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Also a message for Panther

BRUH

Panther wrote:

Lake Placid

...american place-names are the best

Panther wrote:

Does it seem so? Activity waxes and wanes, I guess. Some folks get busy in the real world (such as yourself :P ), some leave and others arrive. Occasionally, a cruise ship pulls into port and offloads a bunch of rowdy tourists, but more often than not, it's mostly lazy hammocks and island drinks here.

Missing you people, already. 😢😭
Regards.

Johanneslanden wrote:

...american place-names are the best

Lake Placid is dope tho
I have a 1932 Winter Olympics t-shirt, which was held there.

Oh yeah and 1980 as well but eh I'm a nerd and prefer the former

A Small Rock Off Maowi wrote:

I'm gonna guess it's for the start of the school year, I don't know where Riv's from but here in the UK I've just had my first day back. It was nice to be back in school physically, but also ... lessons 😭

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IpYOF4Hi6Q

Mauryavarsha wrote:

Ah, cool. So the academic year starts @ September, in the UK??
Here, in IND, all the academic institutions start operating in mid-June.
Well, this year has been a bit different, with the pandemic and all that. We are having online lectures, instead of normal college.

Here in Argentina I’ve been having virtual university lessons since march, and I’m so f*cking done.
I hope I can meet with my friends for september 21st.

Johanneslanden wrote:

...american place-names are the best

They're either like that, or else the name of whichever British or German town the migrants came from, or they're a botched Native American word, or the name of some famous historical city that folks decided to bestow upon some podunk little village in the middle of nowhere and which we inevitably begin to mispronounce over the decades...

The bodensee wrote:

Lake Placid is dope tho
I have a 1932 Winter Olympics t-shirt, which was held there.

Oh yeah and 1980 as well but eh I'm a nerd and prefer the former

Yeah, that town is all about the Olympics. It is the one thing that they have, besides the beautiful wilderness but that's everywhere up there. So the town's entire identity is wrapped up in those two Olympics. As well as winter sport, in general, because they have a ton of leftover facilities and equipment from those two winter Olympics. People flock there all year round to train or take part in tournaments.

Half the town is sporting people like that and rich tourists and even more rich people with second homes they keep there. The other half is incredible rural poverty (such as my family). And it is really disheartening to see them butted up against one another. Most of them work service jobs catering to those rich folk, like cleaning homes and cooking and doing landscaping and construction. It's a bizarre place.

But, I digress. The history of the Olympics there are pretty cool. And yes, I too am an Olympic hipster and prefer the older 1932 Olympics to the more recent 1980 one... I like the Olympics before it became so commercial, man :P

Republic of gran colombia wrote:

Missing you people, already. 😢😭
Regards.

:)

You have neighbors on the map, now. So you'll have company whenever you are able to return.

Shrek is life Shrek is love

Holly United wrote:

*Watching Ed Edd and Eddy when the Emergency Broadcast Signal interrupts*

I can't tell if you actually had an emergency in your hometown, or if this was a fun IC message, lol

Norgiestoileckylockj wrote:

Also a message for Panther

🎁

We are number 1 in agriculture again. Now stay down. page=list_nations/region=south_pacific?censusid=17

Dear Norg,

We wish you the very best, and remain your devoted servant always,
~ Panther

Panther wrote:

Dear Norg,

🎁

This aggression will not stand, man.

Four of the top five spots in the Agriculture Sector statistic are my own nations. We will not only overtake your number one place, we will knock you out of the top five altogether. We shall salt the earth on which you once stood, and forbid your name be spoken in the lands until you are forgotten from history.

We wish you the very best, and remain your devoted servant always,
~ Panther

Dear Panther,

Best wishes, Norgiestoileckylockj

The bodensee wrote:

Lake Placid is dope tho
I have a 1932 Winter Olympics t-shirt, which was held there.

Sled Dog Racing was first demonstrated to the Olympics there at that time.

Hey guys. This message is a bit different.... anyone of you work with/know SQL?

Mauryavarsha wrote:

Hey guys. This message is a bit different.... anyone of you work with/know SQL?

Pardon my presumption, you likely already know this, but I believe websites like Stack Exchange and github are pretty good resources. Or so I hear...

A Down and Dusky Blonde wrote:

Sled Dog Racing was first demonstrated to the Olympics there at that time.

I didn't realize that. By the way, you still owe us a story at some point about your early days with sled dogs :P

Norgiestoileckylockj wrote:

Dear Panther,

🎁

If you make any attempt to retake #1 in agriculture it will be considered an act of war. I will deploy all means to stay #1 and if I fail I will take you down with me. You have been warned.

