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Title: Whats your nationality?
Post by: Little Helper on 20 October 2010, 23:37:24
I want so know some of your guy's Nationality! :)

I'll start first. I'm an American Vietnamese.  :)
Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: Omega on 21 October 2010, 01:07:47
Well, I suppose I'll share...
I am Canadian, as most of you know, coming from the grand prairies of Saskatchewan (boy, sure is flat out here ;) (in all honesty, it's not flat at all. That's just the fun stereotypes)).

My family roots trace back to Hungary and Germany.
Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: Little Helper on 21 October 2010, 01:37:14
Thats interesting. My siblings and myself are the first generation of my parents and their family to be born the U.S.
Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: -Archmage- on 21 October 2010, 03:36:52
American, my ancestry can be traced back to the Mayflower.
Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: Zoythrus on 21 October 2010, 03:40:28
American, but both sides of my family hail from Scandinavia
Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: Gabbe on 21 October 2010, 04:35:03
(virtual) High five Zoy!

Norway! :)
Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: Psychedelic_hands on 21 October 2010, 04:52:51
I'm from Australia, though I'm quarter Hungarian.
Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: Zoythrus on 21 October 2010, 06:07:30
Quote from: Gabbe on 21 October 2010, 04:35:03
(virtual) High five Zoy!

Norway! :)
back at you, Gabbe!
Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: kaloh on 21 October 2010, 12:54:25
I am Español and my legacy is Extremadura (a region of Spain)
Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: wyvern on 21 October 2010, 20:33:53
I live in america but my parents are czech, However part of my family was russian, my great-great grandfather was a russian general ;D ;D
Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: Gabbe on 22 October 2010, 04:33:33
Oh now i see, you write info about your nationality alsO?

Im from norway, on my mothers side i am from the higher social classes in old Norway ( I should be something like a Baron when i grow older and my dads ded). On my fathers, im from Ghana in Africa, also called the golden coast or something. So i got quite a messed up DNA :P
Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: ultifd on 22 October 2010, 05:55:15
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So i got quite a messed up DNA
More like Unique...which is good, most of the time...  :thumbup:
Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: Zoythrus on 22 October 2010, 05:59:20
what about you, ultifd? where do you come from?
Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: Gabbe on 22 October 2010, 13:05:09
Quote from: ultifd on 22 October 2010, 05:55:15
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So i got quite a messed up DNA
More like Unique...which is good, most of the time...  :thumbup:

I hope so :)
Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: ElimiNator on 23 October 2010, 05:13:54
Canadian, grandparents were born in Czechoslovakia.
Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: wyvern on 23 October 2010, 15:02:20
Quote from: ElimiNator on 23 October 2010, 05:13:54
Canadian, grandparents were born in Czechoslovakia.
Woohoo Czechoslovakia ;D ;D :thumbup: :thumbup:
Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: Hagekura on 1 November 2010, 23:52:26
Interesting thread.I also want to know where are glest guys came from?how many glest men in the world?
I,from japan.maybe my grandparent's grandparent also lived in japan.
Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: Gabbe on 2 November 2010, 00:53:36
Hmm, don`t answer if you dont want to :)

Why don`t you know if your grandparents were from Japan also?

BTW, you have a cool writing style in english at Japan ;)
Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: Hagekura on 2 November 2010, 06:58:01
Of course my grandparents also live in japan.
I was meant to say,my family have been lived in japan from generation to generation,like other japanese.
Sometime I envy you guys have many origins in many countries.thank you.
Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: wciow on 2 November 2010, 09:05:09
Quote from: Gabbe on  2 November 2010, 00:53:36
BTW, you have a cool writing style in english at Japan ;)

Indeed you have good written english skills for someone from Japan, english is very different from symbolic languages.  :thumbup:

