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in reply to a message by Nanaea
I predate the Satanic Calendar by 3 years, gee that makes me feel Prehistoric (but *not*
jurassic, as presumably is Daividh!).
The Constitution Square festivities were fun despite the rain and cold. Last year's was my all-time
favorite celebration, we saw the sun rise from the Temple of Poseidon at cape Sounion.
Although industrious and hardworking abroad, we Greeks love to take things easy at home, hence
our plethora of state-sancioned holidays including today's :)
We all feel poorer today, having lost our Drachma. The next few days will be an excremental
mess for everyone, as we will all have to think in terms of the new Euro currency dividing
everything by 340.75.
P.S. Daividh: 1 Euro=one pita-gyro.
jurassic, as presumably is Daividh!).
The Constitution Square festivities were fun despite the rain and cold. Last year's was my all-time
favorite celebration, we saw the sun rise from the Temple of Poseidon at cape Sounion.
Although industrious and hardworking abroad, we Greeks love to take things easy at home, hence
our plethora of state-sancioned holidays including today's :)
We all feel poorer today, having lost our Drachma. The next few days will be an excremental
mess for everyone, as we will all have to think in terms of the new Euro currency dividing
everything by 340.75.
P.S. Daividh: 1 Euro=one pita-gyro.
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That's worth about US $3.95 around here (the gyro, not the Euro), which is cheap. Come to think of it, why don't you guys just call the Belgiebucks the "Gyro"? I believe the pronunciation is pretty close, and you'd have more of a feeling of empowerment. And it's less hazardous than getting shitfaced on ouzo and going out beating up Turks.
Ahh, three years before the Satanic calendar. I believe I had an after-school grocery clerk job at that time. (Which makes me downright Devonian, not Jurassic.)
Ahh, three years before the Satanic calendar. I believe I had an after-school grocery clerk job at that time. (Which makes me downright Devonian, not Jurassic.)
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I was so intrigued by your mention of the sun rising from the Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion, that I just had to find a picture of this temple somewhere on the 'net. And I did!
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~yychang/Greece.html
But alas! What was Lord Byron thinking of when he graffiti'ed that beautiful temple????
-- Nanaea
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~yychang/Greece.html
But alas! What was Lord Byron thinking of when he graffiti'ed that beautiful temple????
-- Nanaea
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Tsk-tsk. Out your way they'd call something like that "the South Bronx", and avoid it instead of rhapsodizing on it. (Say, is that Yankee Stadium in the background?)
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Maybe he was a bad speller, and was bidding farewell to his, uh, "friend", Ron.
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