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Falkland Islands’ referendum an act of value, say Uruguayan Parliamentarians
“I was surprised that such a small community with so few human resources to organise an electoral act did things so well, so properly, in conformity with international standards. This was a demonstration of a desire that this should be an act of value, not only in terms of its effects in the Falklands themselves, but also for the international image of a legitimate process.” Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesAnother example of a deliberately misleading headline. Trobo recognises the desire of the organisers for the Referendum to be an “act of value” but actually falls we short of saying that it is. There also seems to be, unsurprisingly and rightly, a focus on the technical aspects of the Referendum.
Mar 22nd, 2013 - 08:01 am - Link - Report abuse 0Again, unsurprisingly, there seem to have been a number of observers there whose interests in the Islands are predominantly personal and commercial. Unparalleled access, funded by someone else and guaranteed to make “friends” and contacts. Can't blame them really.
TWIMC
Mar 22nd, 2013 - 08:18 am - Link - Report abuse 0Track the activity on the “Independent, International” Riom-Mior website…:
http://news.silobreaker.com/wwwriommiorcom-11_558109501
Connect the dots…:
http://news.silobreaker.com/wwwriommiorcom-11_558109501
CANADEM’s smoking gun…:
http://news.silobreaker.com/wwwriommiorcom-11_558109501
@1: so, name a supporter of the Argentine position on the Falklands that doesn't have a commercial or other interest in having Argentina win? That's the way the world works.
Mar 22nd, 2013 - 08:28 am - Link - Report abuse 0Dod and El Think (El Tonto), keep trotting out the Malvinista line....nothing surprising there.
Mar 22nd, 2013 - 09:03 am - Link - Report abuse 0The fact is these two senior Uruguayan opposition politicians have both displayed some serious poitical backbone in being willing to participate in this process as independent observers. Of course, they knew their participation would not be popular with many Uruguayans, including their nation's present foolish and muddle headed defence minister who made some outrageous remarks about their involvement in the referendum process as observers, but as independent observer myself, as an Australian, I think for that very reason their involvement in the referendum process was very important is verifying how well it was conducted. Both these Uruguayan politicians demonstrated in separate interviews about the Falklands referendum that they were most impressed by the whole process, and its was clear they were equally impressed by the Falkland Islanders themselves. Like it or not, the referendum has been a real success, as many South Americans, including Argentinians (and including South American media outlets in Brazil, Chile and Argentina), are learning the Falklanders do exist and have a right to determine their future, contrary propagandist opinions expressed by the Malvinistas and their current pathetic government.
Time for us British to call an end to the lies and misrepresentations of the truth by the Argentine government.
Mar 22nd, 2013 - 09:28 am - Link - Report abuse 0Britain's right of sevreignty over the Falklands dates back way before Argentina even existed as an independant state. The relationship between Great Britain and The Falklands has evolved, over a long period of time, to its current form I.E The Falklands are a self governing BOT.
Britain provides defence for the islands and leads on foriegn policy. 99.8% of The Falkands population are more than happy with this situation, as shown in the recent referendum.
All the above are facts.
Argentina, unwilling to accept The Falklands as British, decided to invade in 1982, they unconditionally surrendered to the British after a 74 day war that claimed the lives of 255 British servicemen and 3 Falklanders . That single act of stupid, umprovoked, aggression destroyed any chance of The Falklands ever becoming Argentinian in any form. END OF SUBJECT.
Think will now call me a Turnip, seems to be his stock answer to anything he disagrees with, DoD will support him as they are the same person.
@5 commonsense,
Mar 22nd, 2013 - 09:57 am - Link - Report abuse 0Don't worry about Chief Squatting Turnip, he calls all of us turnips.
He of course, is a Danish swede.
DoD also has some serious problems.
Says he is a Scot, but didn't know that the Scot's slang for George is Dod.
Then he got upset when l called him, George.
Reaction of a fragile-ego Argentine.
Maybe his real name is Jorge???
Those two don't represent Uruguay, they don't even represent their political party. For Uruguay, that's all that matters.
Mar 22nd, 2013 - 10:16 am - Link - Report abuse 0(6) Chère Isolde
Mar 22nd, 2013 - 10:37 am - Link - Report abuse 0You say...:
“Don't worry about Chief Squatting Turnip, he calls all of us turnips.”
