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CornerPuzzlePieces
Toucan
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Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 6:17 pm Post subject:

Cloudlet
Tufted Titmouse

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Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 7:26 pm Post subject:

Yeah, Radek Zelenka a.k.a. David Nykl in real life. The show was good but all the nation cheered for Zelenka! I heard he acted on some other sci-fi shows since then, I've got to czech them out (can't believe I wrote that)

MyFutureSelfnMe
Phoenix
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Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 7:37 pm Post subject:

I prefer cash.

CornerPuzzlePieces
Toucan
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Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 3:15 pm Post subject:

MyFutureSelfnMe wrote:

I prefer cash.

Took me three or four visits to get that joke... good one! Razz

I'm slipping.. :S

Cheques. Ha.

keira
Still not a morning person
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Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 3:26 pm Post subject:

They're putting up a good fight tonight. (I'm watching EURO 2012 now).

NoGirl
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Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 4:35 pm Post subject:

Great architecture, awesome writers, a nifty-sounding language- yep, the Czech Republic seems pretty awesome.

DC
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Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 6:33 pm Post subject:

Prague and Budapest are my favourite European capitals, I don't think I could decide between the two. Rome and Athens have lost most of any charm they once may have had, London, Amsterdam & Paris are turning into cesspits of humanity and Berlin/Warsaw just don't have much in the way of character probably due to having the crap blown out of them followed by brutalist communist architecture. Innsbruck & Zurich are pretty good (they get bonus points for beautiful mountains) but Prague & Budapest still win. Ooops, forgot about Bruges. Says it all really doesn't it?

graywyvern
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Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 7:39 pm Post subject: czechs

been to praha twice ('78 & '94) & it must be my favorite city out of the two or three dozen i've spent time in. not being conversant with the language, i haven't gotten to know many people well. but i can say after reading a lot of literature in translation, what impresses me is that people there seem to have a tolerance & humor that is like the dutch although their history is much more tragic. i'm curious, do you know angelo ripellino's book magic prague? is it well regarded by people who live there? _________________ "I have always found that Angels have the vanity to speak of themselves as the only wise; this they do with a confident insolence sprouting from systematic reasoning." --William Blake

Titangeek
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Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 10:58 pm Post subject:

My knowledge of Czech consists entirely of that gained from three games against a Czech, that knowledge is this. Czechs are very good at chess _________________ Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it. - Bruce Lee

Pyrite
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Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 12:31 am Post subject:

I was a acquainted with a Czech girl in my graduate program who I talked to occasionally. I only regret that I never got the chance to awe her with my vast Czech vocabulary (3 words). I went to Prague once too (with family). For some reason there were Coca-Cola logos everywhere at the time (awnings, store windows, the tops of boats everywhere)....can anyone explain that? _________________ AQ 40. EQ 10/SQ 92. AS 184/NT 18. dx.