Ceili dear, no hurt feelings I hope. Look, I have so many deadlines ahead, that I jump on any distraction at hand. And this one is readily available at all times. I am now aiming to take over shewolf, not that she knows it yet. but it ain't personal, it's just bidniss.
Ceili wrote:Haaaaayyyy!!!
Who you callin' a horse???
LOL Ceili
Sorry bout that ...
You know, I was talking of - grace, beauty, strength - hey, a good horse is worth more than many a friend. Is what Paul Nazaroff tells me.
Quote:Just as the Normans in their day made use of their mobility upon the seas to spread their influence and culture throughout the West, so these nomads of the steppes of Asia have done the same in the East. The broad belt of grassy plains across the old continent, which has given rise to the peculiar type of nomad Turki and his inseparable comrade, the horse of the steppe, has had enormous influence on the destinies of the settled nations and of civilisation itself.
All distant invasions and the 'migration of peoples' have been possible owing to one single factor, hitherto ignored by historians, and that is the horse of the steppes. This animal is endowed with most valuable qualities of supporting fatigue and of endless endurance and the power of keeping up prolonged hard work on green food only, on mere grazing [..] These outstanding qualities of the steppe horse were fully appreciated and widely used by the great military leaders of Asia, conquerors, Jenghiz Khan, Tamerlane and the others, which explains the secret of their success.
The limits of attainment and conquest of the countless hordes of Asia depended not upon the powers of resistance of the subject peoples nor upon their armies, but were defined by the moist meadow grazing, by the cold damp of the north and by the tropical heat of the valleys of India, which were fatal to the horse of the Kirghiz.
Who said "hay"? ;-)
I just wanted to stop by and let Nimh know that I'm breathing down his neck, and I've got my eye on the top 25, baby!!! You're going down, Netherlands boy!
Does that mean yer gonna start wearing wooden shoes, kicky?
Hah, I been waiting for you to take over forever now since this thread started heating up, and you took your time boy. Wasnt even so long ago that I gave up on the prospect altogether, thought you'd never make it, started focusing on Montana instead, now she's shown some posting zest these past few days, puts you to shame kid.
Then again, Panzade has just positively been slacking this last month. Come on, the three of you could have gotten past me a long time ago! Whats the matter, eh?
Hey Dutch Boy! I can't compete with Kicky anymore. I've run out of mindless drivel.
Fortunately for me, I seem to have an endless supply of it.
kickycan wrote:Fortunately for me, I seem to have an endless supply of it.
Amen to that! In a pitched BS battle twixt Kicky and Gus only the possessor of the negatives would win!!
Hmm... a few months ago, I was around 150 or so. Now I'm 163. How sad...
Well, there you go Kicky. Montana overtook me today, you didn't. Beaten by a woman! Oh boy, can I still take you seriously now? The poster who would be 26th?
<big grin>
smog, I wished we saw more of you ...
amen to that...but....remember, it's the quality...not the quantity
Thanks! And, yeah, y'know, I'm around a bit. I don't really make long posts anymore. And I don't really do word games anymore. And I end up taking off for weeks at a time. But I'm around. Sometimes. Yeah.
Of course, I'm still not sleeping much, so a lot of the times that I visit here come in the middle of the night, when I don't really have the effort to do much more than type a couple words at a time.
smog, take away an R and an S and we are as one.
Y'sure you don't want me to change it?
Hah, no, I think it's great.
Well, you did it Kicky! I'm humbled ... and 27th.
<bows and retreats backward>
Now if just Pan can post those 126 posts extra, too ...
Yeah, baby. Another one bites the dust...
Kicky is over 10000.
I feel so insignificant.