I'm from the UK and apart from a bit of pigeon german cant speak any other languages  :(
Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: Hagekura on 2 November 2010, 19:14:06
Thx,I think Japanese learning English is more easier than English learning Japanese.
coz English has only 26 characters.If you try to learn Japanese,You'll be doomed by millions of Chinese characters! :dead:
Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: -Archmage- on 2 November 2010, 21:52:57
A good way to tell how hard a language is to learn compared with other languages is how long it takes babies to learn to speak it.
I spoke my first sentence at 4 months old, but I don't think that's the average. :look:

Of course, only now after writing this I remember that we're talking about writing, not speaking. :P
Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: Omega on 3 November 2010, 00:57:10
Quote from: -Archmage- on  2 November 2010, 21:52:57
A good way to tell how hard a language is to learn compared with other languages is how long it takes babies to learn to speak it.
I spoke my first sentence at 4 months old, but I don't think that's the average. :look:

Of course, only now after writing this I remember that we're talking about writing, not speaking. :P
I'm not so sure that applies. After all, it takes a child usually around 5-8 years to be able to properly read and speak a language. On average, most languages should take an adult 6-12 months to learn, depending on many factors such as their familiarity with the language's grammatical structure, the language itself, the characters used in the language (ie: for an english speaking person, Italian would be far easier to learn than Japanese (I hear it's one of the easiest secondary languages to learn)).

Anyway, this is getting offtopic, so let's get back to the mod on hand:
How much do you have left to do for an alpha, and when could we see such a release? For an alpha, having icons, balance, etc isn't a huge deal. In fact, even just releasing the models and a rough XML is usually enough for a start (like how Wciow released his Undead mod alpha). It let's us see the units (and stare in awe) even if it isn't properly playable.
Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: Hagekura on 3 November 2010, 02:12:47
Quote from: -Archmage- on  2 November 2010, 21:52:57
I spoke my first sentence at 4 months old, but I don't think that's the average. :look:
I don't remember everything about when I was a baby.
If your story is true,I must surprise for that!especially considering your age...wow you are over 100..simply amazing... :o

Quote from: Omega on  3 November 2010, 00:57:10
Anyway, this is getting offtopic, so let's get back to the mod on hand:
How much do you have left to do for an alpha, and when could we see such a release? For an alpha, having icons, balance, etc isn't a huge deal. In fact, even just releasing the models and a rough XML is usually enough for a start (like how Wciow released his Undead mod alpha). It let's us see the units (and stare in awe) even if it isn't properly playable.
Is it for me?If so,if you say so,I'm getting ready to roll sir!
I could upload the similar one I have already handed to Zoy,
only I have to do is give it a proper readme for public release.
about uploading the file,where should I choose for uploader?(I used megaupload for zoy).
Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: Omega on 3 November 2010, 22:39:23
I recommend you try either filefront (no ads, wait times, etc, and the fastest uploader I've seen!) or Mediafire (anonymous upload, but has a slight wait time and can't match filefront's speed). Because filefront's new web page design is a tad tricky to find the upload page, here's a direct link:
http://www.filefront.com/upload.php

If you have a working copy that Zoythrus was able to use, that works for a testing alpha. Players don't expect proper gameplay, and really it serves to present your mod, show off a few units, and, above all, build up hype for the final release. ;D
Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: Hagekura on 3 November 2010, 23:58:18
Thx omega,sir.
I've successfully uploaded the file on filefront(I have faced some difficulty searching upload page indeed).
there aren't really much in it,but plz try and hf!
Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: John.d.h on 4 November 2010, 00:03:55
Quote from: Hagekura on  3 November 2010, 23:58:18
Thx omega,sir.
I've successfully uploaded the file on filefront(I have faced some difficulty searching upload page indeed).
there aren't really much in it,but plz try and hf!
Cool.  I'm sure a lot of people have been looking forward to it.

Returning to the original topic, I was born and raised in the USA.  My ancestors are mostly from Poland and Germany, with a few other odds and ends I'm sure.  No idea how I have a Scottish last name, though.

