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Forum: Novices and Newcomers 12-21-2009, 02:48 PM
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Posted By Formendacil
You know you're addicted to the 'Downs when...

You know you're addicted to the 'Downs when you're trying to work out how this has anything to do with Bęthberry.:p
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 09-26-2009, 02:17 PM
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Views: 471,538
Posted By Formendacil
I assign Facebook status updates that send one...

I assign Facebook status updates that send one rushing to book airline tickets over Christmas holidays. :D
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 09-04-2009, 03:43 PM
Replies: 1,834
Views: 471,538
Posted By Formendacil
Thumbs up Silent Retreats. Not only is silence golden,...

Silent Retreats.

Not only is silence golden, but being told that the RULE is to avoid the Internet is about the only effective way to stop me grumbling under my breath that it isn't working.
...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 12-03-2008, 12:16 AM
Replies: 1,834
Views: 471,538
Posted By Formendacil
This post may actually be more appropriate to the "Addicted to the Downs" thread.

I assign discovering you have a Downer in your mobile's contacts' list in the middle of the most boring late afternoon you've been stuck at school ever (last day of classes and no one else is there...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 11-25-2008, 11:26 PM
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Views: 471,538
Posted By Formendacil
Yes, yes... the rest of you can definitely take...

Yes, yes... the rest of you can definitely take the snow, if it means Edmonton can keep missing out. While there's perhapsa tiny little seed of nostalgia in me that would like to see some white...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 10-05-2008, 12:25 AM
Replies: 1,834
Views: 471,538
Posted By Formendacil
Used bookstores with Tolkien's Letters, and...

Used bookstores with Tolkien's Letters, and tobacconists that spend an hour being awesome.

Also pipes and pipe tobacco, and evening campfires and the gorgeous October temperatures that allow the...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 09-26-2008, 08:33 AM
Replies: 1,834
Views: 471,538
Posted By Formendacil
Autumn in general is the awesomest season, though...

Autumn in general is the awesomest season, though I agree it's generally prettier down east than here on the prairies. Still the best season all around, though. Not only is it easily the nicest...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 07-07-2008, 06:39 PM
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Views: 471,538
Posted By Formendacil
Well, it's not QUITE that far north in...

Well, it's not QUITE that far north in Edmonton... but Dad wants to return to Canada's north country some day, so I might get to go up there and experience it with him, if he wants company.

Though...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 09-22-2006, 12:59 PM
Replies: 1,834
Views: 471,538
Posted By Formendacil
Everyone knows a Star Destroyer would win- those...

Everyone knows a Star Destroyer would win- those things are battleships, pure and simple, with no other real purpose. Well armed as the Enterprise might be, it's more of a multi-purpose vessel. ...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 06-20-2006, 02:07 PM
Replies: 1,834
Views: 471,538
Posted By Formendacil
I assign the swift unravelling of a horrible knot...

I assign the swift unravelling of a horrible knot of problems so that what for months made college admission a HUGE headache become so clear and simple... Knowing that you're leaving home in the...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 04-30-2006, 02:17 PM
Replies: 1,834
Views: 471,538
Posted By Formendacil
Friends who can turn a thoroughly gloomy and...

Friends who can turn a thoroughly gloomy and depressing day into a good, memorable, and happy day- just by being themselves. And this at a remove of several timezones and several thousand...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 04-17-2006, 11:38 AM
Replies: 1,834
Views: 471,538
Posted By Formendacil
Prairie du Chien, possibly De Pere, and Lac...

Prairie du Chien, possibly De Pere, and Lac Courte Oreille are French, I think, although someone more knowledgeable could call me out on this one... If I'm right, it goes back to some of your...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 04-16-2006, 05:45 PM
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Views: 471,538
Posted By Formendacil
Easter. Or, more specifically, the Easter...

Easter.

Or, more specifically, the Easter Triduum, from Holy Thursday's evening Mass through to Easter Sunday's Mass.

Mind you, I'm enough of a Church-geek, Liturgiophile, and Mass-aholic to...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 03-31-2006, 01:47 AM
Replies: 1,834
Views: 471,538
Posted By Formendacil
Fog. I herewith assign fog the Shire. Now,...

Fog. I herewith assign fog the Shire.

Now, I do realise that fog is definitely a driving and navigating hazard, as well as a rather gloomy form of weather, but it is also incredibly iconic. Not...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 02-17-2006, 02:04 AM
Replies: 1,834
Views: 471,538
Posted By Formendacil
I assign to the Shire the feeling of it being -20...

I assign to the Shire the feeling of it being -20 degrees Celsius when you arrive at home late at night, and discovering that the biting wind of early is gone. It feels so... Warm!

I guess that's...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 02-13-2006, 09:16 PM
Replies: 1,834
Views: 471,538
Posted By Formendacil
"O Canada", eh Bethberry? On a related note,...

"O Canada", eh Bethberry?

On a related note, I wish to assign all the hardworking, honest young athletes for whom competing in the Olympics is a dream come true, to the Shire. They deserve it...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 11-30-2005, 12:38 PM
Replies: 1,834
Views: 471,538
Posted By Formendacil
Ooooh... Excellent choice! I second the...

Ooooh...

Excellent choice!

I second the motion!

Albeit for somewhat different reasons (I am religious)... I love that Christmasy, Christ is born, after Mass feeling as people mingle in the...
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