Lost_Warrior

So, yesterday was my eighteenth birthday. Officially an adult. Wow...kind of a smack in the face lol. I got my drivers license yesterday, on my eighteenth birthday and hid the fact that I was taking my test from my mom, so I could surprise my entire family with the news. I was going to wait 'till we were at the restaurant to tell them, but they took their jolly good time in us leaving and so I told them all while we were still at my house. Probably a good thing, because the way they reacted (screaming and jumping up and down and laughing) would probably have caused quite a scene I almost didn't pass the test actually, because I almost hit the curb on the way out of the parking space (and on practice driving before that I completely missed a "lane ends" sign...oh, what nerves will do to me ). But I did pass, with a little help from the Gods and all is well...I made offering of crackers with honey and milk as soon as I got home and my family departed (we don't have any wine in the house or I'd have given that, but crackers with honey seemed fitting). My dad had flowers delivered (which was a huge surprise for me) and my mom gave me more art supplies. My grandma made me a blanket and the gift that means the most to me is a diamond ring given me by my grandma. My grandfather had given her the ring and I had been obsessed with it when I was a little girl. I had always stared at it, turning it on her hand to see the way the light sparkled off of the stones and she told me "it'll be yours someday". She pulled the box out of her purse and gave it to me, she told me "this isn't a birthday gift it's just something I wanted you to have" with tears in her eyes...it was the beautiful diamond ring I'd been obsessed with for so long. I had always admired it even to this day though I was no longer nearly so obsessed as I once was, but she never forgot her promise to that little girl... The other night my neighbor surprised me with a job offering, he wants me to tutor his daughter for somewhere around $50 a week (not bad, eh?) I'm happy about having the job, but I'm not happy that it's necessary...because his daughter (my friend) is doing very badly in school which is why I now have the job

Actually, I adore cabbage and I see nothing really funny about that. I don't know how well it works, however maybe i'll let you know on my 21st birthday.

LMAO!!! Oh, wow, you can't be serious?

Palm reading is done more with the lines on the hands, although you're right, environment does have an effect. Most palm readers that you see in little shops and such are in it for money anyway, if they were really psychic they probably wouldn't be in that line of work lol. Numerology seems to be more reliable, just for "kicks and giggles" I did my numerology, and I was really surprised with the (shockingly accurate) outcome.

Oh, I see. Thanks for the info to get this a bit back to topic (after I so convieniently got it off topic) was there any sort of ceremony for getting paid in the Roman army? Or was it simply "get your cash, then go do whatever the....you want with it"

Oh, oops...my (Latin is) bad...I'd better work on that Latin! Soldat is also the German word for soldier. Can you explain the "'Touche la solde'" to me? Besides the translation, was it simply used as a figure of speech or did it imply some sort of ceremony?

Oh I did not know that was there. Thank you! I see no mention of the sesterces I guess they are a product of the authors imagination?

I've read and heard about different Roman monetary units (denarii, as, recently sesterces) however I was never able to figure out how the system was set up, IE how many sesterces in a denari (or denari in a sesterce) etc. Also, did each province have it's own currency or were they all somehow standardized? Was currency from other nations also useable in Rome, or was there an exchange of some sort?

I use Google. I hate yahoo their services are bad anymore. My mom lost a very important email this morning (that took her 2 hours to write) because of a "confirmation code" (those pics that you have to read but cant?) that is now required to send an email with yahoo.

OK lmao I finally got it worked out. Get this... I thought I would like to have a chat for Ancient History, so after trying a hundred times to find a server (none of which Trillian would connect to) I stumbled upon BrokenIRC and thought it would be funny if "BrokenIRC" was the only one that wasn't "broken" so I tried it. What do you know, it works. Isn't irony grand? So I join the help channel, get some great help from an admin there in setting up my channel step by step. I had some problems with figuring out the different commands on Trillian, but I got the hang of it. I get offline to get some lunch, get back online, and I can't get my Ops (I have no control over my own channel in other words) I DL mIRC but it turns out its only free for 30 days, no good. So I try IceChat which won't connect to my server. I try Visual IRC which keeps freezing and after two restarts I finally get connected-with the same problem as Trillian. I reconnect and try identifying with nickserv THEN joining the channel and voila! I am operator again! Then I think hey, wait a minute! I go back to Trillian and try the same thing and what do you know, I just wasted an hour trying to fix something that wasn't broke! I feel so stupid... The channel is working well now. And it does indeed work with Trillian. My only regret is I couldn't get a Centurion bot (I have Guard bot instead) I posted the channel info on the forum but here it is again: Server: BrokenIRC irc.brokenirc.net Channel: #AncientHistory

I figured out the problem with Trillian. Have to identify with NickServ FIRST, then join the channel. i figure this out after DLing 3 programs that dont work.

Finally, after much searching, I have found a server that works with Trillian (ironically its BrokenIRC) server BrokenIRC irc.brokenirc.net Channel #AncientHistory Don't mind "Guard" he's just a bot to keep the channel open and running smoothly Enjoy!! (this is what I do when i'm bored lol)

Oh, I see ::laughs:: well yes, it is a clumsy effort. Thanks for the info!