I say....:
That's not true!
I don't recall calling you a Turnip, ever, my dahling Pom Squatterette.
@ div over dover
Mar 22nd, 2013 - 11:03 am - Link - Report abuse 0Again, unsurprisingly, there seem to have been a number of observers there whose interests in the Islands are predominantly personal and commercial. Unparalleled access, funded by someone else and guaranteed to make “friends” and contacts. Can't blame them really.
Thats the way of the world me old mucker,why even the Argie taxman knows the Falklands are British and Not Argentine
Think- you are becoming so desperate and such a looser that you are almost down the Marcos,s and Raul,s levels of incoherent rantings.
Mar 22nd, 2013 - 11:43 am - Link - Report abuse 0Such a shame really.
Stevie - please explain what you mean? I met these 2 and have met many Uruguyans over the last few years - they all say pretty well nuch the same.
Like Chile they are aware that nations are born with neighbours - you cannot change them as you can friends- you have to lives alongside and “manage life with them”.
So both Uruguay and Chile publicly support Arg in the UN and OAS etc - whilst quietly recognizing the Govt of the Islands and dealing with them and trading with us etc.
Ir is called reality - as distinct from the world Argentina,s Govt tries to live in. See 9 above as an example!
10
Mar 22nd, 2013 - 11:49 am - Link - Report abuse 0With all respect, it's not like Latin American people are queing to get to know the islanders, we all know you are Brits and our relationship with the Brits has never been better than cordial.
Argentina are our neighbours, yes, but the only ones we “manage to live alongside”, are you Brits. Until you vote for independency and send those British troops home, you will never get Latin America on your side. Care or not, continue your futile attempts if you wish.
@11
Mar 22nd, 2013 - 12:07 pm - Link - Report abuse 0And within a month Argentine troops would be knocking at the door. Once is enough for me thanks.
I would be worried about the result if I was Argentine. Nothing to do with the sovereignty issue but as the alternative to be a BIOT is widely seen as being Argentine or some form of Independence, we now know that the number of people on the Islands that want to be Argentine as opposed to BIOT is at most 3. I suspect that those 3 votes were for independence but let's just assume that they were all for Argentine rule.
Mar 22nd, 2013 - 12:33 pm - Link - Report abuse 0That means in an island which probably has more than 3 Argentine permanent residents and over 150 of Chilean and Uruguayan permanent residents, they could only find 3 people who were willing to say they think being Argentine is better than being a BIOT citizen.
Why would the support be this low. Anyone would THINK Argentina was an economic basket case with no rule of law run by corrupt mentally ill liars.
Another example of DoD & THink posting within minutes of each other.
Mar 22nd, 2013 - 12:38 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Isnt it AMAZING how they manage to post together so often?
Gosh & Golly! One would Think it was the same person posting on both accounts! How tow people in different parts of the world can manage to co-ordinate their posting to such a high degree, even when they have no idea whatsoever when MercoPress will post a story - why it defies belief /em rollseyes
This is the trend. Right thinking people seeing the Argentine claim for what it is. A baseless claim attempting to disguise naked colonialist acquisition.
Mar 22nd, 2013 - 01:07 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@6 lsolde
Mar 22nd, 2013 - 01:30 pm - Link - Report abuse 0If you don't mind, he is a swede (a brassica napobrassica, ie a 'Swedish turnip') not a Dane :-)
It seems this will all boil down to the might pen,
Mar 22nd, 2013 - 02:14 pm - Link - Report abuse 0They think war is out of the question, [they would lose]
The pope won’t help,
So the pen will be used,
CFK seems to think, [rightly or wrongly]
That talking, negotiations, dialogue , and pressure,
Will force the British to the negotiating table,
And when we arrive the British will be force to hand over the Falklands, sovereignty, and all and every demand put upon it,
And the British will be forced out of the south Atlantic,
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
We say,
Take it to the ICJ,
or
Bring it on,
……..
.
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Mar 22nd, 2013 - 02:21 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Steve- simple solution if the Britsh Troops really bother you - tell the mad lady next door to stop all her threats and blockades, intimidation on the highseas of 3rd party vessels etc etc and start being a civilized neighbour(albeit with differences).
