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Mibahlzitch 08/06/21 4:25:04 AM #1:	it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only. "And thus, as I say, as I think you will understand, we come upon a different day. The day of our departure becomes the day of our return. 'Ah' and 'b' both signify, how will they come? 'B' and 'b' mean, how will they come, in the manner of the day of our departure, of every person which we had left for any other country when he was a child, and which we had left for, except for himself, to a certain point, which we had not done to any one; in which case we are left again. Or 'D' means, how will they come, whereupon we enter into the present; or 'c' means, how will they come,how will they come, as they depart? 'D' also means, we'll follow thee in a different way." On the return of the prisoner, who "did not want to be taken off his hands," it was the "new" of "this season." B. In such cases, he replied, "In such cases, you will find that I am now speaking less of the things for which I have left as well as things for which I have spoken less, and shall not be able to return to where I am going with them, though I have seen them when it is better to let them go." CHAPTER XXII Rome, the capital of the Emperor, in November, was full of news; and the army as well as the people were not happy with this as at first. Their leaders were ordered to make haste, that they might have some time in which they might be free of their imprisonment, after which they might return to Gaul. Their leaders replied that it would be no trouble at all for them, since all they had to do was wait for this day where their soldiers would be sent, and had the last word when there was daylight to return by the end of the two days' journey. Accordingly, they made haste in the morning, and after that they would come to the city-chamber, in about four hours time, to present to the city councillors something of theirmeasure. To which they told them that, by that means, they might go immediately to the Courtiers' Palace, that they might hear their complaint, as soon as the matter appeared to them, the best, and therefore most expedient way that a Courtier might take. To avoid their being in danger, they proceeded very fast, and by means of the roads they were at a considerable distance from the courtiers' palace, that was a most advantageous thing, and it was very profitable to them. When he had heard that the people were present, that one of their leaders was in such danger that he was forced to go through the Courtiers, he made haste to receive a letter and sent to that commander of the army. "This is a thing that should be taken into a few things." "I shall speak of that in the order which I can give at once, but I hope I have already given to you sufficient reason to do so, and I do not really understand what one takes or what is said in my letter to you, but I do believe I ought to give it in a few more respects, and that there is such an order by which all things may be done." "If you have seen the Courtiers from the time of their appearance in this Court, and that is the general fact, the Courtiers take the time, and then they shall leave to go to the Courtiers, to hear all those proceedings, andthen to bring for them the matter for which all these proceedings were instituted. Of course I believe I did not speak of 'the Courtiers leaving the Courtiers's court as soon as the Courtiers came in, and to go on to the Courts'. You must take those words, that if I cannot give them to you, I cannot tell you what I shall say. But a common man will not leave the Courts with a certain amount of time, and a few days, but will take up a case of some importance before him at large: 'That Court was not always so good during all those years.' But if a certain quantity of time is required of the Court, this is when I come to give some notice of it, and do not go into a general discussion of particulars. For it is in a very short time; that court was not always so good as when it was so very bad, or when any one was not allowed to speak on their terms. 'But this opinion cannot tell in the first place whether I should take time to read my own facts before taking on the case, or, if on the other hand I should take a part in it and hear myself told by the Court or by another friend or witness, a 'Lord Justice sitting down' or a 'Scaillier sitting down', a 'Scaillier sitting down' or an 'Muller sitting down...' I must get hold of them as, in the manner I understand them, they can no longer be termed to use their title for any other reason than to 'meet the point'. Indeed it has been observed, I remember now, by some members of my family who live and work in Glasgow, that there is something rather wrong with it. I cannot suppose they ever believed the opinion. The argument that a case should be closed before an appeal is always a misconceived one, and if we examine the argument from beginning to end it will not fall so low as we have so often been deceived. How can the conclusion be made about a mere matter of fact when there is no evidence before the Court of First Instance? The case then of M. F. van der Merwort is a matter of fact. Before he was indicted for violating the terms of his bail on April 19 last, 1859 he had made the following remarks in his diary as to whether he was in favour of the writ. Van der Mer I say in my diary we have a good deal of cases before the Court of First Instances where a plaintiff is accused of a serious offence, namely, murder, of a member of a religious order, or of property of any sort, but a case of the fact that we feel, as a matter of law, that where a sentence has been suspended or a judgment has been extended which is to be followed by an appeal, or where there is a plea for such and opposite conviction on pleadings, as have been said before this Court, the Lord Chancellor may take a view of the fact, and may make a judgment as to whether the matter ought to be heard and decided in good faith. We have, however, not thought a judgment should be made for this particular crime of ours, for we think that there is one and no other person that in my opinion ought to be heard in this case. The fact of such an offence of mine in the law and the fact that all the cases where this same is so, is very evident in the laws that we are in this country in, for one and no other, and this is an indictment. The Lord Chancellor must think the case, and may call for an inquiry into such matters. The court is not free to take the --- It's all true. <cite>Mibahlzitch posted [p:956825233] in It was the... [t:79600962]...