Is it just my imagination, or do we have a LOT of Germans and Australians?  Or maybe I'm just not used to it?
Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: Gabbe on 4 November 2010, 00:12:55
Weird because Germans usually got fast internet connexions and Australies have...lets just say, not so good :D
Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: -Archmage- on 4 November 2010, 05:45:02
Quote from: Gabbe on  4 November 2010, 00:12:55
Weird because Germans usually got fast internet connexions and Australies have...lets just say, not so good :D

Within their own country they're building some net across their country that will deliver 1 gigabit of internet speed.
Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: ultifd on 4 November 2010, 07:32:33
Quote from: John.d.h on  4 November 2010, 00:03:55
Is it just my imagination, or do we have a LOT of Germans?  Or maybe I'm just not used to it?
Well, for Glest, that is partially because some publicized MG to some German sites...
Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: Psychedelic_hands on 4 November 2010, 09:13:23
Quote from: -Archmage- on  4 November 2010, 05:45:02
Quote from: Gabbe on  4 November 2010, 00:12:55
Weird because Germans usually got fast internet connexions and Australies have...lets just say, not so good :D

Within their own country they're building some net across their country that will deliver 1 gigabit of internet speed.

There is lots of political-ness about that, I doubt it will actually happen. Because we have a hung parliament, stuff is kinda messed up at the moment.
Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: Omega on 4 November 2010, 21:46:33
I envy the fact that small countries could actually do such a thing. Canada, on the other hand, has it's large size work against it if it wanted to supply internet to the entire country. Millions of square kilometers to cover would be... wow. Plus, the northern parts of Canada are largely wilderness, and have a population density of less than 1 person per square kilometer.

I don't see how the speed of the internet effects how many people of that country would be on the board. I had dialup when I originally downloaded and played glest (well, I downloaded it on a grandparents internet (isn't it wierd when a 60 year old grandmother has better internet?) but that's not the point, and it could have downloaded on dialup, had I the time to waste 6 hours).
Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: -Archmage- on 5 November 2010, 04:46:43
Quote from: Omega on  4 November 2010, 21:46:33
I don't see how the speed of the internet effects how many people of that country would be on the board. I had dialup when I originally downloaded and played glest (well, I downloaded it on a grandparents internet (isn't it wierd when a 60 year old grandmother has better internet?) but that's not the point, and it could have downloaded on dialup, had I the time to waste 6 hours).

Are you saying that it would be a waste to spend 6 hours downloading Glest. :o Traitor!!! Seize him!
Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: Zoythrus on 5 November 2010, 05:18:27
Quote from: -Archmage- on  5 November 2010, 04:46:43
Quote from: Omega on  4 November 2010, 21:46:33
I don't see how the speed of the internet effects how many people of that country would be on the board. I had dialup when I originally downloaded and played glest (well, I downloaded it on a grandparents internet (isn't it wierd when a 60 year old grandmother has better internet?) but that's not the point, and it could have downloaded on dialup, had I the time to waste 6 hours).

Are you saying that it would be a waste to spend 6 hours downloading Glest. :o Traitor!!! Seize him!
out of everyone, i would never have expected Omega to be the traitor! He has now been shunned....
Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: Psychedelic_hands on 5 November 2010, 14:50:01
Quote from: Omega on  4 November 2010, 21:46:33
I envy the fact that small countries could actually do such a thing.

Since when is Australia small? haha. Canada and Australia are pretty similar in that they're both big countries with highly concentrated lines of populace around their boarder (or coast.) Except for the fact that we have desert, not snow  :)