Mar 22nd, 2013 - 03:59 pm - Link - Report abuse 0She does NOT have to drop the claim! Then we could perhaps revert to a more pre 1982 set up where there was a mere 40 or so british soldiers here with nothing bigger than their rifles and a light machine gun.
Ball is in her court 100%. Or even better suggest to her to go to the ICJ?
“With all respect, it's not like Latin American people are queing to get to know the islanders, we all know you are Brits and our relationship with the Brits has never been better than cordial.”
Mar 22nd, 2013 - 05:30 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Actually, it has.
(But probably not in Argentine history books)
cfk wants all world leaders to trim her bush
Mar 22nd, 2013 - 05:49 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@1 No-one should mistake the shit you write as “truth”. In any honest “reality”, someone would saw your head off and make you piss on it. Assuming that you couldn't shit. A worm-drive would be good.
Mar 22nd, 2013 - 06:17 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@2 Shit-think in a basket.
@7 Says who? A dumb shit argie queer?
@8 But then, are you not busy working your ass on your latest HUGE butt plug? Squatting on two inches. Do the “gauchos”give you more? Or three broom handles? Come on, Twinky, we know you're bent. Own up to how you like to be shafted. Splinters?
@11 Don't you worry. Do you have a heavy weight?.Something we could drop on your throat? Here's a thought. British troops will “go home” when argieland is no longer a threat. That would be when the argie population is around 5,000. Or maybe replaced by an intelligent “population”. Exterminate the Germans, the Italians and the Spanish. They are “crap” in their “own” countries.
20
Mar 22nd, 2013 - 06:58 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Please enlighten me...
22
Barf barf!
Think is a magelwuzel which only hungry sheep eat if they can swallow the diet he gets from Buenos Aires
Mar 22nd, 2013 - 08:52 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Think - you are clearly quite unable to think nor indeed to accept reality when it shown to you!
Mar 22nd, 2013 - 09:36 pm - Link - Report abuse 0uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuujajaja
Mar 22nd, 2013 - 10:40 pm - Link - Report abuse 0keep the falk=slum=lands in british arseholes.
look what the islanders “have” after 189 years= N O T H I N G!
#26 Tontopollo
Mar 22nd, 2013 - 11:50 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Achtung! Achtung! Sussie is now Chris Reynolds
Mar 23rd, 2013 - 02:38 am - Link - Report abuse 0@2 Sr Think,
Mar 23rd, 2013 - 06:58 am - Link - Report abuse 0Splendid piece of work. Now, we know that CANADEM offers a service to those who can pay and not just the Canadian Government. So, in light of the complete lack of any open acknowledgement of involvement on their part, who is paying? I'm so glad there are others who acknowledge self interest is the way of the world so there's nothing for the funders to be ashamed of.
(29) Mr. McDod
Mar 23rd, 2013 - 07:30 am - Link - Report abuse 0The “Full Report” from Riom-Mior is due today....:
“A full and complete referendum observation report, including any recommendations for future elections, will be publicly released by March 23. It will be posted on: http://www.riom-mior.com/”
Not in yet..................... Canadians still sleeping, i guess ;-)
Will be interesting to read if they “identify themselves” this time.....
@30 Sr Think,
Mar 23rd, 2013 - 07:52 am - Link - Report abuse 0What a shame they are in danger of missing the date on which END OF STORY, GAME SET AND MATCH, END OFF and “It's all academic anyway, because after next March, the UN will recognise the Referendum result and there is not a damn thing you can do about it.” come into effect.
Talking of which:
http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/67/803
@29
Mar 23rd, 2013 - 10:06 am - Link - Report abuse 0In your assiduous search for coincidentally pro-Argentine arguments, you seem to have successfully unearthed the bleeding obvious :
”CANADEM is an Ottawa based non-profit, non-governmental organization established in 1996 with funding from the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. Its main purpose is to bolster peace, order, and good governance efforts through connecting international agencies (UN, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Organization of American States, etc.) to civilian experts. Originally designed as Canada's national roster of civilian experts, CANADEM is now the largest roster of screened international civilian experts in the world.[1] This non-profit Roster of International Experts enables international agencies, governments, and other non-profit organizations to rapidly connect with qualified professionals. US State Department's Office for Reconstruction and Stabilization lists CANADEM as one of its International Partners in peace building.[2]
...
