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:lol: You're lucky, you must have a wonderfully disciplined ursine population! Try as we might, we can't get them bears to correctly respect reserve limits.

Yes, Eastern Germanic impacted Romance languages, especially lexicon. Italian has a few hundred loanwords from Gothic and Lombard (the latter's classification is still not clear), mostly military terms or adaptations of concepts that existed in German law. For instance, faida (in English...

Eh, I wouldn't know. No mentions were made of signs of consumption, but maybe they were mindful of the family. To clarify: I'm talking about a recent story, the first time a bear has killed someone in Italy in the last 150 years. According to the newspaper, they used apples and honey as bait...

I think it's TV the World Forgot, but the '90s show I remember loving the most was Northern Exposure. Does anyone else remember it?

The more colourful character, the one who'd be the funnier to have a beer with: Boris.

Ah, thank you! :high5: But the razor in question was launched before the millennium... which means it's actually a Generation X guys' classic. (I feel compelled to add: Harrison Ford is κτῆμα ἐς αἰεί, a timeless classic). In capable hands, this could be a nice piece of dark comedy. :lol: I...

Can TV shows guide us through difficult times? It happened to me recently. Around Christmas I suffered what could be called a form of midlife crisis. It wasn't severe, thankfully: I didn't return home riding an Electra Glide, I just bought my first double edge razor. Results were, um, uneven...

I personally prefer Argentina, of course, and there are arguments to be made for it. After the rocky start against Saudi Arabia, the team has constantly improved (France has been good, even very good, all along; their parable has been flat, the medical situation might be a problem). Messi is...

My guesses are really simple considerations. I like Argentina better than Croatia, plus, when comparing players (managers and motivation surely are not an issue now, in the world cup semis), they're simply better. Similarly for France: even though I'd love to be confuted, les bleus are just a...

Well, neither did you. :p Predictions: Argentina and France (the more talented, well-rounded teams) will make it to the final. For final victory, the favorite will be the team that manages to avoid going to extra time.

The watch repairer contacted me. The calendar in my wristwatch is broken, and as there are no spare parts for a 50+ years old watch, they have no solutions. :cry:

The Internet has officially failed me. I've really tried to find a picture of Starmer with Carl Weathers, but no, apparently there isn't any... :cry:

I believe the late lamented GM Tony Miles explained the issue best: "A few years ago in his (London) Times column he [Raymond Keene] called a player named Archangelski a grandmaster. As reported on page 38 of issue 23 of Kingpin, when this mistake was pointed out Keene assured The Times that...

True, but for anything to be on fire requires another party to set it on fire - some pyromaniac, lightning, Brian Eno...

I waited to see if they would update their academic profiles, but they must have been busy otherwise: both Pluchino and Rapisarda only list among their achievements the 2010 win (but they added the latest awards to their personal web pages). I'm not sure when, but they also reunited with...

:lol: It would be better! At least I'd have something to rail about! Unfortunately no, it's the fruit of the machinations of our town hall: all legal and even with a layer of green to make it hard to dispute. Rant-ish: For years the policy in my town has been to build cycle lanes anywhere while...

After one parking fine too many, I finally caved in and paid for a year-long city permit to park in blue zones. It still feels like extortion, but at least I can stop worrying.

The intro is still awesome.

EU or not, we're still drawn by geography! :grouphug: