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Off Topic / Re: Doing things without thinking

« on: February 13, 2011, 08:17:15 PM »

I sometimes find myself humming/quietly singing random, made-up tunes without noticing.
I usually realise when someone points it out, or when people stop talking and look at me, standing there whispering tunes.

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Off Topic / Re: Valentines day is tomorrow.

« on: February 13, 2011, 08:14:13 PM »

I really don't want to make it secretive but it may be a must..seeing that I REALLY can't ask in front of a group of people...if I can't find a point in which she is alone I have to forget it, that or lose my lunch :p

Well, it's a sort of traditional thing to be someones Secret Valentines.
You send them a letter and maybe a valentines gift and they wonder who it is. You can come out as their secret valentines later on, or even drop hints that it might be you.

It's a sort of romantic game.
And the secretive part is just tradition, so it doesn't have to appear to be a cover up for insecurity.
And if she still doesn't want to go out with you, it's all a bit of harmless fun.
Just don't make yourself appear like a stalker.
Write her a simple soppy love poem and some soppy paper hearts, pop it in an envelope, and drop it in her locker, or school bag when no one is watching.

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Off Topic / Re: How Well-Known is the Above User?

« on: February 13, 2011, 08:10:22 PM »

6-7/10

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Off Topic / Re: Valentines day is tomorrow.

« on: February 13, 2011, 08:07:54 PM »

What if she doesn't have a good enough ass

We could just go through all the Nice things about her.
And if they find nothing nice at all, then why are they asking her out?

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Off Topic / Re: Valentines day is tomorrow.

« on: February 13, 2011, 08:05:11 PM »

Planning on letting a girl in my class I have a crush on her, sucks though because I have a fear of rejection, therefore have never asked a girl out.

If you get rejected, then you can focus on something else or another person.
And if you get rejected, it's good experience to know how to deal with rejection. Unfortunately, it's one of those fears that probably has to be confronted.
And if you don't get rejected, then it's all for the better!

Good luck with your valentines.

Or you could send her a secret Valentines card and then ask her out the next day, or after she's had time to wonder who it's from. But if you do that, try not to make your handwriting very distinctive, but don't type it, because it's not as personal. And don't stick down newspaper text, because that sounds like a stalker.

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Off Topic / Re: for once, i changed my avatar

« on: February 13, 2011, 08:01:24 PM »

I changed mine about a week ago.
Will probably have my one back some other time.

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Off Topic / Re: Valentines day is tomorrow.

« on: February 13, 2011, 07:56:53 PM »

Uh-oh!
Valentines day started 6 minutes ago!
I'm missing out on loving!

I don't get why we NEED a "Valentines" day. To sell more cheap plastic stuff that was undoubtedly made in china?

You're forgetting the part where all of these celebrations in which everyone spends money on each other actually derive from long-lasting traditions.
Just because the modern world commercialises everything these days doesn't mean they don't have any creditable history or reasoning.

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Off Topic / Re: -X-!-X-!-X-King Henry VIII (King of England)-X-!-X-!-X-

« on: February 13, 2011, 07:54:20 PM »

I thought VIII was the crazy one?

He did have crazy like symptoms, yes, but he did do a lot of impressive and important things for the country and it's Empire.

There's actually too many things to say about his behaviour. A lot of it is rash, unpredictable, crazy and down-right stupid, but in many cases it paid off and laid down the foundations for the rest of the country, and then it's Empire which in turn spread across most of the world.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/tudors/majesty_menace_01.shtml

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Off Topic / Re: -X-!-X-!-X-King Henry VIII (King of England)-X-!-X-!-X-

« on: February 13, 2011, 07:45:53 PM »

And that's bad how...?

If you don't have children, then your family name no longer continues on, and the next closest member of the royal family becomes King.
In Henry VIII's case, if he had no Male Child, then his daughters would become Queen, which they did, after his only son Edward became King briefly before his death. If his daughters are Queen and they marry, they and all their children take on the name of the Queens husband, therefore ending the family's reign of the throne.