- Has recruited over 2500 experts for UN, OSCE, and other missions in Afghanistan, Sudan, Haiti, Serbia, East Timor, Sierra Leone, Kosovo, Bosnia, Croatia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ukraine, and many other countries.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CANADEM
Obviously some kind of put-up job then.
@32 Obviously a put up job.
Mar 23rd, 2013 - 10:30 am - Link - Report abuse 0http://www.canadem.ca/home/en/services/we-field-experts.html
“Transfer the responsibility for your international expert recruitment, deployment and in-mission support to CANADEM in a cost effective and timely manner.”
They might have added, “particularly if you've only got a couple of weeks to cobble it together but you're not short of a bob or two”.
The search isn't for the bleeding obvious it's for the deliberately obscured but you have to start somewhere and Think has made an excellent start. Well done that man. Now, if you too would like to join the search for truth why don't you move off wikipedia and help track down the source of funding. For my part, I still think one needn't look too far beyond the International Republican Institute and its sponsors to find the answer. I challenge you to help Think prove me wrong.
@33
Mar 23rd, 2013 - 10:40 am - Link - Report abuse 0And the point of this would be what, exactly? To show that the referendum was a put-up job?
@34 I'm sure we all can agree that, since the views of the Islanders are well known and are reaffirmed at every Assembly Election, the Referendum was indeed a put up job . Goaded into it they were, in the hope that it would inform “world opinion”, which it won't as can be seen by the UN, EU and US responses to it It was unnecessary in one regard and ineffective, possibly even counter-productive, in the other.
Mar 23rd, 2013 - 11:00 am - Link - Report abuse 0Whose interest was being served by this exercise? Not the interests of the UK electorate of which I'm a member. So it's the interests of some of the Islanders, surely, but only so long as they are coincidental with the interests of big business in the US.
The truth is the point; isn't that enough for you?
@16 Vuggevise,
Mar 23rd, 2013 - 11:05 am - Link - Report abuse 0l accused señor Think of being a Swede once & he was most insulted.
Then in another post he refered to someone as a “Norwegian bastard”.
His words, not mine.
Then he was getting annoyed with Admiral Nelson for bombarding Copenhagen during the Napoleonic Wars.
He also didn't like it when l pointed out that Britain abolished slavery(1833 or 1836, not sure)before Denmark, who kept slaves in the Danish West lndies until 1848.
l don't know what he is, but from his grammar & spelling l am sure that he is a Scandinavian.
He could be lcelandic or even Finnish(l doubt that he is a Finn)so that only leaves Denmark(or lceland).
When l accused him of being a Dane, he said that he “might” come from an island halfway between Denmark & Sweden.
lts hard to take anything he says, seriously. lol.
Maybe he's the Little Mermaid.
35
Mar 23rd, 2013 - 11:10 am - Link - Report abuse 0Lemon with that Commander?
Keep searching. The truth is out there somewhere and I hope you find it.
Chuckle chuckle.
Don't mind if I do.
Mar 23rd, 2013 - 11:18 am - Link - Report abuse 0@35
Mar 23rd, 2013 - 11:22 am - Link - Report abuse 0Sorry, but I can't shake the feeling that your dispassionate quest for the truth is motivated by something other than a dispassionate quest for the truth.
The interesting question is whether it's just sour grapes.
36 lsolde
Mar 23rd, 2013 - 11:57 am - Link - Report abuse 0“Twisting words” and “telling porkies” Saturday in them Islands.. is it?
You say...:
1) “l accused señor Think of being a Swede once & he was most insulted.”
(Correct.................. Who wouldn't!!! ;-)
2) “...he refered to someone as a “Norwegian bastard””
(That “someone” was Anders Behring Breivik, fy for faen.............)
3) “Then he was getting annoyed with Admiral Nelson for bombarding Copenhagen...”
(A defenseless civilian city..... Bloody English terrorist & murderer of Women and Children)
4) He also didn't like it when l pointed out that Britain abolished slavery before Denmark.