P.S my grandma found out the other day that I'm a little bit Scottish.... or Irish..... can't remember :S
Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: Gabbe on 5 November 2010, 15:01:16
22 millions in Australia, thats a pretty small country
Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: Psychedelic_hands on 6 November 2010, 07:13:17
I thought he was talking about land mass? and Canada only has what? 30 million?
Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: josepzin on 6 November 2010, 08:36:19
I am from Argentina, now i am living in Spain and my old grandfathers are from Italy  ::)
Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: the warlord of the reich on 15 November 2010, 23:46:08
i am from saudia arabia (country of the sword) its spelled like this in arabic المملكة السعودية العربية my anecestores are from the ghamdi clan (or house) they emerged from extremley hard and weather and terrien areas and settled in the mountains of albaha. i live in al taif city. abit cold but very beutiful. it one world's cleanest city once if i am not mistaken. probably saudia's cleanest. or asia's (?)
Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: Gabbe on 16 November 2010, 12:42:36
Cool, i want to see a picture warlord ;)
Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: the warlord of the reich on 16 November 2010, 12:45:21
of what?
Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: Gabbe on 16 November 2010, 13:20:51
Taif City
Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: the warlord of the reich on 16 November 2010, 14:28:34
here you go. a beutifull city it is  :)

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[URL=http://www.almlf.com][IMG]http://www.almlf.com/get-11-2010-almlf_com_crct9453.jpg[/img][/URL] al shafa. most beutifull location of taif.

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this is city of al taif
Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: Gabbe on 16 November 2010, 15:35:14
Awesome city, it looks pretty amazing ;)
Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: John.d.h on 16 November 2010, 19:26:38
I didn't expect it to snow in Saudi Arabia.  I would have thought it was too dry and maybe too warm.  I guess I learned something.
Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: Gabbe on 16 November 2010, 19:29:11
Himmalayha or however you write it, middle of the world, still snow, also Saudi Arabia can have snow on the mountains and high lands, even here up in Norway, sometimes we have it hotter than Turkey :|
Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: the warlord of the reich on 16 November 2010, 19:43:24
why no snow? it is a cold city. al taif is gets more cold then other cities because it is attop of mountains. jeddah is extremley hot and you may die from it. because it is very down deep.

al baha.... the town my aneccestores setteled at. sevrel villages seprated across very high mountains and rivers and huge cliffs and sheer walls. and boulders and forests. its deadly cold. but my annecestores lived and survived in it somehow. stone houses and old strectures... but they developed to modern world. even though. al baha is still way to far back. its probably outraced by all cities in saudia. it is enviormental, and natural and very beutifull town. i hope it will stay this way and the industrial crap wont destroy it. i dont think it's terrien will allow any company to get any hope about it. i prey so
Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: Omega on 16 November 2010, 22:05:58
Quote from: John.d.h on 16 November 2010, 19:26:38
I didn't expect it to snow in Saudi Arabia.  I would have thought it was too dry and maybe too warm.  I guess I learned something.
Same. I knew mountains can have snow, but never expected a large city to have it that close to the equator... Of course, you don't know "cold" until you've been to canada ;). Where I live, temperatures can range from -40 - +40 (Celsius of course) throughout the year.
Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: wyvern on 17 November 2010, 03:35:32
Quote from: Omega on 16 November 2010, 22:05:58
Quote from: John.d.h on 16 November 2010, 19:26:38
I didn't expect it to snow in Saudi Arabia.  I would have thought it was too dry and maybe too warm.  I guess I learned something.
Same. I knew mountains can have snow, but never expected a large city to have it that close to the equator... Of course, you don't know "cold" until you've been to canada ;). Where I live, temperatures can range from -40 - +40 (Celsius of course) throughout the year.
no offense I wouldn't wanna live there if thats how the weather is I didn't know it snowed there either the pictures are beautiful though :)
Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: Gabbe on 17 November 2010, 12:50:25
Quote from: Omega on 16 November 2010, 22:05:58
Quote from: John.d.h on 16 November 2010, 19:26:38
I didn't expect it to snow in Saudi Arabia.  I would have thought it was too dry and maybe too warm.  I guess I learned something.
Same. I knew mountains can have snow, but never expected a large city to have it that close to the equator... Of course, you don't know "cold" until you've been to canada ;). Where I live, temperatures can range from -40 - +40 (Celsius of course) throughout the year.