King Henry did have three children though, Mary, Elizabeth and Edward, in order of birth.
When Henry died, Edward became King, despite being the youngest, because he was male. However, he was sickly throughout life, and he died as a teenager on the throne, not long after becoming King.
So, Mary then became Queen of England. She was to marry into the Spanish Monarchy, but it never went through, and she also died.
Elizabeth became Queen of England, and she fought of the invading Spanish Armada, who were also attacking due to wanting the throne, among other reasons.
Anyway, Elizabeth became one of, if not, the most significant and well known ruliing monarchs of England of all time. But, she never married and had no children, so once she died, the Tudor reign ended.

The closest decendants were the Stuarts. Who, were also Scottish, so ultimately reasonably unpopular with the English.
It got worse, as Charles I became King and started to ignore parlaiment, even disbanding them at a time.
He pretty much roostered up the country, over-taxing and inforcing taxes on places which weren't required to pay taxes. (Making inland cities pay Dock-Taxes, a tax for cities with docks)
Anyway, this lead to the English Civil War and 11 years in which England no longer had a monarchy, before it was reinstated by Charles II, Charles I's son.
tl;dr English History.

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Off Topic / Re: -X-!-X-!-X-King Henry VIII (King of England)-X-!-X-!-X-

« on: February 13, 2011, 05:11:15 PM »

Do some research before stating that you're related to one of the stufftier kings of England?

"stufftier King of England" - Frees the country from the essentially tyranical control of the Catholic Church.
Pretty much the start of the end of the middle ages. When the Kings and Queens were massively influential. In fact, the Tudors actually changed the country and progressed it a lot.
No, the two don't go together.


Do you have a sourced ancestory tree leading back to Henry VIII?
And if you are related, t's probably through a fairly indirect way.
There are hundreds and thousands of people all around the world who are related in someway or another to the English Monarchy.
Sorry to burst your bubble, but you shair this relation with a lot of other people.
Bare in mind he was alive 464 years ago. That leaves a lot of wiggle room for all sorts of relations and generations.

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Gallery / Re: Post your epic pictures.

« on: February 12, 2011, 09:50:19 PM »

Something odd happened when I teleported a tank far above the ground while I and Sharp Shooter were in it.
The turret sort of lagged behind, and was slowly moving after it.
If I stopped, it gently hovered back into position, but if I moved again, it would have a delay and then chase the tank.

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Off Topic / Re: Someone make me an intro pl0x.

« on: February 12, 2011, 09:45:33 PM »

Why do you need an intro?
Can't you just post videos?

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Off Topic / Re: Parents can see what I do on internet.

« on: February 12, 2011, 09:36:35 PM »

watch all the research on the internet

see parent's reaction

His parents would be dead long before he got even a quarter of the way through.
And he'd be dead not long after.

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Off Topic / Re: I need an offline source

« on: February 12, 2011, 09:24:50 PM »

Not sure.
Not sure either.
A library, I need to know if they have books like that.
Newspapers were fine, she said.
It's for a persuasive speech, so I mainly need statistics.

The library is likely a good idea.
Of course, unless your local library has an online directory, you wouldn't know what books they do or do not have, so it may just be a case of having to go there and having a check anyway.
And you're likely to find a number of pro and anti sources with statistics too.

If you require a newspaper that has information like that, you'd be best to search for a newspaper with such a political bias.

Making the sources offline only is rather tough on you, though. On a topic on current affairs, most information would be found on the internet. Seems rather silly to force you to hunt down newspapers.
But the library is always a good option if you have the time. You might even find something worth checking in just your school library.

How do you suppose?
Dammit well when I get to be 18 well I'll have to pay all the taxes towards health care... dammit D,:

Surely paying a tax continuously for a fairly low amount is much better than say, having a very unfortunate accident one day, which requires a lot of medical attention and costs you a lot of personal money or isn't covered by your health plan? I'd rather know that I'm safe if I have a nasty accident, instead of possibly losing a lot of money or all of my money, especially if I happen to be out of work at the time.

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General Discussion / Re: What have I missed?

« on: February 12, 2011, 08:46:11 PM »

Last post - 28^th April 2010.

You've probably missed quite a lot in just under a year.
There'd be no point in telling you what's happened, because it's all a lot of short-lived drama and random people.
Minecraft is big, and has stayed big for a long time, if that's of interest to you.

We've had a few new versions. Check them out on the main website.
Otherwise, there's not much to know. Just jump back in. Things come and go too fast to see it all here.
But welcome back, though.