(Oooops... Wrong man, dahling... You are mixing your Scandinavians)
5) “l don't know what he is, but from his grammar & spelling l am sure that he is a Scandinavian.”
(No sh*t, Sherlock..... My bloodline is an open secret hera at MercoPress)
6) “When l accused him of being a Dane, he said that he “might” come from an island halfway between Denmark & Sweden.”
(That's ”An island halfway between Denmark & Iceland)
@40 Think,
Mar 23rd, 2013 - 01:32 pm - Link - Report abuse 0No porkies, Think dahling.
Maybe your memory is slipping.
1) Why don't you like the Swedes?
A Swedish family managed the adjoining plantation to ours in PNG & they were nice people. One of their daughters was my age & was my 'best friend”.
2) Yes you are correct on this occasion. But why add his nationality?
3) You conveniently forget, Alte of the damage that the Danes did to England in the 9th & 10th century.
A passage of years does not diminish the crimes.
What about the murder of the innocent women & children of York, when the Danish savages murdered, raped, looted & burned?
4) l did point out to you about the slavery in the Danish West lndies.
l told you that l had had this conversation with another Dane also.
You declined to answer, although you did answer all my other points.
5) lf you cast your memory back, my good man, you had never declared your ethnicity until l told you that l suspected that you were a Scandinavian.
You originally said that you came from Patagonia. lf memory serves you right l said that at first l thought you were Dutch, but then changed my mind when l analysed your grammar.
l spent my teenage years with a lot of Scandinavians.
Your bloodline might be an open secret now, but that was not the case before you were unmasked.
6) Are you saying now that you come from the Faeroe lslands?
Thats about the most honest answer you have given.
lf its true.
Now, Vuggevise, do you see why l regard señor Think with much suspicion?
Isolde
Mar 23rd, 2013 - 01:45 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Well, regarding the fact that Think has been posting in Danish in numerous occasions, one can only “think” you are the last one to know about his origins.
Stevie,
Mar 23rd, 2013 - 01:59 pm - Link - Report abuse 0l rumbled sr Think a few years ago, when he was NOT posting in Danish.
He was posting in English & using Spanish to “trap” people who he suspected were non-Argentines posting as Argentines.
You are a relative new-comer so how about you do some research before trying to be a smartass.
Isolde
Mar 23rd, 2013 - 02:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“He could be lcelandic or even Finnish”...
It would seem to me that you only need a couple of more years to prove the obvious then.
@30 Just checked. Still no white smoke from the Misión International de Observación del Referendo website: http://www.riom-mior.com
Mar 23rd, 2013 - 03:06 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Perhaps they're not publishing until the per diems actually appear in their bank accounts. Or it could be that CANADEM want to be paid before pressing the release button.
Actually Stevie, l wasn't talking to you & as its none of your business, why don't you just butt out?
Mar 23rd, 2013 - 03:14 pm - Link - Report abuse 0You are proving what you are.
46
Mar 23rd, 2013 - 03:22 pm - Link - Report abuse 0No need to get upset, could happen to anyone.
At least now you don't need to speculate anymore.
(41) Chère Isolde
Mar 23rd, 2013 - 04:00 pm - Link - Report abuse 01) You “conveniently” missed the smiley ( ;-) at the end of the line....., you devious young squatterette.
2) Why not?....., you devious young squatterette.
3) “Lord” Nelson....England's national hero; a terrorist that in the XIX century, killed defenceless women and children living peaceful some 500 miles from Trafalgar Square, in a Country the UK was not at war with......., you devious young squatterette.
4) Correct! It wasn't me..........., you devious young squatterette.
5) Yeahhh... yeahhh...... you“ found out” I'm Scandinavian and I taught you how to use my “Llittle Wiggling Spanish Snake”.....
We are quit........., you devious young squatterette.
6) NO...., I'm saying that I “MIGHT” come from the Føroyar ..........., you devious young squatterette.
NB:
All above points (except Nr. 3) are not to be taken too seriously ;-)
Have a nice weekend, dahling....
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(45) Mr. McDod
Noon in Ottawa.
1:00 PM in Puerto Estanley
No white smoke from either of them yet.
