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AK-47, one of the world's most familiar and widely used weapons, creator Mikhail Kalashnikov has “passé l'arme à gauche” (French idiom for kick the bucket)http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25497013
Quote from: Phidippides on Yesterday at 19:29:05 A burgeoning pet peeve of mine is hearing rock/pop/dance versions of Christmas carols.Only acceptable ones are Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, and Carrie Underwood.
Feel lucky that you don't have to listen to this list ... 8)http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1676456/best-pop-rock-christmas-songs.jhtml
Is the Franz Xaver GruberSilent Night part of the list?(First performed on Christmas Eve 1818 at St Nicholas parish church in Oberndorf.)
Mainly due to the death tax (inheritance tax) and probably because of house maintenance feesAccording to wikipedia:The castle was built in 1860 by order of the Marquis du Chasteler Oswald (1822-1865), descendant of the ancient Hainault family, among others, General Jean-Gabriel du Chasteler . The family du Chasteler, also the Chasteleer or Van Chasteleer , settled since the late Middle Ages in the village. The castle replaces a house from 1502. The castle was built on the old feudal fortress (motte). The current owners belong to the Count d'Ursel familyOther abandonned sites http://www.abandonedplaygrounds.com/category/united-states/
Part 2 is available, got 7 this time !http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-25456856
You are probably right and there is more to worry about when you see the way archaeological treasures are managed :http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25468964and in Pompeii as well:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11704720
Escargots à la Bourguignonne?! The best one (TMVHO)http://www.saveur.com/article/Recipes/Escargots-Bourguignonne-Snails-in-Garlic-Herb-Butter
Spammers become clever and cleverThat's perhaps why some just copy/paste quotes to get in, a kind of tunnel warfare
Right, horse meat is tasty! Just a question of taboo foodI tried silk worms, fried grasshopers, dogs (didn't like it though), balut egg, frogs, snails, snakes, foie gras, even hamburgers and more: not bad ! 😛
I wonder what XXIII century people will say about our current time:- horse meat- Chinese tainted milk- palm oil- pharmaceutical way-of-life- and so on ...
I can understand that question however, when you think about it, the same question can be raised about Washington during his lifetime