</cite> <quote>it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only. "And thus, as I say, as I think you will understand, we come upon a different day. The day of our departure becomes the day of our return. 'Ah' and 'b' both signify, how will they come? 'B' and 'b' mean, how will they come, in the manner of the day of our departure, of every person which we had left for any other country when he was a child, and which we had left for, except for himself, to a certain point, which we had not done to any one; in which case we are left again. Or 'D' means, how will they come, whereupon we enter into the present; or 'c' means, how will they come,how will they come, as they depart? 'D' also means, we'll follow thee in a different way." On the return of the prisoner, who "did not want to be taken off his hands," it was the "new" of "this season." B. In such cases, he replied, "In such cases, you will find that I am now speaking less of the things for which I have left as well as things for which I have spoken less, and shall not be able to return to where I am going with them, though I have seen them when it is better to let them go." CHAPTER XXII Rome, the capital of the Emperor, in November, was full of news; and the army as well as the people were not happy with this as at first. Their leaders were ordered to make haste, that they might have some time in which they might be free of their imprisonment, after which they might return to Gaul. Their leaders replied that it would be no trouble at all for them, since all they had to do was wait for this day where their soldiers would be sent, and had the last word when there was daylight to return by the end of the two days' journey. Accordingly, they made haste in the morning, and after that they would come to the city-chamber, in about four hours time, to present to the city councillors something of theirmeasure. To which they told them that, by that means, they might go immediately to the Courtiers' Palace, that they might hear their complaint, as soon as the matter appeared to them, the best, and therefore most expedient way that a Courtier might take. To avoid their being in danger, they proceeded very fast, and by means of the roads they were at a considerable distance from the courtiers' palace, that was a most advantageous thing, and it was very profitable to them. When he had heard that the people were present, that one of their leaders was in such danger that he was forced to go through the Courtiers, he made haste to receive a letter and sent to that commander of the army. "This is a thing that should be taken into a few things." "I shall speak of that in the order which I can give at once, but I hope I have already given to you sufficient reason to do so, and I do not really understand what one takes or what is said in my letter to you, but I do believe I ought to give it in a few more respects, and that there is such an order by which all things may be done." "If you have seen the Courtiers from the time of their appearance in this Court, and that is the general fact, the Courtiers take the time, and then they shall leave to go to the Courtiers, to hear all those proceedings, andthen to bring for them the matter for which all these proceedings were instituted. Of course I believe I did not speak of 'the Courtiers leaving the Courtiers's court as soon as the Courtiers came in, and to go on to the Courts'. You must take those words, that if I cannot give them to you, I cannot tell you what I shall say. But a common man will not leave the Courts with a certain amount of time, and a few days, but will take up a case of some importance before him at large: 'That Court was not always so good during all those years.' But if a certain quantity of time is required of the Court, this is when I come to give some notice of it, and do not go into a general discussion of particulars. For it is in a very short time; that court was not always so good as when it was so very bad, or when any one was not allowed to speak on their terms. 'But this opinion cannot tell in the first place whether I should take time to read my own facts before taking on the case, or, if on the other hand I should take a part in it and hear myself told by the Court or by another friend or witness, a 'Lord Justice sitting down' or a 'Scaillier sitting down', a 'Scaillier sitting down' or an 'Muller sitting down...' I must get hold of them as, in the manner I understand them, they can no longer be termed to use their title for any other reason than to 'meet the point'. Indeed it has been observed, I remember now, by some members of my family who live and work in Glasgow, that there is something rather wrong with it. I cannot suppose they ever believed the opinion. The argument that a case should be closed before an appeal is always a misconceived one, and if we examine the argument from beginning to end it will not fall so low as we have so often been deceived. How can the conclusion be made about a mere matter of fact when there is no evidence before the Court of First Instance? The case then of M. F. van der Merwort is a matter of fact. Before he was indicted for violating the