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31 Aug 2007, 1:30 am

Post a random fact about your obsession.


Mine:

The average person on broadband in Australia can only download 400mb a month at 256kbps


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31 Aug 2007, 2:29 am

Spokane started father's day.



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31 Aug 2007, 3:31 am

No, I will not.


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31 Aug 2007, 6:29 am

General Norman Schwarzkopf was born on August 22, 1934.


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31 Aug 2007, 8:24 am

Tornadoes are measured on the fujita scale, there is now a new scale called the enhanced fujita scale. Tornadoes are meaused on how much they destroy and it ranges from the weakest force (EFO) to the strongest force (EF5).


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31 Aug 2007, 8:50 am

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31 Aug 2007, 8:58 am

Roger Gilbert Bannister was born in Harrow, Middlesex, England on March 23, 1929 to Ralph and Alice Bannister.



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31 Aug 2007, 9:17 am

My shrink is handsome and attractive both physically and mentally!



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31 Aug 2007, 9:21 am

Schwarzkopf and Bradbury are 33 and 50 years older than I am respectively. (to the day)

Ok...about my obsession... a 2 bedroom apartment can realistically hold 22000 books. After that.. books require more space than is required to live in and you need a larger apartment.



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31 Aug 2007, 9:33 am

Alexander Anderson was given a Scottish accent in all the English releases of Hellsing manga, anime and OVA, but in the Japanese version it's never stated where he's actually from.



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31 Aug 2007, 10:19 am

ichiro my favorite ball player played professional baseball in japan 9 years before he was a rookie in MLB, he was also the first japanease born hitter to play in MLB, and will be (after this season) the first ballplayer to start a career in MLB with 200 or more hits every year hes played.

quite the very cool accomplishment id say!! :D



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31 Aug 2007, 1:43 pm

richardbenson wrote:
ichiro my favorite ball player played professional baseball in japan 9 years before he was a rookie in MLB, he was also the first japanease born hitter to play in MLB, and will be (after this season) the first ballplayer to start a career in MLB with 200 or more hits every year hes played.

quite the very cool accomplishment id say!! :D


off topic for a minute:
what did you decide about getting an Ichiro tattoo?


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31 Aug 2007, 1:53 pm

It's expensive. (Anime dvds). I cry each month when I receive my bank statement.


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31 Aug 2007, 2:28 pm

Spokane held the World's Fair in 1974 and they tore down their exhibits after it ended. They had to rebuild the IMAX theater afterwards.



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31 Aug 2007, 2:50 pm

The Major in the Hellsing manga/OVA series has the same name as a Tiny Toons character (Montana Max).



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31 Aug 2007, 3:04 pm

Rome: Total War was released in 2004.


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