
To: grannie9
Here is the distressful photo that was listed under today's "funny picture" which makes me wonder about mind's of people today!
1,336
posted on
09/02/2003 12:41:39 PM PDT
by
restornu
(Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them.)
To: grannie9
Hi Grannie,
Long working weekend around the house. I'm putting up a fence.
Did you get your lovely horse pic anywhere around where you live? He is a big fellow.
1,337
posted on
09/02/2003 12:55:03 PM PDT
by
Sundog
(Cheers.)
To: grannie9
I planted some bird seed. A bird came up. Now I don't know what to feed it.
I had amnesia once - or twice.
I went to San Francisco. I found someone's heart.
Last week I forgot how to ride a bicycle.
All I ask is a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.
Five out of four people have trouble with fractions.
What is a "free" gift? Aren't all gifts free?
They told me I was gullible ... and I believed them.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows
up, he'll never be able to edge his car onto a freeway.
Two can live as cheaply as one, for half as long.
Experience is the thing you have left when everything else is gone.
What if there were no hypothetical questions?
When the only tool you own is a hammer, every problem begins to look like a nail.
Diplomacy is the art of saying "nice doggy" until you can find a rock.
What was the greatest thing before sliced bread?
My weight is perfect for my height - which varies.
I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not sure.
The cost of living hasn't affected its popularity.
How can there be self-help "groups"?
Is there another word for synonym?
Where do forest rangers go to "get away from it all"?
Is it possible to be totally partial?
What's another word for thesaurus?
If you're cross-eyed and have dyslexia, can you read all right?
If swimming is so good for your figure, how do you explain whales?
It's not an optical illusion. It just looks like one.
If you can lead it to water and force it to drink, it isn't a horse.
Is it my imagination, or do buffalo wings taste like chicken?
If I say the word "sooth", does that make me a sooth-sayer?
An apology is a good way to have the last word.
Definition: OBSOLETE: Any computer you own.
Never hit a man with glasses. Hit him with a baseball bat.
If history repeats itself, I think we can expect the same thing all over again.
A proverb is a short sentence based upon long experience.
What this country needs is someone who knows what this country needs.
Food-4-Thought
1,338
posted on
09/02/2003 1:01:34 PM PDT
by
Sundog
(Cheers.)
To: restornu
Talk about over-kill... Jeeeze.. Glad you got your pic tho.. ;)
To: Sundog
Oh that's right, the fence..
I stole the horse pic on Fotki.. It was taken in some place that I couldn't even pronounce.. lol.
It just hit me as a nice pic.
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