Today in 117AD Hadrian, the adopted son of Trajan, became the new Roman Emperor. Trajan had ruled for nearly twenty years and had enlarged the Empire greatly. Hadrian in his twenty one year rule would be just as good for Rome. He left behind four great building works, which remain today.
The first was to rebuild Agrippa’s Pantheon, adding the 141ft diameter Dome. It has massive bronze doors and now a church, has buried two of Italy’s kings and the artist Raphael amongst others.
On the river Tiber is the Castel San Angelo, another stone dome building, this one built as his own tomb. It has been used as a fortress by more than one Pope when Rome has been threatened. It housed Pope Clement VII when the forces of the (Spanish)Holy Roman Empire sacked the city in 1527. It is well worth a visit if you ever go to Rome. A coffee from the battlements’ cafe’ is a good end to a walk around the military museum it is now.
The third monument is the beautiful Villa at Tivoli.
Lastly is the wall he had constructed in the North of England to keep out those pesky Picts(Scots). It was 15ft high and stretched 73 miles from coast tocoast and there was a fort every five miles.
Hadrian had been unwell for some time and despite seeking death and requesting it of his adopted son Pius, who refused to aid him, he died aged 62 in his villa at Baie on the Bay of Naples.
Emperor Mollari's Rant Line
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Yes, I dislike the way people drive, most of the time.
So I drive very defensively, or, as I like to say, old people fark. I travel in OPF units, not mph.
Actually, I drive the speed limit and rarely go much more than 5mph over, unless it’s the highway.
But if some jackass gets on my tail or something like that, I slow down just to piss them off.
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I also dislike Emperor’s who havn’t played me in a very long time!
Silly Molari
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I also dislike Emperor’s who havn’t played me in a very long time!
Silly Molari
That’s Mollari with 2 L’s, how 'bout a game of NA’s, i’m curious to try out the LHTR 2.0 rules.
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@Emperor:
I also dislike Emperor’s who havn’t played me in a very long time!
Silly Molari
That’s Mollari with 2 L’s, how 'bout a game of NA’s, i’m curious to try out the LHTR 2.0 rules.
Sure, we can do NAs.
Standard?
Full Placement Bid,
Random 2 NAs per country, Axis picks 1 NA each and Allies pick 1 NA after bid?
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Yes, I dislike the way people drive, most of the time.
So I drive very defensively, or, as I like to say, old people fark. I travel in OPF units, not mph.
Actually, I drive the speed limit and rarely go much more than 5mph over, unless it’s the highway.
But if some jackass gets on my tail or something like that, I slow down just to piss them off.
i live in ny so the speed “limit” is 20 above the official speed limit :mrgreen:
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@Emperor:
I also dislike Emperor’s who havn’t played me in a very long time!
Silly Molari
That’s Mollari with 2 L’s, how 'bout a game of NA’s, i’m curious to try out the LHTR 2.0 rules.
Sure, we can do NAs.
Standard?
Full Placement Bid,
Random 2 NAs per country, Axis picks 1 NA each and Allies pick 1 NA after bid?
Sounds good to me, place the bid whenever you’re ready…my email is jsp4563@yahoo.com
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You think I forgot your email address? hehe.
Bid’s in, new thread is open so you can just follow it from there. It’s in the Games in Progress forum.
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i hate people who go completely off topic in a thread they created
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@AJ:
i hate people who go completely off topic in a thread they created
I hate people who wont let people dictate where their thread goes or does not go. :P
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@AJ:
i live in ny so the speed “limit” is 20 above the official speed limit :mrgreen:
In the city? I would have thought it would be 20 below with perpetual jams…
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@AJ:
i live in ny so the speed “limit” is 20 above the official speed limit :mrgreen:
In the city? I would have thought it would be 20 below with perpetual jams…
nope on long island 8-)
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I live in the woods, I go fast as fuck and nobody cares. :mrgreen: And If I do managed to get snagged, I know all the local cops.
Of course, MPs up here at base aren’t so understanding. :-P
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@AJ:
nope on long island 8-)
Damn. Must be nice.
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@M36:
Of course, MPs up here at base aren’t so understanding. :-P
My cousin is a MP. He has some crazy stories about drunk spring breakers. :lol: :lol:
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Well, I don’t pull crap like that cause I’m a high speed, but I know the Army guys are ALWAYS getting in deep shit like that.
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@M36:
Well, I don’t pull crap like that cause I’m a high speed, but I know the Army guys are ALWAYS getting in deep sh*t like that.
no civilians going onto the highway the base takes care of.
…. clocked this chick goin 125 MPH!!
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@M36:
Well, I don’t pull crap like that cause I’m a high speed, but I know the Army guys are ALWAYS getting in deep sh*t like that.
Been there, done that, never got caught…. :-D
Army guys do everything “High Speed”
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No seriously, theres guy in my brothers uh, troop, squadron, or whatever the hell the cavs are grouped in these days, that shoot up on weekends. :-P
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On the speed front…
Fastest I have ever driven: 165 mph in the fall of 1987 on US220 (now I-99) UPHILL on a straight stretch between the Cessna and St. Clairsville exits in a 1984 Jaguar XJS V12. I could have gone faster, I still had pedal to go, but the alignment and wheel balance where not race tuned, and it was starting to vibrate like crazy at that speed.
On the “rant” topic, a slightly different rant…
Annoying Neighbors.
I have this one neighbor who has this hedge that could be REALLY GREAT, but he refuses to take care of it. There are sweetgum trees growing up through it, and it has been infested with honeysuckle (or a close relative). It is a property line hedge, but the trunks are on his side of the line I work like crasy to keep my side of it looking half decent. But he has not trimmed it in more than 2 years, will not deal with the sweetgum trees (and anyone who has dealt with sweetgum knows the problems they cause), and will not thin the honeysuckle from his side.I can’t even just put up a fence and forget it because the honeysuckle will just grow over to my fence and rip it apart, and the sweetgum balls fall without regard to property lines…
If it were not for the privacy the darn thing gives me from this annoying neighbor, the annoying hedge would get a case of blight… ROUND-UP BLIGHT!
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A troop is a company. I’ve known guys that did acid or x or both, mostly young guys though. If I caught one of my guys putting a needle in his arm there would be hell to pay, and then I would make sure the shitbag went to rehab as a civilian. I don’t need a junkie watching my back.
I have however drunk myself sick many times with my buddies off duty.
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