@48 It's looking very much like the full and complete findings on the successful conduct of the “referendum on self-determination” held in the Falkland Islands in March 2013 will be publicly released by 23 March 2014 not 2013 as previously announced. Perhaps it, the detail of the 2012 Census and the result of the Immigration Review will all be released at the same time.
Mar 23rd, 2013 - 09:08 pm - Link - Report abuse 0PS. I was amused to read there is a possibility that your parents left a colony of a European power, perhaps even hounded out for collaborating with the wartime occupying power, to begin a new life in a former colony of a European power. No wonder you don't admire the Brits.
(49) Mr. McDod
Mar 23rd, 2013 - 09:30 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Saturday, 17:30 in Ottawa.
I guess Sgt. Henao just forgot all about his commitment to: “ publicly release the full and complete findings on the successful conduct of the “Referendum on Self-Determination” held in the Falkland Islands in March 2013”
Who cares anyway.................... Turnips have such a short memory....
Juppp...... It's incredible the fantasies turnips have about El Think.....
But let me make one thing perfectly clear!
Except for lukewarm, flat English ale, I don't particulary dislike anything English.
There are even a couple of English things I profoundly admire........
Think,
Mar 23rd, 2013 - 09:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0There are two things that l am not, Think.
1) a squatter, but you are.
l am part-owner of my land, with legal deeds, in a land which belongs to us & NOT to you.
You are squatting on the native people's land.
So any deeds you have are fake.
2) devious, but you certainly are.
l consider myself, as do others, to be an honest, generous person.
l have never cheated anyone in my life.
And what about MY point #3, Think?
You just want to sweep that under the carpet, do you?
The Saxons & Celts were not at war with you either, but that didn't stop you.
And you did far more damage than Nelson did to Copenhagen & over at least 200 years.
Yes Think, it was me that pushed(forced is too strong a word, lol!)into admitting that you were a Scandinavian.
Don't deny it. its not yeahh yeahh at all. your memory is failing Alte.
You were talking about “walleys”(valleys) & “wauxhalls”(vauxhalls)if memory serves me rightly.
Be as that may, it doesn't matter.
BTW- I believe it was Marcos who showed me a better way how to make the “wriggly snake”. you did, but his way is quicker.
l suppose you might come from the moon, from now, l don't care.
@49 DoD,
That is a juicy piece about Cher Think.
lt would explain a lot.
Because all the Danes l know do not hate us like he does.
They are as nice a people as the Swedes;-))))))(that line is for you Cher Think).lol
(51) lsolde
Mar 23rd, 2013 - 10:40 pm - Link - Report abuse 0You say...:
“ I believe it was Marcos who showed me a better way how to make the “wriggly snake”. you did, but his way is quicker.
I say...:
His ”wriggly snake“ was quicker?
Since when is that considered an advantage?
Call me ”Old Fashioned” :-)))
@6 lsolde
Mar 24th, 2013 - 12:43 am - Link - Report abuse 0Think isn't Scandinavian, he isn't Danish or Swedish. If he was either of those nationalities, then he would know that Finnish is nothing like those languages.
I've read his google translated crap many times, and i do laugh every time i see them.
Isolde.
Mar 24th, 2013 - 03:10 am - Link - Report abuse 0Cats been at Think methinks. A snake? No I think a slowworm or a blind worm more likely. Please keep on with baiting our resident horn hatted Argentine Nordic bandit. He falls for it every time!
@54 redpoll,
Mar 24th, 2013 - 11:23 am - Link - Report abuse 0The wriggly snake that we are referring to is the accent on the Spanish ñ.
l used to leave it off because l didn't know how to make it.
Marcos explained to me how to get it.
Hold down the Alt key, type in 164, then release the Alt key.
That still doesn't let Think off the hook for being an elusive, squirmy snake though. lol!
@53 A.J.Rimmer,
l know that Finnish is nothing like the other Scandinavian languages.
l can speak a little bit of it. Not much, l was taught by one of our neighbours.
He told me that it is related to Estonian language.
l don't know what nationality Think really is & now l don't care.
l was just trying to counter his, mostly, lying points & show him up for the hypocrite that he is.
@52 Think,
Yes, Think, we know what you mean.......................
