bostonangler Posted February 3, 2020 Report Share Posted February 3, 2020 Just now, umbertino said: Not for European standards, B/A.....As we write day / month /year..In the case you wrote it'd be the 21st month ( for us in Europe at least) and the year would be 1212 Well math was never my strong point... LOL Especially European math!!!! 😎 B/A 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted February 3, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2020 (edited) 3 minutes ago, bostonangler said: Well math was never my strong point... LOL Especially European math!!!! 😎 B/A I already corrected my wrong post, B/A... Don't know who negged you, btw...I plused you obviously Edited February 3, 2020 by umbertino 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted February 3, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2020 At 97, the dean of mayors of France is seeking a tenth term By admin https://www.fr24news.com/2020/02/at-97-the-dean-of-mayors-of-france-is-seeking-a-tenth-term.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted February 3, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2020 Greyhound bus shooting: one dead and at least five injured in California Highway patrol says passenger who opened fire in custody, after driver of bus with 43 people managed to pull over and ‘coerce the suspect off the bus’ Guardian staff and agencies Mon 3 Feb 2020 21.08 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/03/california-greyhound-bus-shooting-grapevine-lebec Wow....Traveled for 3 months by Greyhound in 1977....About 20,000 miles..... 2 women dead, 1 child hurt in shooting at Texas A&M University-Commerce residence hall The child, who is about 10 years old, is in stable condition. By Emily Shapiro 3 February 2020, 22:38 4 min read https://abcnews.go.com/US/dead-hurt-shooting-texas-university-commerce-residence-hall/story?id=68727234 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted February 5, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2020 World Nutella Day Is Coming — and so Is Your Chance to Win a Trip to Italy Andrea Romano Travel+LeisureFebruary 5, 2020 https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/world-nutella-day-coming-chance-230431705.html The curious history of Nutella, the world-famous Italian spread On World Nutella Day, we look at the unusual and sometimes controversial history of Italy's famous hazelnut spread The Local 5 February 2020 15:55 CET+01:00 All photos: AFP https://www.thelocal.it/20200205/nutella-anniversary-history-curious-facts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted February 6, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2020 Kirk Douglas, Hollywood legend and star of Spartacus, dies aged 103 Square-jawed star of Paths of Glory and Lust For Life leaves legacy ‘that will endure for generations’, says son Michael Douglas Kirk Douglas: impossibly handsome Colossus of Rhodes Kirk Douglas archive interview: ‘I never thought I’d live to 100’ A life in pictures Xan Brooks and Stephanie Convery Thu 6 Feb 2020 01.18 GMT Vid https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/feb/06/kirk-douglas-hollywood-legend-and-star-of-spartacus-dies-aged-103 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted February 6, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2020 Sun! Samba! Street crime! Red-faced Rio highlights the negative Instagram post about being robbed in the city is accidentally shared by tourist agency Staff and agencies in Rio de Janeiro Wed 5 Feb 2020 21.46 GMT The Instagram post started promisingly enough – “Rio is such a beautiful city” – but it quickly took a darker turn Photograph: Christophe Simon/Getty https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/05/brazilian-tourism-board-shares-awkward-instagram-post#img-1 Agreed it's a violent city with its toll of more or less 6,000 killed every year ( that's 500 a month)...Italy for instance has an average of 400/450 murders a year for the whole country.... Still RJ is a beautiful city and if you're slick and smart enough ( and also lucky of course) you'll be just fine...You best bet would be having a local to get around with ( obviously) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted February 6, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2020 Kirk Douglas: The slave who rebelled February 6, 2020 10:15 AM CST By Michael Berkowitz https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/kirk-douglas-the-slave-who-rebelled/ I loved a lot " Paths of glory" (1957)...Saw it at least 3 times on TV....Stunning direction and acting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paths_of_Glory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted February 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 Meredith Kercher, father John died: found on the street with multiple injuries February 7, 2020 https://www.news1.news/2020/02/meredith-kercher-father-john-died-found-on-the-street-with-multiple-injuries.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted February 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 Kakistocracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakistocracy Getting slowly more and more the norm......All over the world This is unfortunate..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted February 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2020 Thai soldier kills at least 10 in shooting rampage Gunman still at large in north-eastern city after opening fire at temple and shopping mall Rebecca Ratcliffe and agencies Sat 8 Feb 2020 14.12 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/08/thai-soldier-kills-many-in-shooting-rampage 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted February 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2020 10 of the coolest neighbourhoods in Europe There are must-sees, of course, but to really get under the skin of Europe’s great cities go for our pick of less-touristy districts Sat 8 Feb 2020 07.00 GMT by Guardian writers https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2020/feb/08/10-of-the-coolest-neighbourhoods-in-europe-paris-berlin-rome 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted February 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2020 (edited) Rogue soldier shot dead after Thai shopping mall massacre Death toll stands at 26 after sergeant major killed commanding officer then attacked Terminal 21 complex in Nkhon Ratchasim city Rebecca Ratcliffe , Veena Thoopkrajae and agencies Sun 9 