BEST BASS FOR ROYAL WEDDING?

[IamGroot]

There are time zones? What is that?

Europeans have always been ahead of the Americans. Happens every day.

 

[IamGroot]

(M) Urkle.

 

[Blaze Barlow]

Vlad the Impaler: How is Prince Charles, Queen Elizabeth related to him?

The heir to the British throne said genealogy shows that he is related to Vlad, giving him a stake in the future of Romania. The prince has long worked to conserve the forests and has bought a home in the Transylvania region.

The link, it appears, is his great-grandmother, Mary of Teck, who was grandmother to Britain's current ruler, Queen Elizabeth II, and was queen during the reign of King George V. A Wurttemberg princess, Mary - the woman for whom the liner Queen Mary was named - was believed descended from two of Vlad's sons.

Vlad the Impaler, the cruel 15th-century Romanian warlord who helped inspire Bram Stoker's 1897 vampire novel "Dracula," got his nickname from his favorite method of execution. His reputation for sadism and torture made him a legend in his own time. His victims have been estimated in the tens of thousands.

well..Vlad defended christianity against the ottomans (islamic arabs)..and those are the majority of the people that he impaled..he was captured by them as a young man and was imprisoned and tortured by them..so..payback is hell..there are many stories that are blown out of proportion about Vlad..but he was loved by his people as a fair and just man.....and no..I am not watching the royal wedding..I could care less..

 

[Blaze Barlow]

There is no money above the fifth fret, and no stars beyond the twelfth.

the way I heard the old saying is that all the money is made at the top 5 frets of the bass..

 

[Ric5]

Vlad the Impaler: How is Prince Charles, Queen Elizabeth related to him?

The heir to the British throne said genealogy shows that he is related to Vlad, giving him a stake in the future of Romania. The prince has long worked to conserve the forests and has bought a home in the Transylvania region.

The link, it appears, is his great-grandmother, Mary of Teck, who was grandmother to Britain's current ruler, Queen Elizabeth II, and was queen during the reign of King George V. A Wurttemberg princess, Mary - the woman for whom the liner Queen Mary was named - was believed descended from two of Vlad's sons.

Vlad the Impaler, the cruel 15th-century Romanian warlord who helped inspire Bram Stoker's 1897 vampire novel "Dracula," got his nickname from his favorite method of execution. His reputation for sadism and torture made him a legend in his own time. His victims have been estimated in the tens of thousands.

Throughout history kings and queens were the worst of the human race

 

[IamGroot]

The TV coverage in the US starts at 4 AM here. My mother will be up and glued to the screen.

 

[IamGroot]

well..Vlad defended christianity against the ottomans (islamic arabs)..and those are the majority of the people that he impaled..he was captured by them as a young man and was imprisoned and tortured by them..so..payback is hell..there are many stories that are blown out of proportion about Vlad..but he was loved by his people as a fair and just man.....and no..I am not watching the royal wedding..I could care less..

In addition to Islam, the Mongols invaded Central Europe in 1241, pretty much destroying Ukraine and killing half of Hungary. Thats why the capital of the Rus came to be in Moscow, not Kiev. Islamic incursion into Central Europe was the 1500s if I remember correctly and the Hungarians gave great sacrifice to stop them.The Romanians and Hungarians have a notable dislike for foreigners from the East, as seen in current migration politics. I lived in Kazakhstan and many people could proudly trace their lineage back to Genghis Khan.

 

[IamGroot]

well..Vlad defended christianity against the ottomans (islamic arabs)..and those are the majority of the people that he impaled..he was captured by them as a young man and was imprisoned and tortured by them..so..payback is hell..there are many stories that are blown out of proportion about Vlad..but he was loved by his people as a fair and just man.....and no..I am not watching the royal wedding..I could care less..

Excellent point. Here is what Quora said:
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Vlad was an unbelievably cruel man but a very successful and beloved leader. He did many terrible deeds - but they were great deeds.

When Dracula came to rule his country he found that it was overrun with crime. People were stealing, young girls being raped, Wallachian children were being stolen and given as tribute, taxes were high, the Hungarian's and the Turks were taking advantage of his people, starvation and sickness ravaged the land, and the rate of homelessness was the highest it had ever been. These were big problems for Vlad who was implored by the nobles and the peasants as soon as he was christened to put an end to these things at once so they could live in peace. So, Vlad set out very strict laws. Laws, they say, that were followed like the 10 Commandments for fear of Vlad's wrath or other torturous punishment.

