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JediXXL
Title: North Ridge Diplomat
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Apr '03
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Date Posted:
5/1 8:14pm
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RE: Random Thoughts
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Hey Snappy's back...
I wish I had the money to get that thing man!
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DarkstAngelj324
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Date Posted:
5/1 8:25pm
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That thing is AWESOME..
Know I haven't been around a while, just wanna let you guys know that I'm probably gonna be busy the next couple months and you may hear very little, if anything from me for a bit..
Been really busy with school, work, modeling ((I got accepted into the Miss New York USA pageant... gotta decide if i wanna do it...)) and planning on getting my own place so I've been looking around. -___-;; Growing up, Sux. :P
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T_StarFlyer
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5/2 6:10pm
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Thanks Elaine, great seeing you again too, 4 long days, lotsto get done, & i just found out I get to do it 3 more times this summer, Allentown Pa, Princeton NJ, & Dulles near DC.
Mother_of_the_Twins posted: It was a nice surprise to bump into you at work.
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JediXXL
Title: North Ridge Diplomat
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Date Posted:
5/3 4:18am
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Infected for the PSP rocks!
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Mother_of_the_Twins
Title: North Ridge Diplomat Anniversary Trivia Winner
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5/3 4:28am
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T_StarFlyer posted: Thanks Elaine, great seeing you again too, 4 long days, lotsto get done, & i just found out I get to do it 3 more times this summer, Allentown Pa, Princeton NJ, & Dulles near DC.
Mother_of_the_Twins posted: It was a nice surprise to bump into you at work.
Lucky you.
Maybe you can be a tourist and enjoy your out-of-town trips more. Think you've already done the 'Buffalo thing'.
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BobaChris12
Title: NE RSA FanForce CR Buffalo NY US
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5/4 6:05pm
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Did anyone get the number of the truck that ran me over last night?
Ay carumba.....
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JediXXL
Title: North Ridge Diplomat
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Date Posted:
5/4 10:27pm
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BobaChris12
Title: NE RSA FanForce CR Buffalo NY US
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Aug '02
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5/5 4:28am
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Happy Cinco Gil!
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BobaChris12
Title: NE RSA FanForce CR Buffalo NY US
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5/5 1:10pm
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BobaChris12 posted: Did anyone get the number of the truck that ran me over last night?
Ay carumba.....
I guess it was worth it. My belly made the highlught reel!
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JediXXL
Title: North Ridge Diplomat
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5/5 2:20pm
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BobaChris12 posted: Happy Cinco Gil!
The 5th of May is not Mexican Independence Day, but it should be! And Cinco de Mayo is not an American holiday, but it should be. Mexico declared its independence from mother Spain on midnight, the 15th of September, 1810. And it took 11 years before the first Spanish soldiers were told and forced to leave Mexico.
So, why Cinco de Mayo? And why should Americans savor this day as well? Because 4,000 Mexican soldiers smashed the French and traitor Mexican army of 8,000 at Puebla, Mexico, 100 miles east of Mexico City on the morning of May 5, 1862.
The French had landed in Mexico (along with Spanish and English troops) five months earlier on the pretext of collecting Mexican debts from the newly elected government of democratic President (and Indian) Benito Juarez. The English and Spanish quickly made deals and left. The French, however, had different ideas.
Under Emperor Napoleon III, who detested the United States, the French came to stay. They brought a Hapsburg prince with them to rule the new Mexican empire. His name was Maximilian; his wife, Carolota. Napoleon's French Army had not been defeated in 50 years, and it invaded Mexico with the finest modern equipment and with a newly reconstituted Foreign Legion. The French were not afraid of anyone, especially since the United States was embroiled in its own Civil War.
The French Army left the port of Vera Cruz to attack Mexico City to the west, as the French assumed that the Mexicans would give up should their capital fall to the enemy -- as European countries traditionally did.
Under the command of Texas-born General Zaragosa, (and the cavalry under the command of Colonel Porfirio Diaz, later to be Mexico's president and dictator), the Mexicans awaited. Brightly dressed French Dragoons led the enemy columns. The Mexican Army was less stylish.
General Zaragosa ordered Colonel Diaz to take his cavalry, the best in the world, out to the French flanks. In response, the French did a most stupid thing; they sent their cavalry off to chase Diaz and his men, who proceeded to butcher them. The remaining French infantrymen charged the Mexican defenders through sloppy mud from a thunderstorm and through hundreds of head of stampeding cattle stirred up by Indians armed only with machetes.
When the battle was over, many French were killed or wounded and their cavalry was being chased by Diaz' superb horsemen miles away. The Mexicans had won a great victory that kept Napoleon III from supplying the confederate rebels for another year, allowing the United States to build the greatest army the world had ever seen. This grand army smashed the Confederates at Gettysburg just 14 months after the battle of Puebla, essentially ending the Civil War.
Union forces were then rushed to the Texas/Mexican border under General Phil Sheridan, who made sure that the Mexicans got all the weapons and ammunition they needed to expel the French. American soldiers were discharged with their uniforms and rifles if they promised to join the Mexican Army to fight the French. The American Legion of Honor marched in the Victory Parade in Mexico, City.
It might be a historical stretch to credit the survival of the United States to those brave 4,000 Mexicans who faced an army twice as large in 1862. But who knows?
In gratitude, thousands of Mexicans crossed the border after Pearl Harbor to join the U.S. Armed Forces. As recently as the Persian Gulf War, Mexicans flooded American consulates with phone calls, trying to join up and fight another war for America.
Mexicans, you see, never forget who their friends are, and neither do Americans. That's why Cinco de Mayo is such a party -- A party that celebrates freedom and liberty. There are two ideals which Mexicans and Americans have fought shoulder to shoulder to protect, ever since the 5th of May, 1862. VIVA! el CINCO DE MAYO!!
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Darth_Snappahead
Title: Book Club Guru
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May '05
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Date Posted:
5/12 8:31am
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Any poker/beverage evenings in the works? I`d be happy to host if everyone wanted to drive out here (no fear of snow for a while at least)
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starwarsarmboy
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5/12 8:42am
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Holy Crap am I down for that!!!! Let me know.
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DarthMayer
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Count me in.
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JediXXL
Title: North Ridge Diplomat
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Date Posted:
5/16 11:37am
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Just enter your zip code in the site below, and it tells you which gas stations have the cheapest prices (and the highest) on gas in your zip code area. It's updated every evening.
Gas Price Locator
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BobaChris12
Title: NE RSA FanForce CR Buffalo NY US
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Date Posted:
5/16 1:12pm
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These gas prices need to stop. It's beyond ridiculous now and those who have the power to do something better do it quick. Enough of the economists philosophies that things will get better. They won't when I have to pay more for gas!!
Isn't this what lead to Mad Max?
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