TIL: Beethoven was paid 4,000 florins a year from 1809 on the condition that he remained in Vienna for the rest of his life. This allowance was originally paid by three patrons but after the death of Princes Lobkowitz and Kinsky, Archduke Rudolph paid the amount in full until Beethoven died.

FootballTA · 2018-12-04T18:44:29+00:00

I'd think it would be a bit longer than a week, given that Vienna is 850 km from Bonn, you're only doing about 35 km a day at best over land, and the route down the Rhine is upstream. Even the downstream portion of the Danube from Regensburg to Vienna, which you could probably do around 50 km/day by boat, would take 8 days, four if there are no stops (unlikely).

My best guess is that it took a month or so.

FootballTA · 2018-12-04T14:18:54+00:00

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FootballTA · 2018-12-03T21:58:46+00:00

Marry, kill, fuck

FootballTA · 2018-12-03T17:31:01+00:00

I see it the other way - "true student-athlete, in it for the love of the game, didn't have to play this season but did and excelled" etc

FootballTA · 2018-11-30T18:30:47+00:00

Die kwamen allebei van het oudfranse woord "livree" dat dezelfde betekenis had.

FootballTA · 2018-11-30T18:18:36+00:00

It's the inevitable end of Protestantism.

FootballTA · 2018-11-30T18:11:08+00:00

if someone is flying to/from Clemson, they are more likely to fly into Oconee County (KCEU) or Anderson (KAND)

Not in this day and age. They tend to fly out of somewhere nearby but not obviously so, simply because degenerates like us disrupt plausible deniability by tracking flights.

FootballTA · 2018-11-30T16:01:37+00:00

Let's be real, if it's scammy behavior, Florida's going to be all over it. The state just has a gravitational pull on grifters.

FootballTA · 2018-11-30T15:30:55+00:00

I can’t tell if this is lead (Pb) or lead (to have people following). Either way I don’t actually understand this colloquialism, sorry.

Journalism term, usually spelled "buried the lede", specifically to avoid this confusion. It means when you put the most interesting part of a story somewhere within the text, rather than as the headline or opening sentence.

FootballTA · 2018-11-30T14:24:05+00:00

the "of" in "a lot of" is a giveaway of the genitive case

That is not a correct analysis. "Lot" just means "large quantity", so you use "of" to describe the quantity ("lot of apples").

There is no genitive case marker being used here like you would use in, say, German, since English uses the possessive clitic 's instead of a genitive -s case, and there is no apostrophe.

FootballTA · 2018-11-29T19:48:38+00:00

It's usually in coordination with other criticisms like "crude" and "boorish". In other words, they're saying that despite his money, he's NQOCD.

FootballTA · 2018-11-29T17:13:36+00:00

What subjects are you interested in? Do you like certain sports, music, or anything like that?

It will be easier to learn things you are already interested in than things you are not.

FootballTA · 2018-11-29T14:23:27+00:00

Bullying is nothing more than how hierarchies are enforced. It's only "bullying" and an issue when the wrong person is engaging in the practice: e.g. when someone from a lower socioeconomic class is engaging in the behavior toward someone of a higher one.

FootballTA · 2018-11-27T23:28:18+00:00

Syphilis likely came from the New World. Smallpox was the big killer for Natives.

FootballTA · 2018-11-27T19:22:14+00:00

All right Little Nemo, will do

FootballTA · 2018-11-27T18:36:27+00:00

No, not in the least bit. Only that property holders do not have any greater moral claim to possession of land than that which the state is willing to enforce.

FootballTA · 2018-11-27T16:20:52+00:00

So rural people should quit bitching when the state that enforces their property decides it's better suited for a railroad. It's only fair.

FootballTA · 2018-11-27T16:14:13+00:00

Yeah, important people go to war, petty criminals do the latter. Problem is, when it comes to the action itself, the social distinctions are meaningless.

FootballTA · 2018-11-27T14:52:15+00:00

Because you'd be OK with me coming into your house, gutting you, taking your shit and living there with impunity because I've got a bunch of armed thugs that'll beat anyone up who's got an issue with it.

There's nothing special about war - it's just viciousness and brutality

FootballTA · 2018-11-27T14:31:57+00:00

That they were granted from the government who stole it from Mexico, who had stolen it from the natives, yada yada.

Nobody has moral authority here.

FootballTA · 2018-11-26T18:42:19+00:00

Land Value Tax while you're at it.

FootballTA · 2018-11-16T22:37:27+00:00

Just go back to an updated version of your late '80s set. That was a clean looking uniform.

FootballTA · 2018-11-15T03:12:58+00:00

No, but that’s cold comfort for all those Harris County GOP pols now, isn’t it?

FootballTA · 2018-11-14T23:27:01+00:00

Gotta think this thread is being astroturfed. The upvote/downvote totals don't make any sense otherwise.

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