Vlad did the following to ensure law and order in his land; he didn't like the homeless and the beggars in his country so he invited them all to a feast and set fire to them. He did not like the lazy or the weak so he impaled the sick and the elderly. Dracula did not like promiscuity so he impaled the whore and harlot. He detested the traitor and impaled them too. He killed the rich boyars and distributed their money and estates to his peasants like some kind of twisted Robinhood. Also, he was a staunchly Christian man and fully believed in the rhetoric that a woman was subservient to a man - so he'd cut the hands off of a lazy or disobedient wife, skin her, or impale her.

Vlad despised crime in anyway, shape, or fashion. Whether you stole an apple or a coin purse - the punishment was the same and that was immediate death usually in the form of impalement. Seeing people strewn up on stakes in the streets and around the countryside bleeding to death or dead made quite the impression on the Romanian people. Crime dropped to an all time low and it is said that during Vlad's time Wallachia was the most lawful country in all the land.

There are many stories that are preserved from his time that tell the tale of how little crime existed in Wallachia while he was prince. Like the story that illustrates a golden goblet that Vlad set in the city square at Targoviste. The goblet was free for anyone to drink from but Vlad warned should it ever be stolen that he would destroy the entire city - and thereafter it remained untouched day and night for the entirety of his princedom.

Other stories and woodcuts of Vlad from this time describe him as a justice seeker, or a man of "tyrannical justice". It was said that he verily despised with a fiery hatred any "injustice or lye". It was also noted by a slavic scholar some years after Vlad's death that he "hated stealing so violently ... that anybody who caused any evil or robbery ... did not live long".

Aside from his home politic, Dracula also carried out many other political endeavors in his lifetime. He visited many high courts like those in Moldova, Transylvania, Turkey, and Hungary and spent much time learning the ways of logic and politic, forging new alliances, and strengthening trade for his Wallachian tradesmen. As a result he spoke several different languages and knew very much about war and combat.

In fact, he executed many battles against the Ottomans that were so entirely successful that he was even personally hailed by Pope Pius and all the way from Italy, to France, to England the great Kings and leaders of Europe praised him for his work in defending Christian Europe from the evil muslim Turks. His most notable achievements in war included the capture of the fortress at Giurgiu and the infamous Night Raid (pictured above) as well as many, many others. He had very little in the ways of money and his armies were a quarter of the size of his opponents but he used his cunning and military prowess to defeat them all the same.

As you can see now, despite his penchant for killing hundreds of thousands of people in the most horrific ways possible Vlad was a very capable, highly educated, extremely intelligent, well cultured prince who led his country with an iron fist and none who would come after him could do so in such a wildly successful manner. In Romania to this day should you ask this exact question to a Romanian they would vehemently defend Vlad's actions and exalt him as the best and most just leader Romania has ever had. Though some would attribute this behavior to the falsification and glorification of Vlad's deeds in Romanian history books without being entirely realistic about how horrible he was.

In my opinion, this was done because of our modern idea that when you want to admire someone they innately have to be a good person to be deserving of love - but this is not true. The difference is whether or not you are willing to understand and accept everything about someone, both the good and the absolutely atrocious, and still end up with the idea that you admire that person.

 

[Son of Wobble]

Throughout history kings and queens were the worst of the human race

 

[Son of Wobble]

Excellent point. Here is what Quora said:
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Vlad was an unbelievably cruel man but a very successful and beloved leader. He did many terrible deeds - but they were great deeds.

When Dracula came to rule his country he found that it was overrun with crime. People were stealing, young girls being raped, Wallachian children were being stolen and given as tribute, taxes were high, the Hungarian's and the Turks were taking advantage of his people, starvation and sickness ravaged the land, and the rate of homelessness was the highest it had ever been. These were big problems for Vlad who was implored by the nobles and the peasants as soon as he was christened to put an end to these things at once so they could live in peace. So, Vlad set out very strict laws. Laws, they say, that were followed like the 10 Commandments for fear of Vlad's wrath or other torturous punishment.

Vlad did the following to ensure law and order in his land; he didn't like the homeless and the beggars in his country so he invited them all to a feast and set fire to them. He did not like the lazy or the weak so he impaled the sick and the elderly. Dracula did not like promiscuity so he impaled the whore and harlot. He detested the traitor and impaled them too. He killed the rich boyars and distributed their money and estates to his peasants like some kind of twisted Robinhood. Also, he was a staunchly Christian man and fully believed in the rhetoric that a woman was subservient to a man - so he'd cut the hands off of a lazy or disobedient wife, skin her, or impale her.

Vlad despised crime in anyway, shape, or fashion. Whether you stole an apple or a coin purse - the punishment was the same and that was immediate death usually in the form of impalement. Seeing people strewn up on stakes in the streets and around the countryside bleeding to death or dead made quite the impression on the Romanian people. Crime dropped to an all time low and it is said that during Vlad's time Wallachia was the most lawful country in all the land.

