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Amigo very good points indeed

Obvio mi amigo...! Yes estebangc, , until I watched the video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNdCn...eature=related

I too, did not understand why cricket players were exhibiting sudden bursts of happiness characterized by laughter and back slapping. The video is very informative. I laughed a lot.

And, your other point about the brainwashing required to have someone enjoy playing a ununderstandable game is very well taken. I like the word ununderstandable and hope you don't mind if I use it frequently.

And, thanks for the tip about not throwing goats from the bell towers of Spain because it has been declared illegal by the Spanish authorities. It is always good to keep up and abide by the law, especially Spanish law.

No offense to any Brits who may be reading here as, at the moment, I too am on your side of the pond.

Salud mi amigo where are you in Spain?

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Now... some more maps...
which is proofing that "some" of the US-Americans are well aware about the geography in the world...
about how they would like to change the world, so it will match there view...
like changing the world layout of Disneyland for easier access...
if needed.. by force too...

yeah I can hear them chiselling in the underground...

so... if any one of you planing further trips across the east... you may have to hurry...
you may suddenly will find your GPS waypoints gone out of place, are wrong and/or changed regarding the border posts...
and visa regulation...

just a add-on to the view of how the evil-doer-theme-park boundaries may get stretched like elastic cords...
will give you a lot more fun in the next upcoming decades...

(yeah.. don't you worry... for sure... there will be a easy, permanent... discounted VISA entry fee's for US passport holders anyway, that's the idea... )
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Perfectly Ununderstandable

Thanks Spooky, is there, perhaps a YouTube video that might

explain your map? Or, could you enlighten me? It all seems very

reasonable but I find it philosophically

ununderstandable.

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Thanks Spooky, is there, perhaps a YouTube video that might

explain your map? Or, could you enlighten me? It all seems very

reasonable but I find it philosophically ununderstandable.

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not listening in gibberish ?

ahh well.. we are here at the HU-bar... , nothing that seriously in the end... part of the and fun...
yeah don't loose your common sense...

but... to get to your question or :confused1:
there is no youtube infos... found this images a while back...
but this maps are real, published by accident or got lost out of a official planing stage folder.. of a thinktank rushing along the corridors...
in the run-up for the option to target the Iran....
don't know if the plan is dropped or just delayed, or just went back in to the bottom of the desk-draw... but the maps appeared in the under grow...
which was a bit of a embarrassing for some officials...
basically the map or it's elastic boundaries, is a concept of splitting the different ethnics and weak nations apart and away from the remaining oil bearing areas...
which, who wonders will end up in favour of the big player namely the US of cause...
and because if there are many small weak nations in the region, the more the big player is able to control and dictate the place... actually way onward that region as well.

the info is about how to deal with the "oil-peak" of the region and from 2015 onwards world wide...
you don't need to guess who will benefit and lose from the result of this concept it in the end.... or rather them

well, well... as I say... this is the HU-bar... where we like to chat, have a few
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I like the word ununderstandable and hope you don't mind if I use it frequently.
Viejo, you can use it and even abuse it! As you know the Spanish word is exactly the same (well, almost, "incomprensible"), but this sounded more cacophonic, part of the joke. (Me, no native "espiker", don't have to tell it. Come from Seville (never really threw goats there ) but live abroad; enjoy your time in Spain).

Please, no offence intended at all, obviously it's just joking: I have had British friends playing cricket and enjoyed to see them having so much fun ... while I was soooo puzzled . In India I was answered once "cricket is much better understood if you know the history of the game"; at that point I thought "is he mocking me or just no chance then?". I think we all feel both interested/intrigued and stupid because you don't get a clue. Fortunately, this video clarifies completely the rules, being it so easy, how come idiot me I could not find it "out" (or was it "in"?). Strongly recommend it.

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PS: The new maps... I also got the possible changes, but maybe I did not smoke the right grass to unununderstand it (don't smoke indeed). No resentment involved, I assume.
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To the cousins on the old side of the sea, please be careful of throwing stones.Let's consider that maybe the way the map is now could stand some changes. Yugoslavia, the combination of India/Pakistan, the Sudan/South Sudan/Dafar mess, Ireland North and Ireland South, Palestine/Jordan, need I go on? I remember when red on the map was used for only for the British Empire. Eric
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no offence intended... this is the HU-bar... chanting, joking and taking the piss is meant to be called humour...

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To the cousins on the old side of the sea, please be careful of throwing stones.
ohh forgot, that a small stone thrown in to the pond creating small wrinkles on this side but end up as storm flood on the other end...

