26th of foot 5,827 Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 cheers lads. guess we'll see what happens with this soon enough. strange days with all this. craig, the book's "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire", by Edward Gibbon. he was among the first historians to build a theory around history that had already long past, based on the records of the time. his central tenant was that Rome had become weak, effeminate, no longer dedicated to the continual war it took to maintain an empire - which reminded me of the constant energy it takes to run something like the RST effectively. the book was all quite controversial in its day, and is a seminal read for historians. it's also very long, and prosaic. as it turns out, i dont really like history. 'The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' by Edward Gibbon was the 'O me miserum' of every schoolboy of 35-40 years past, and I have no doubt beyond that period too. Five years of Latin demanded a plethora of translations sourced from Gibbon's hand. His tome would have been more accurately entitled, 'mea culpa, mea maxima culpa'. It was all his fault, Edward Gibbon was a complete cu-nt. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie 8,146 Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Thank goodness there was a decline and fall of classical studies before I attended high school.... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete 2,499 Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Yeah i was pumped full of treasure island and kidnapped. Maybe that is more appropriate as the new board could be a bunch of Pirates and six members of the board have already walked the plank. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluedell 5,329 Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Thank goodness there was a decline and fall of classical studies before I attended high school.... Yeah. What age must 26th of Foot be? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
26th of foot 5,827 Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Yeah. What age must 26th of Foot be? My age can only be determined by a Dendrochronologist. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluedell 5,329 Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 My age can only be determined by a Dendrochronologist. Anyone else have look up the internet on that one? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete 2,499 Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Anyone else have look up the internet on that one? I own up. seems 26th of foot has a lot of lines on his face. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
UCF2008 0 Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Try wiki not but sure what language we is speak 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ernest Worthing Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 My age can only be determined by a Dendrochronologist. What a pathetic attempt at discombobulation. :box: 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmck 117 Posted June 26, 2008 Author Share Posted June 26, 2008 i think 26th was right: one mention of Gibbon and we've all descended into words with too many syllables. not good. :admin: 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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