There are many stories that are preserved from his time that tell the tale of how little crime existed in Wallachia while he was prince. Like the story that illustrates a golden goblet that Vlad set in the city square at Targoviste. The goblet was free for anyone to drink from but Vlad warned should it ever be stolen that he would destroy the entire city - and thereafter it remained untouched day and night for the entirety of his princedom.

Other stories and woodcuts of Vlad from this time describe him as a justice seeker, or a man of "tyrannical justice". It was said that he verily despised with a fiery hatred any "injustice or lye". It was also noted by a slavic scholar some years after Vlad's death that he "hated stealing so violently ... that anybody who caused any evil or robbery ... did not live long".

Aside from his home politic, Dracula also carried out many other political endeavors in his lifetime. He visited many high courts like those in Moldova, Transylvania, Turkey, and Hungary and spent much time learning the ways of logic and politic, forging new alliances, and strengthening trade for his Wallachian tradesmen. As a result he spoke several different languages and knew very much about war and combat.

In fact, he executed many battles against the Ottomans that were so entirely successful that he was even personally hailed by Pope Pius and all the way from Italy, to France, to England the great Kings and leaders of Europe praised him for his work in defending Christian Europe from the evil muslim Turks. His most notable achievements in war included the capture of the fortress at Giurgiu and the infamous Night Raid (pictured above) as well as many, many others. He had very little in the ways of money and his armies were a quarter of the size of his opponents but he used his cunning and military prowess to defeat them all the same.

As you can see now, despite his penchant for killing hundreds of thousands of people in the most horrific ways possible Vlad was a very capable, highly educated, extremely intelligent, well cultured prince who led his country with an iron fist and none who would come after him could do so in such a wildly successful manner. In Romania to this day should you ask this exact question to a Romanian they would vehemently defend Vlad's actions and exalt him as the best and most just leader Romania has ever had. Though some would attribute this behavior to the falsification and glorification of Vlad's deeds in Romanian history books without being entirely realistic about how horrible he was.

In my opinion, this was done because of our modern idea that when you want to admire someone they innately have to be a good person to be deserving of love - but this is not true. The difference is whether or not you are willing to understand and accept everything about someone, both the good and the absolutely atrocious, and still end up with the idea that you admire that person.

But did he have a fantastic televised wedding? I think not!

 

[Son of Wobble]

the way I heard the old saying is that all the money is made at the top 5 frets of the bass..

Oh, is that how it goes? That's even easier, don't have to reach so far. In fact, I might saw the neck down to just the part I need.

 

[Son of Wobble]

Worst jeans for royalty.

 

[Son of Wobble]

I'm reading that she has a "4 million euro fortune" earned from her acting career.

Is that possible? She did mostly one-shot roles on US TV shows in the last decade, when pay rates were
uniformly dreadful.

Did her ex-husband have money?

 

[Bflat]

There are millions of Americans that descend from royalty.... in the 1600's about 240 children of royals were given land in the new world instead of money, etc of those 168 have living descendants. they are called gateway ancestors. there is a list of names on line and their family trees are listed too. just check your family tree back 8 generations and bingo you are a royal........so the Queen and I have the same 9th greatgrandfather, Augustine Warner ll and I didn't get an invitation but that also makes Lady Gadiva my 37th ggrandmother

 

[IamGroot]

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[IamGroot]

There are millions of Americans that descend from royalty.... in the 1600's about 240 children of royals were given land in the new world instead of money, etc of those 168 have living descendants. they are called gateway ancestors. there is a list of names on line and their family trees are listed too. just check your family tree back 8 generations and bingo you are a royal........so the Queen and I have the same 9th greatgrandfather, Augustine Warner ll and I didn't get an invitation but that also makes Lady Gadiva my 37th ggrandmother

I thought a lot of those royals moved to Canada after the great unpleasantness in the late 1700s. Maybe the royalty explains why the Canadians are so gosh darned nice and polite.

 

[Bflat]

I thought a lot of those royals moved to Canada after the great unpleasantness in the late 1700s. Maybe the royalty explains why the Canadians are so gosh darned nice and polite.

actually some did.......about that unpleasantness the Queen and I both have a second cousin named George Washington and 3rd cousin Thomas Jefferson

 

[Bflat]

Through that link the Queen and I descend directly from William the Conqueror!

 

[Bflat]

Megan and Harry are cousins
Royal Ancestry of Meghan Markle

 

[Pbassmanca]

Is this a before or after picture?