I feel you man!
Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: Omega on 17 November 2010, 14:33:07
Aren't you from norway? According to this, your highest registered temperature is 38 and you lowest is -50.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Norway#Temperature

You relize 40 isn't an average, just a peak, right? Our average winters are maybe -10 - -20...
Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: Gabbe on 17 November 2010, 14:53:53
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_extremes_in_Canada

We are closing in :)
Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: the warlord of the reich on 17 November 2010, 15:18:36
this year. saudia will suffer from a deadly and serious cold weather. difrent from the past winters. we arabs diden get used to cold weather. thats why we gonna be pretty velunarble.

i think the reason is that in russia when their forests set on fire the death of many trees caused the weather and other conditons of temreture to change and take an another path.

it's already autumn here. but the winterly cold weather has already came with striking winds
Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: Gabbe on 17 November 2010, 15:23:00
We had snow months ago ;) Good luck though, i think you should be fine  :)
Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: Hagekura on 17 November 2010, 16:59:55
Quote from: the warlord of the reich on 15 November 2010, 23:46:08
i am from saudia arabia (country of the sword) its spelled like this in arabic المملكة السعودية العربية my anecestores are from the ghamdi clan (or house) they emerged from extremley hard and weather and terrien areas and settled in the mountains of albaha. i live in al taif city. abit cold but very beutiful. it one world's cleanest city once if i am not mistaken. probably saudia's cleanest. or asia's (?)
Wow I have never thought you are an arabian!
I assumed that you are european coz of your name.
how international glest is! :D
Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: Gabbe on 17 November 2010, 17:22:10
1 Japan
1 Norway
2 USA
1 Hungary
1 Canada
1 Germany
1 Saudia Arabia

These are the ones i remember which country  :|
Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: the warlord of the reich on 17 November 2010, 21:22:48
Quote from: Hagekura on 17 November 2010, 16:59:55
Quote from: the warlord of the reich on 15 November 2010, 23:46:08
i am from saudia arabia (country of the sword) its spelled like this in arabic المملكة السعودية العربية my anecestores are from the ghamdi clan (or house) they emerged from extremley hard and weather and terrien areas and settled in the mountains of albaha. i live in al taif city. abit cold but very beutiful. it one world's cleanest city once if i am not mistaken. probably saudia's cleanest. or asia's (?)
Wow I have never thought you are an arabian!
I assumed that you are european coz of your name.
how international glest is! :D

am a one of a kind for your information, arabs dont get around playing games like this or coming to these sites. also, they are no fans of history either. not much. but they are not.

this might prove the existance of people from diffrent contries around here! not only americans and canadians. but other people from other parties.
Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: wyvern on 18 November 2010, 03:28:35
don't take it that way, I believe Titi is german, Gabbe is from norway, I live in america but am pretty much 100% czech and we have some chinese, portugese and the original glest team was spanish I believe, the only canadian is Omega, I think, its just that people from the US are the only ones with a bigger group most of the others are individuals :)
Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: ultifd on 18 November 2010, 03:44:44
Quote from: Wyvern on 18 November 2010, 03:28:35
the only canadian is Omega
Well, don't forget about the V. Family.   :O (softcoder, Elim, Tiger...etc)

The community is kinda diverse. I know there are a lot of Germans, plus a good number of Australians and Canadians.
Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: John.d.h on 18 November 2010, 03:45:16
I've met people from every continent on these forums and/or #glest IRC.  Well, nobody from Antarctica just yet. :P
Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: Omega on 18 November 2010, 06:24:17
Well, using google analytics some time ago for the Glest guide, there was a high concentration of american users, but also plenty from most of europe, lots of asia, even some africa, plenty from south america... Of course, you can't just depend on people to post their country, most players don't even have a glest board account. IP adress tracking can tell you the country (though nothing more), being a more accurate source.
Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: Trappin on 18 November 2010, 17:01:22
American with Danish, Swiss/German, Irish and English blood. Typical American mixed breed mutt. Both of my grandfathers were born in late 1890, one side were cattle ranchers and the other apple/cherry orchard ranchers. One grandfather told me how the children all slept in one big bed and in the winter the snow would blow in between the wooden slats and they would awaken to snow siting atop their down feather bed coverings. Pretty crazy how hard life was back then when compared to how it is now.