Feb 2020 05.18 GMT Vid https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/09/rogue-soldier-shot-dead-after-thai-shopping-mall-massacre So sorry about that....Visited Bangkok and other parts of Thailand in 1990....One of the very few trips I regretted taking....Didn't like it at all for various reasons..... Edited February 9, 2020 by umbertino 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted February 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2020 Bill Gates orders £500m ($644M) hydrogen-powered superyacht Microsoft billionaire’s innovative and eco-fuelled 112m Aqua vessel to launch after 2024 Rebecca Smithers Sun 9 Feb 2020 15.59 GMT Last modified on Sun 9 Feb 2020 17.04 GMT The ‘Aqua’ superyacht powered by liquid hydrogen - a snip at £500m. It can travel 3,750 miles before it needs to refuel Photograph: Sinot/Cover Images https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/feb/09/bill-gates-orders-500m-hydrogen-powered-superyacht 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markb57 Posted February 9, 2020 Report Share Posted February 9, 2020 "it's good to be king..." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted February 10, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2020 New York gunman in custody after ambushing officers twice in 12 hours Man captured after he entered a Bronx police station and started shooting, hours after he approached a van and fired at officers Associated Press Sun 9 Feb 2020 18.52 GMT Police officers stand on the corner of 163rd and Fox Street at the scene of a police-involved shooting in the Bronx, New York, on 9 February Photograph: John Minchillo/AP https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/09/new-york-bronx-shootings-gunman-police 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted February 10, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2020 THE WORLD POPULATION AND THE TOP TEN COUNTRIES WITH THE HIGHEST POPULATION https://www.internetworldstats.com/stats8.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted February 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2020 Nazi flag in window of Maryland high school prompts investigation Swastika emblem was visible over the weekend Flag had been used in second world war history class Associated Press in Frederick, Maryland Mon 10 Feb 2020 16.22 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/10/nazi-flag-maryland-high-school-investigation 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted February 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2020 Rhode Island priest claims 'pedophilia doesn't kill anyone' in abortion row The Rev Richard Bucci made comment after barring 44 pro-choice lawmakers from communion last week Kenya Evelyn Tue 11 Feb 2020 16.32 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/11/rhode-island-richard-bucci-priest-abortion 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted February 12, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2020 Bitcoin bounces back over $10,000 amid coronavirus concerns Investors seek safe haven because of fears over the economic impact of outbreak Mark Sweney Wed 12 Feb 2020 10.01 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/feb/12/bitcoin-back-over-10000-dollars-amid-coronavirus-concerns 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted February 12, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2020 Home Office tells man, 101, his parents must confirm ID Request caused by apparent tech glitch came when Italian Giovanni Palmiero applied to stay in UK post-Brexit Lisa O'Carroll and Angela Giuffrida in Rome Wed 12 Feb 2020 14.15 GMT Vid https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/feb/12/home-office-tells-man-101-his-parents-must-confirm-id Those UK Folks have a great of humor 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted February 12, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2020 Pope Francis decides against allowing married men to become priests Celibacy issue dividing church as it seeks to address shortage of clerics in remote areas Harriet Sherwood Wed 12 Feb 2020 12.33 GMT Last modified on Wed 12 Feb 2020 17.25 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/12/pope-francis-decides-against-allowing-married-men-to-become-priests 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted February 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2020 (edited) Trial date set (Feb. 26, 2020) for US teens over Italian police murder An Italian judge has set a date for the fast-tracked trial of two US teenagers charged with killing a police officer during a botched drug deal in Rome AFP/The Local 21 November 2019 17:47 CET+01:00 "Always with us": mourners carry a photo of murdered officer Rega at his funeral Photo: Eliano Imperato/AFP https://www.thelocal.it/20191121/trial-date-set-for-us-teens-italian-police-murder Some voice there could be a swap with them and Italian Chico Forti ( from my hometown) jailed since 1998 in Florida https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chico_Forti Edited February 13, 2020 by umbertino Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted February 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2020 Woman On ‘Crossing Over’ During Cardiac Arrest: I’m No Longer Afraid Of Death | Megyn Kelly TODAY 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted February 14, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2020 (edited) Trafficking industry hit as ‘sex worker’ chatbots fool thousands Campaign to lure men seeking to buy sex triggers big decline in online searches in Seattle Hannah Devlin Science correspondent Thu 13 Feb 2020 23.00 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/feb/13/sex-worker-chatbots-fool-thousands-to-hit-trafficking-industry 'Not just a space potato': Nasa unveils 'astonishing' details of most distant object ever visited It’s red, it’s cold, it’s 4bn years old: Nasa data from Arrokoth reveals ‘profound truths’ about the solar system Hannah Devlin Science correspondent Thu 13 Feb 2020 19.00 GMT An artist’s impression shows the New Horizons probe encountering Arrokoth in the Kuiper belt 1bn miles beyond Pluto Photograph: Nasa/AFP/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/feb/13/not-just-a-space-potato-nasa-unveils-astonishing-details-of-most-distant-object-ever-visited-arrokoth Edited February 14, 2020 by umbertino 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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