Best wishes, Norgiestoileckylockj

Dearest Norg,

I trust this gift finds you well, your family healthy, and your crops plentiful as always,
~ Panther

Panther wrote:

or the name of some famous historical city that folks decided to bestow upon some podunk little village in the middle of nowhere

youtube.com/watch?v=PgRafRp-P-o

"ah yes, we've just founded a city on a river. Let's name it after another city on a river!"

Johanneslanden wrote:

youtube.com/watch?v=PgRafRp-P-o

"ah yes, we've just founded a city on a river. Let's name it after another city on a river!"

The link doesn't lead me anywhere. But yes, that is indeed the mindset, it seems.

I have lived near Troy, New York; Syracuse, New York; Rome, New York; Bombay, New York; Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; Nazareth, Penn; Dublin, Penn; Memphis, TN; Athens, Georgia; Smyrna, Georgia; Thebes, Illinois

hi :3

Panther wrote:

Dearest Norg,

🎁

*inside was filled with locusts*

I trust this gift finds you well, your family healthy, and your crops plentiful as always,
~ Panther

Dear Panther,
I received your gift. I thank you for your compassion even though we aren’t the bestest of friends during these times. In fact, I couldn’t just ignore your compassion without sending a gift of my own, so I hope this finds its way to your office.

Chao, Norgiestoileckylockj

Norgiestoileckylockj wrote:

Dear Panther,
I received your gift. I thank you for your compassion even though we aren’t the bestest of friends during these times. In fact, I couldn’t just ignore your compassion without sending a gift of my own, so I hope this finds its way to your office.

🎁

*Inside is a dead panther*

Chao, Norgiestoileckylockj

Beloved Norge, light of my life,
Please accept this gift of a decorative pine box hand-crafted by our local artisans. I hope you recognize it as the peace offering it is meant to be. May our relations be restored to their former warmth.

Forever yours, forever young
~ Panther

Panther wrote:

I didn't realize that. By the way, you still owe us a story at some point about your early days with sled dogs :P

Yes I do. I completely forgot about doing that. :(

This year's Iditarod --> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8zXJ4S_D9k

A Down and Dusky Blonde wrote:

Yes I do. I completely forgot about doing that. :(

This year's Iditarod --> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8zXJ4S_D9k

Wow, look at all those dogs playing in the snow, lol. I love to see dogs "working," they're just so in their element.

I didn't realize so many different breeds were used for sled racing. I guess I thought they were all huskies and malamutes. Look what else I found:

https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-poodles-raced-in-the-iditarod-20160317-story.html

Panther wrote:

Beloved Norge, light of my life,
Please accept this gift of a decorative pine box hand-crafted by our local artisans. I hope you recognize it as the peace offering it is meant to be. May our relations be restored to their former warmth.

🎁⚰

🧛‍♀️

Forever yours, forever young
~ Panther

Dear Panther,
We’ve kept this up for sometime, where I send you a gift with best wishes, but inside is the opposite of a gift, and then you send something back that ruins my day, so this needs to end. It’s all very predictable, so I have decided to send you a gift that you wouldn’t expect. Please, accept it graciously.

Tootles,
Norgiestoileckylockj

Norgiestoileckylockj wrote:

Dear Panther,
We’ve kept this up for sometime, where I send you a gift with best wishes, but inside is the opposite of a gift, and then you send something back that ruins my day, so this needs to end. It’s all very predictable, so I have decided to send you a gift that you wouldn’t expect. Please, accept it graciously.

🎁

https://youtu.be/sAn7baRbhx4

I await your next gift eagerly.

Tootles,
Norgiestoileckylockj

Norg,
You are correct, this has stretched on for some time now. I simply enjoy taking a joke past the point of absurdity.
I laughed upon reception of your final gift -- I truly did not expect it.
The is my last letter to you. This gift is all I have left.

Panther wrote:

Wow, look at all those dogs playing in the snow, lol. I love to see dogs "working," they're just so in their element.

I didn't realize so many different breeds were used for sled racing. I guess I thought they were all huskies and malamutes.

There are many pure breeds being run as well as the majority of cross breeds. Ever see Dalmatians running. They blend into the snowy background and all you see are black dots dancing before your eyes. Another team consisted of white German Shepards. There was a team of black Newfoundlands being led by a Golden Retriever. The Newfies just trotted along and the Golden dropped from exhaustion after crossing the finish line from dragging the Newfies along. The weirdest cross breed I've ever seen was a Borzoi/Husky cross called a Borsky. lol

Panther wrote:

Pardon my presumption, you likely already know this, but I believe websites like Stack Exchange and github are pretty good resources. Or so I hear...

They are, but only for specific languages like Java, PHP, C.
Well then, scavenging from YT is the only option left. :-|