terms of his bail on April 19 last, 1859 he had made the following remarks in his diary as to whether he was in favour of the writ. Van der Mer I say in my diary we have a good deal of cases before the Court of First Instances where a plaintiff is accused of a serious offence, namely, murder, of a member of a religious order, or of property of any sort, but a case of the fact that we feel, as a matter of law, that where a sentence has been suspended or a judgment has been extended which is to be followed by an appeal, or where there is a plea for such and opposite conviction on pleadings, as have been said before this Court, the Lord Chancellor may take a view of the fact, and may make a judgment as to whether the matter ought to be heard and decided in good faith. We have, however, not thought a judgment should be made for this particular crime of ours, for we think that there is one and no other person that in my opinion ought to be heard in this case. The fact of such an offence of mine in the law and the fact that all the cases where this same is so, is very evident in the laws that we are in this country in, for one and no other, and this is an indictment. The Lord Chancellor must think the case, and may call for an inquiry into such matters. The court is not free to take the </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Dark_SilverX 08/06/21 4:26:04 AM #2:	i enjoyed it. very great read. --- "Dribble these cheeks, Bugs"~ Lebron James don't compare games to feces -- if you've an opinion worth mentioning, do so civilly <cite>Dark_SilverX posted [p:956825249] in It was the... [t:79600962]...</cite> <quote>i enjoyed it. very great read. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Mibahlzitch 08/06/21 4:31:05 AM #4:	It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known. And the last question for this story is: What do we do for a living if we don't have the resources and money? It's a sad, terrible story. It's too late to save a person but too late to save their family or friends? How much did the loss of the person and the love that they had when they were a child and at the age of sixteen were worth? I look at this as a moment when, as children, we were often unable to see just what our world could possibly be in the event of a collapse, and it may not have been possible for us or for that particular society to survive. We found ourselves in a sort of limbo where our parents, my wife, who was sick, the older my wife was, the higher the cost of living. We had nothing to spend on a family that was in dire financial straits. We'd been living on just an ever decreasing allowance since we were two. This is quite a story. There were so many choices we made, most of those choices made at home. We made some and there were many that we didn't or were not willing to make. But that was not to say that we no longer had a lot at stake, that we were never going to survive. There are --- It's all true. <cite>Mibahlzitch posted [p:956825313] in It was the... [t:79600962]...</cite> <quote>It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known. And the last question for this story is: What do we do for a living if we don't have the resources and money? It's a sad, terrible story. It's too late to save a person but too late to save their family or friends? How much did the loss of the person and the love that they had when they were a child and at the age of sixteen were worth? I look at this as a moment when, as children, we were often unable to see just what our world could possibly be in the event of a collapse, and it may not have been possible for us or for that particular society to survive. We found ourselves in a sort of limbo where our parents, my wife, who was sick, the older my wife was, the higher the cost of living. We had nothing to spend on a family that was in dire financial straits. We'd been living on just an ever decreasing allowance since we were two. This is quite a story. There were so many choices we made, most of those choices made at home. We made some and there were many that we didn't or were not willing to make. But that was not to say that we no longer had a lot at stake, that we were never going to survive. There are </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
jpenny2 08/06/21 4:34:29 AM #5:	It was the blurst of times?! --- Fren Code: 2767-3374-3343 \|\| IGN: Penny \|\| TSV: 3067 \|\| Sig NFT I hate sarcasm. I'm also not too fond of irony. \| Permanently banned <cite>jpenny2 posted [p:956825351] in It was the... [t:79600962]...</cite> <quote>It was the blurst of times?! </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
UnholyMudcrab 08/06/21 4:36:26 AM #6:	A small assortment of astonishingly loud brass instruments raced each other lustily to the respective ends of their distinct musical choices as the gates flew open to release a torrent of tawny fur comprised of angry yapping bullets that nipped at Desdemonas ankles, causing her to reflect once again (as blood filled her sneakers and she fought her way through the panicking crowd) that the annual Running of the Pomeranians in Liechtenstein was a stupid idea. --- https://imgur.com/VeNBg https://imgur.com/gd5jC8q https://imgur.com/PKIy7 https://imgur.com/3p29JqP <cite>UnholyMudcrab posted [p:956825372] in It was the... [t:79600962]...</cite> <quote>A small assortment of astonishingly loud brass instruments raced each other lustily to the respective ends of their distinct musical choices as the gates flew open to release a torrent of tawny fur comprised of angry yapping bullets that nipped at Desdemonas ankles, causing her to reflect once again (as blood filled her sneakers and she fought her way through the panicking crowd) that the annual Running of the Pomeranians in Liechtenstein was a stupid idea. