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Topic: You know you've played civ too long when... |  |
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Coug
King
Bergen, Norway or Stirling, Scotland
b.02-15-99
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posted February 21, 2000 15:11
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A minute of silence please.Ok, now that that's over and done with, here it is again. The sequel. The sequel is always better, right? Well, now that we're back into business, let me see what I can remember of this thread. ...you can't belive why they don't transform Sahara into Plains.
...you think it's silly of America to keep their Nuclear Power Plants, when they have the Hoover Dam.
...more later... |
Coug
King
Bergen, Norway or Stirling, Scotland
b.02-15-99
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posted February 21, 2000 15:35
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Ok, let's see what more I can remember......you wonder why there was starvation in Egypt... after all, didn't they have the pyramids?
...you refer to your work colleagues as "enemy units".
...you wonder why there aren't more airports on hills.
...you wonder why Britain isn't as productive as they used to be. After all, hills never stop to produce shields, right?
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Mao
Deity
Apolyton
Jun 99
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posted February 21, 2000 16:22
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...you try to walk across the country on railroad tracks because it doesn't take any time |
Paul
King
Zwolle, The Netherlands
Mar 99
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posted February 21, 2000 16:32
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When I browsed through the forums earlier today I actually saw that pages 2, 3, 4 and 6 of the original thread still existed. Just to be safe I saved those pages on my own computer; but maybe something can be done with those pages? |
stodlum
King
Zwolle, The Netherlands
Mar 99
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posted February 21, 2000 16:36
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Frame them! |
Coug
King
Bergen, Norway or Stirling, Scotland
b.02-15-99
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posted February 21, 2000 16:41
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Excellent Paul! |
finbar
Emperor
Sydney, Australia
Jul 1999
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posted February 21, 2000 19:50
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Is there no back-up anywhere in the ACS system?------------------
finbar
Mono Rules!
#33984591 |
Mao
Deity
Apolyton
Jun 99
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posted February 21, 2000 20:49
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Nope, sorry, happened to my coffee shop too. Every other page is there except page one, and then you can't post replies to it anyway. We can only look in awe at it  |
fish_damage
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Nottingham, UK
Jan 2000
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posted February 22, 2000 05:09
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My favorite from the thread that went before:...you turn grey when you go to sleep. ------------------
Seagoon: "A navy, milord, is an army, entirely surrounded by water!"
-The Flea- [The Goon Show] |
Field Marshal Klesh
Prince
and First Apolytoner of 2000
Jan 2000
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posted February 22, 2000 12:36
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Yo Coug, I'm glad you re-started this thread.
...when you wonder why every river doesn't have irrigation and railroads on it.
...when you think the people in Kansas are missing out on the two free advances, because they teach creationism rather than Evolution.
...when you think you should walk on hills rather than grassland because you can defend it better.
...when you tell some one your words are backed by NUCLEAR WEAPONS!
...You watch 'Saving Private Ryan' and notice that some sounds are taken from your favorite WWII scenarios...or is that the other way around?
...when you keep checking the callendar thinking 'We only have 20 years left to get to AC!'
...when you think clearcutting forest to boost population is a good thing.And for my Massachusetts Civers...
... when you think they should just huury up and finish the 'Big Dig' by using caravans and freight...
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Sten Sture
Emperor
San Fran-CISCO
Mar 99
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posted February 22, 2000 16:19
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(silence)When you guess the specials around Los Angeles are fish, fish, oasis, oasis; irrigated, supermarket, harbor and still in a food deficit. For the brits and their subsidiaries harbor may be spelt harbour. |
Field Marshal Klesh
Prince
and First Apolytoner of 2000
Jan 2000
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posted February 22, 2000 17:06
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...when you build Woman's Sufferage in hopes you may someday get a girlfriend....to no avail |
Emperor10
Chieftain
Jul 1999
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posted February 22, 2000 19:36
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For you teachers out there:When you come to class declaring "O most untrustworthy leader of the infidels" to the student that you caught cheating |
Field Marshal Klesh
Prince
and First Apolytoner of 2000
Jan 2000
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posted February 22, 2000 21:12
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I hope this thread catches on like the last one. I'm trying to give it a push......when you think the US should use more spies in the army to decrease civillian unrest... |
Hoss
Settler
Leominster, MA, USA
Feb 2000
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posted February 23, 2000 00:26
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You’ve fenced in your yard to keep out barbariansYou can’t understand why there are so many unhappy people in Memphis with all those Elvi running around You believe in Evolution, but those creationists do have a point, the world did begin in 4000BC Instead of asking your boss for your paycheck you “Demand tribute for my patience” and FM Klesh LOL re the Big Dig (and what’s with all of the corruption in a Democracy?!?) |
Graag
King
Nov 1999
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posted February 23, 2000 01:18
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... when you start saving pointless civ-related threads. (just for you Paul)Graag ------------------
You should never smoke in pyjamas, you could start a fire and burn your face
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Field Marshal Klesh
Prince
and First Apolytoner of 2000
Jan 2000
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posted February 23, 2000 23:35
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...when you wonder why the city you live in is so dirty, when they have a mass transit system.(Remembered from org. thread.) |
War4ever
Warlord
Vancouver Canada PST
May 2000
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posted February 23, 2000 23:53
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when you believe nuking chinese cities and then capturing them will give you WLTPD |
Seeker
King
Canada(UWO)
b.02-15-99
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posted February 24, 2000 14:18
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When you think Las Vegas must be the happiest city in the world...all those elvii, an Oasis and Caesar's Palace! |
Field Marshal Klesh
Prince
and First Apolytoner of 2000
Jan 2000
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posted February 24, 2000 14:43
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...when you look at a swamp and get excited that there may be Peat Moss in there...oohhh, peatmossssssss....when you assume the US won the war w/Iraq by hiding it's tanks and howies behind camel caravans... |
Peacemaker
Chieftain
The land of Boneheads
Feb 2000
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posted February 24, 2000 19:31
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When you drive past road construction and look for men in white lab coats(or settler outfits).------------------
Don't let the name fool you!!!