I have my great grandfathers bed and sleep in it every night, its an old rope bed but I added a rail so a modern mattress can be set above the ropes. The bed I have is larger and more ornate than the one shown in the picture below.

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Ever wonder where "sleep tight, don't let the bedbugs bite" originated? The ropes would get loose on these beds and would need to be tightened once in a while.
Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: the warlord of the reich on 18 November 2010, 17:10:37
i hear my dad teling me same stories. they lived in villages across the vvery high mountains it was so crazy cold weather. they were all poor and nobody was rich in al baha. they were mostly farmers and my dad was a sheep herder when he was a kid. along with his brothers. salih, ali, khalid, mohammed, abdulahman, and his sister fatimah
they worked in diffrent manners. my grandfather god bless him was working so hard. he opened a small shop in the thursday market. and the school was very very tough. life was tough. i saw the old ruins they were living at untill modern buildings were out. there was dangerous snakes. and scorpions and wolves my father says. the wolves once killed all the goats in their farm. and guess what? they killed it all. and toke a one. they dident ate the rest. they just killed it. those are hatred wolves.
Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: Trappin on 18 November 2010, 18:22:50
Wolves, coyote and mountain lion will kill for sport and all will attack humans if the conditions are right. I've shot quite a few coyote, it doesn't make me feel good, its just a necessity when they threaten livestock. I spotted a Mountain Lion one time near my grandpa's apple orchard, it was a female with very small cubs - she was roaring and growling and in a very agitated state.

Here is a photo I took of wild horses not too far from my house.
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And these are Pronghorn Antelope

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Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: the warlord of the reich on 18 November 2010, 18:53:17
my dad and grandfather and uncles dident had beds at all. very few people had. they slept in hay or sometimes old tattered blankets and pillows weere stuffed with hay o something like it.

my dad says snakes were most fraightening in all al baha. he says once a woodcutter went to the woods for some fire wood to sell or use and he saw a snaked and clashed with it. the woodcutter tells the story he used his hatch to attemp to kill the snake. he says he tried to chop it but the hatch dident seem to pentrate the skin. just pins the snake down. untill lots of gighting with the snake he killed it hardy and very tough and exhausting fight. a woodcutter would be usually strong. how could he not kill it easy? thats a reason to becareful from snakes. but the biggest thing that fraightens was it's poison. there was poor healthcare. only old healing manners. the old healing and medication realy works. but if time was avilable to take the sick to an experienced healers place. there was only 1 hospital in al baha and it was far from their village. you have to cross a rough dirt road through mountains to reach the town wheres the hospital is.

also another true story of a butcher caught a snake in his shop. the butchers was strong and giant and powerfull. even though. he used the knives and blades to attemt to kill the snake. e says it was hard. the knive wont cut the snnake. and the snake was fast and dodgy.it tried to run and menuever but the butcher closed the door so he can kill it. when he was done. he killed it. he hanged it over a rope in the public signspot. trying to clear his point to watch out from these things. the butcher killed the snake by crushing it with his boots. right on its head.
Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: Omega on 19 November 2010, 01:59:57
Viva la Canada:

(http://www.discounttraveletickets.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/canada.jpg)

Toronto
http://cache.virtualtourist.com/1357332-Toronto_At_Night-Toronto.jpg

Vancouver
http://stewardess.inhatc.ac.kr/philoint/teaching-data/images-vancouver/Canada-1.jpg
Title: Re: Whats your nationality?
Post by: Gabbe on 19 November 2010, 02:13:48
Hmm, i`ve always wondered, is it likely that Quebec will become independant from Canada?

Norway BTW:

(http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/21864/photos/PHOTO_3669150_21864_7419433_main.jpg)
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