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Let's consider that maybe the way the map is now could stand some changes.
well yeah changes are always happened... but not necessary welcome the sneaky way... which may end up as blowback...

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Yugoslavia, the combination of India/Pakistan, the Sudan/South Sudan/Dafar mess, Ireland North and Ireland South, Palestine/Jordan, need I go on?
ohh yes stirring shit among clan's producing the right background for exactly what I'm talking about.... to be able to realise that desired change over night..
keep them busy fighting and earn big $$$ with the misery in the 1st place...
than call it humanity action against the evil who is not that cooperative... call the UN for embargo, a resolution for action and roll in...
just the old boring game and story again... the casino rolls on...

see... we got a tale over here in Germany which is saying "wenn zwei sich streiten, freut sich der dritte"
which is translated like "if two have a dispute, the third is the laughing one"
so.. taking this in to account... we will get a classic "Kindergarten" clash...
resulting in the 2nd "spooky map" labelled AFTER (the world according the US)

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I remember when red on the map was used for only for the British Empire.
but only on there own maps... and yeah that doesn't mean it has to be repeated by others... again...
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You are absolutely spot on.....

Thanks estabangc for your excellent comentary, and spooky you should be

awarded a prize for your choice

and liberal use of those little animated icons. Beyond this....

I just don't know what to say

other than yes there is a global economic crisis on the

horizon probably caused

by the same hands that have and are attempting to control

not only the borders, but the governments of many countries of the world.


Who are these people? What gives them the right ? Perhaps they

should

just buy motorcycles and

become good "overlanders" who respect foreign peoples and their laws.


When and if the "Mad Max" event begins - we, of the H U who ride hard and

ride free will be better prepared for it than most.


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Not for me. Back to the Yamaha Tech section... (where no one blames Japan or anyone else)

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..... Back to the Yamaha Tech section... (where no one blames Japan or anyone else)

...)
The bloke who specified the material the XT600E exhaust is made of surely has it coming?

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Who blamed Japan???

Not I .... I actually grew up in Tokyo...

I am convinced there is something to the

post referring to the exhaust. Meanwhile, while not

a rapper, I did find a rap video that does put the blame

exactly where it belongs. So Put on your stereo head phones

kick back and enjoy.

CCHR: Big Pharma—Define 'Better' - YouTube


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..... and spooky you should be awarded a prize for your choice and liberal use of those little animated icons. Beyond this....
Yes Sir, right Sir, thank you Sir... "I'm crazy"

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Perhaps they should just buy motorcycles and become good "overlanders" who respect foreign peoples and their laws.

When and if the "Mad Max" event begins - we, of the HU who ride hard and
ride free will be better prepared for it than most.

Stand tall my brothers, xfiltrate "el viejo"
yeah that's the right spirit to me... thanks...

ps..
wonder why non of this smiley guys is moving on my screen...
they just peer at me... hope they are not afraid... :confused1:
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"-----PS: Before anyone tries, since long ago it is forbidden to throw goats from the bell tower in all Spain----"

Darn ,I used to enjoy a bit of goat throwing !
[Maybe we'll have to use politicians instead .][But without a tarp to catch them ]

On the subject of goats :
Two guys are walking through the woods and come across this big deep hole. "Wow...that looks deep." "Sure does... toss a few pebbles in there and see how deep it is." They pick up a few pebbles and throw them in and wait... no noise
"Jeeez. That is REALLY deep... here.. throw one of these great big rocks down there. Those should make a noise." They pick up a couple football-sized rocks and toss them into the hole and wait... and wait. Nothing.
They look at each other in amazement. One gets a determined look on his face and says, "Hey...over here in the weeds, there's a railroad tie. Help me carry it over here. When we toss THAT sucker in, it's GOTTA make some noise."
The two drag the heavy tie over to the hole and heave it in. Not a sound comes from the hole.
Suddenly, out of the nearby woods, a goat appears, running like the wind. It rushes toward the two men, then right past them, running as fast as it's legs will carry it. Suddenly it leaps in the air and into the hole. The two men are astonished with what they've just seen... Then, out of the woods comes a farmer who spots the men and ambles over. "Hey... you two guys seen my goat out here?" "You bet we did! Craziest thing I ever seen! It came running like crazy and just jumped into this hole!" "Nah", says the farmer, "That couldn't have been MY goat. My goat was chained to a railroad tie."
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Yepper it's all in good fun, mind ya the USA is such a big target it's mighty darned difficult to take a shot at it and miss!
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