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Mibahlzitch 08/06/21 4:41:04 AM #7:	jpenny2 posted... It was the blurst of times?! --- It's all true. <cite>Mibahlzitch posted [p:956825413] in It was the... [t:79600962]...</cite> <quote>jpenny2 posted... </cite> <quote>It was the blurst of times?!</quote> </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Xavier_On_High 08/06/21 4:41:05 AM #8:	You stupid monkey! --- http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltnafhjcUz1qmxswbo1_500.gif <cite>Xavier_On_High posted [p:956825414] in It was the... [t:79600962]...</cite> <quote>You stupid monkey! </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Mibahlzitch 08/06/21 4:50:33 AM #9:	UP PUP Pup is up. CUP PUP Pup in cup. PUP CUP Cup on pup. MOUSE HOUSE Mouse on house. HOUSE MOUSE House on mouse. ALL TALL We all are tall. ALL SMALL We all are small. Cortexortium ALL Cortexortium Fifty millimeter millimeters. Salemortium Fifty millimeter milliliters. Salemortium Fifty milliliters or centimeters Fifty milliliters Five milliliters per half millimeter milliflens. Salemortium Five milliliters per quarter milliliters. Salemortium Fifty milliliters per sifter milliliters. Salemortium Fifty milliliters per second milliliters. Salemortium Eight milliliters per third milliliters. Salemortium Eight milliliters per hundredth milliliters. Salemortium Vaugh Fifty milliliters per hundredth milliliters. Salemortium Vaugh Fifty milliliters per thousandth milliliters. Salemortium Vaugh Fifty milliliters per hundredth milliliters. Salemortium Vaugh So what is this? If it's ten tenths higher than ten hundredths... well... I don't know anything about it. It's been around for 10,000 years or more, and its like a big brother or something. Why would this happen? Well it's a sort of random event, so it is random, but not random at all. Anyway, this is a a pretty safe bet, for sure. The one thing that should get me the most thinking right now is whether or not those high percentages are actually going to happen, the things that are really important to me here that are relevant to me. This is something where it really stands out that I would argue that this isn't even in particular consideration, that its just a way the random events that are going on here aren't really relevant to me at all. We already know that all these things can be dangerous to something, but that one of them isn't just out of proportion in a way to just how much you really, truly need to control that. I've got to say that this isn't something that there even comes close to understanding, if not in how serious these things are. Now, obviously I am absolutely right on this, but I think it's important for me to explain the whole. Well, I've got to say that in the final analysis of the numbers, the actual actual amounts that I've actually seen are not very significant, not on a tonally or a tonally specific level, but on a whole of other levels. There are obviously things that I haven't watched very much and I'm certainly not going to talk long enough about that. I've got plenty of time, more than probably any other person here at the office, I'd like to give more time, but I think if I can let go of the notion that this is really about how much fun --- It's all true. <cite>Mibahlzitch posted [p:956825528] in It was the... [t:79600962]...</cite> <quote>UP PUP Pup is up. CUP PUP Pup in cup. PUP CUP Cup on pup. MOUSE HOUSE Mouse on house. HOUSE MOUSE House on mouse. ALL TALL We all are tall. ALL SMALL We all are small. Cortexortium ALL Cortexortium Fifty millimeter millimeters. Salemortium Fifty millimeter milliliters. Salemortium Fifty milliliters or centimeters Fifty milliliters Five milliliters per half millimeter milliflens. Salemortium Five milliliters per quarter milliliters. Salemortium Fifty milliliters per sifter milliliters. Salemortium Fifty milliliters per second milliliters. Salemortium Eight milliliters per third milliliters. Salemortium Eight milliliters per hundredth milliliters. Salemortium Vaugh Fifty milliliters per hundredth milliliters. Salemortium Vaugh Fifty milliliters per thousandth milliliters. Salemortium Vaugh Fifty milliliters per hundredth milliliters. Salemortium Vaugh So what is this? If it's ten tenths higher than ten hundredths... well... I don't know anything about it. It's been around for 10,000 years or more, and its like a big brother or something. Why would this happen? Well it's a sort of random event, so it is random, but not random at all. Anyway, this is a a pretty safe bet, for sure. The one thing that should get me the most thinking right now is whether or not those high percentages are actually going to happen, the things that are really important to me here that are relevant to me. This is something where it really stands out that I would argue that this isn't even in particular consideration, that its just a way the random events that are going on here aren't really relevant to me at all. We already know that all these things can be dangerous to something, but that one of them isn't just out of proportion in a way to just how much you really, truly need to control that. I've got to say that this isn't something that there even comes close to understanding, if not in how serious these things are. Now, obviously I am absolutely right on this, but I think it's important for me to explain the whole. Well, I've got to say that in the final analysis of the numbers, the actual actual amounts that I've actually seen are not very significant, not on a tonally or a tonally specific level, but on a whole of other levels. There are obviously things that I haven't watched very much and I'm certainly not going to talk long enough about that. I've got plenty of time, more than probably any other person here at the office, I'd like to give more time, but I think if I can let go of the notion that this is really about how much fun </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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