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War4ever
Warlord
Vancouver Canada PST
May 2000
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posted February 24, 2000 19:45
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when as a settler, you build leos workshop hoping to earn an engineering degree at the same timeYour looking at pollution smog and cant' find the skulls |
Gothmog
Warlord
Erehwon
b.02-15-99
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posted February 24, 2000 20:37
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...You think that money CAN buy happiness
...You think that the Zulus were once a major world power
...You start a Cylindrical Earth Society
...You irrigate your garden to boost food production |
Field Marshal Klesh
Prince
and First Apolytoner of 2000
Jan 2000
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posted February 26, 2000 13:28
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You take a plane across the country and expect to stop in midair and wait for the rest of your movement points |
Kuma no Tsume
Prince
Holland, Arnhem
b.02-15-99
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posted February 26, 2000 16:57
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.... you can sail safely across the ocean 'cause you saw a lighthouse. |
Iain Lindley
Emperor
M'cr, UK
b.02-15-99
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posted February 26, 2000 18:33
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...you find yourself thinking 'I told you that original thread should have been archived'... |
Andemagne
Chieftain
Rovaniemi, Finland
Dec 1999
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posted February 26, 2000 20:17
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.....when you eagerly wait for release
of "The Making Of Civilization 3"-home video |
Peacemaker
Chieftain
The land of Boneheads
Feb 2000
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posted February 26, 2000 20:45
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When you come here and post replies to this at 8:45 on a Saturday night.Man I have no life  ------------------
Don't let the name fool you!!!
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Iain Lindley
Emperor
M'cr, UK
b.02-15-99
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posted February 27, 2000 08:54
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...you wonder why there is starvation in Egypt even though they have the pyramids... |
Gothmog
Warlord
Erehwon
b.02-15-99
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posted February 28, 2000 18:21
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...You wonder what day of the week the "We Love the President" holiday will fall on this year.
[This message has been edited by Gothmog (edited February 28, 2000).] |
Hendrik the Great
Prince
The Netherlands ( I'm German however)
Oct 1999
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posted February 28, 2000 18:47
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...you have to start another thread called "You know you've played to long when..." to break the previously set record. ------------------
Mathias' Civ II Page
http://members.xoom.com/thalys/index.html |
Iain Lindley
Emperor
M'cr, UK
b.02-15-99
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posted February 29, 2000 07:53
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...yeah. When you see this thread come around again... |
tobyr
Prince
Princeton, NJ USA
Oct 1999
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posted February 29, 2000 11:36
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Regarding Coug's first posting above:
"...you can't belive why they don't transform Sahara into Plains."In the 1940's Willy Ley proposed something similar, in a book about ten proposed engineering miracles. The technique involves cutting through a rock wall somewhere along the Congo, allowing it to flood much of the jungle in the middle of Africa, and turn the Sahara into usable land. At the time, little was known about predicting ecological consequences. Ley saw the flooding of some of the worst, insect-infested land in the world as a great value. But even if, as he thought, relatively few people would have to be relocated, he expected that the political implications of this engineering feat were such that it would never be feasible. - toby
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toby robison
criticalpaths@mindspring.com
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Field Marshal Klesh
Prince
and First Apolytoner of 2000
Jan 2000
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posted February 29, 2000 11:42
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...when you post while at your college's library whilst you should be studying your sociology... |
EdN
Settler
tampa,fl
Feb 2000
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posted February 29, 2000 14:54
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When your wife asks about your retirement plans you tell her not to worry, You'll just set Luxury to 100% 1 turn before!I have a life - I'm the queen of the English Empire! |
Hunter Hutchins
Chieftain
Los Angeles, CA, U.S.
Oct 1999
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posted March 01, 2000 19:55
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Oh for the love of....!?!What happened to the old thread? Did it get too gummed up? This is....a..Sequel!! NO!
no, wait I just read up there
[This message has been edited by Hunter Hutchins (edited March 01, 2000).] |
Teeks
Settler
Homewood, Alabama, USA
Feb 2000
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posted March 01, 2000 21:02
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--When your mom wakes you up for school at 7:15, you exclaim, "But Mom, I have 20 turns left!"
--When you get confused as to why a Research Lab hasn't popped up in the middle your little suburb because the SETI Program began.
--You wonder why America didn't collapse into Anarchy when we sent troops over to aid the ethnic Albanians from Serbian terror....And finally...
--You wonder why the U.S. capital has corruption, since corruption is supposed to be eliminated there.
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tobyr
Prince
Princeton, NJ USA
Oct 1999
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posted March 03, 2000 09:44
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You assume that John Possidente's new child must be a spy.- toby ------------------
toby robison
criticalpaths@mindspring.com
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Mer'Zhul
Settler
Feb 2000
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posted March 05, 2000 07:01
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...When you play all night, go to sleep at 7:00 am, and turn a metallic graygrey for you Brits and/or subsidiaries |
Father Beast
Prince
American Fork, UT USA
Feb 2000
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posted March 09, 2000 22:34
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when you play for 5 days without checking your mail, and miss the deadline for final draft of your EC3 idea. 
(korn469 saved my butt) |
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