(55) Isolde, dear
Mar 24th, 2013 - 11:31 am - Link - Report abuse 0You say...:
Yes, Think, we know what you mean.......................
I say...:
Nearly fourty, four kids..... I certainly hope so..........
Isolde
Mar 24th, 2013 - 11:35 am - Link - Report abuse 0I'm quite sure your neighbour said Hungarian, not Estonian...
(57) Stevie
Mar 24th, 2013 - 11:38 am - Link - Report abuse 0You saved me the effort of correcting the Blonde Squatterette...... again ;-)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_language
Mar 24th, 2013 - 12:11 pm - Link - Report abuse 0So that's it - Estonian!
59
Mar 24th, 2013 - 12:54 pm - Link - Report abuse 0http://learnfinnish.hostoi.com/images/languagemap.gif
I'll have to apologize to Isolde, there's a great possibility that her neighbour said Estonian.
As for Conqueror, educated by google and with wikipedia as main arguement; Estonian, yes. And Hungarian.
Seems Isolde's neighbour was right!
Mar 24th, 2013 - 12:54 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Estonian.
PMSL @ Think's new sidekick Stevie.
Anglolatino
Mar 24th, 2013 - 01:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I have no problem admitting my errors, and I do take certain pride in not having to google or wiki for my knowledge. When I studied that part of the world, all Baltic states spoke Russian, hence we learned that Finnish' closest language was Hungarian. That said, I always welcome new knowledge. I had no idea that Estonian was more related to Finnish than to Russian, hence my apology to Isolde.
Why are you jelous of Think?
(60) Stevie
Mar 24th, 2013 - 01:16 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I wouldn't be so quick giving an appology to that Squatting Blonde.
1) At the time of her early youth in Niugini; Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania were annexed by the Soviet Union and almost forgotten by the rest of the world......
2) Her Finnish friend would most probably mention Hungary, an existing Country, to that little flaxen neighbor of his.
3) Mentioned Hungary, as most Finns do to this day, when explaining a foreigner the roots of their completelyimpossible language. ;-)
Latvian: Baltijas valstis.
Lithuanian: Baltijos valstybės.
Estonian
Think
Mar 24th, 2013 - 01:24 pm - Link - Report abuse 0You reckon her friend is surnamed Wiki as well?
Very probably, I've never heard a “Finne” compare his/her language to Estonian either, only to Hungarian. Either way, fact stands and Estonian is a Finnic language. With that and my doubts, my apology stands.
(64) Stevie
Mar 24th, 2013 - 01:36 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Very noble, decent & gracious of you...
I would, of course, do the same if I thought I was wrong.
That's the way we South Americans are. ;-)
@64 Stevie,
Mar 24th, 2013 - 07:31 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Thank you.
You'll notice Think trying to claim some sort of credit.
Credit where its not due.
Somewhat like Argentina's ridiculous“claim” on the Falklands & other British territories.
Actually the gentleman in question said Estonian,Hungarian & Turkish.
His name was Mauno, dead now unfortunately.
@65 Think,
You are often wrong,
btw-its spelled forty, not fourty.
TWIMC
Mar 24th, 2013 - 08:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Still.... no trace of that RIOM-MIOR...: “Full and complete referendum observation report, including any recommendations for future elections, to be publicly released by March 23.”
Sgt. Henao is not picking his Malvinas phone: “500 62086”
Nor answering his Email: “juan.henao@riom-mior.com”
He has just “Dissapeared”
A new Alan Addis?
@67 The big old turnip Think
Mar 24th, 2013 - 10:02 pm - Link - Report abuse 0So why does it worry you so much - it must be another of your conspiracy theories, that you are so keen on.
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Mar 24th, 2013 - 10:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@67 Sr Think,
Mar 25th, 2013 - 09:55 am - Link - Report abuse 0Perhaps an email to the CANADEM Business Development Director or the CANADEM Roster Manager might yield some sort of answer. They won't be able to deny any knowledge of course since they conveniently provided themselves as Monitors. That's what you get with last minute rushes.
http://www.zoominfo.com/#!search/profile/person?personId=1293044994&targetid=profile
http://www.zoominfo.com/#!search/profile/person?personId=1293044994&targetid=profile
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