Since I dd not wish to read 20,000+ pages of keech I am afraid I am still ignorant of what OMVs are>

I would like to have this conversation soon in rogoff forum . It would be a privilege to have this conversation with you and <tabanus> ...i know a lot about it and i learn a lot from <johnlspouge>...i consider <johnlspouge> my teacher - kind of - and learn a lot from him

Thank you , <offramp> Regards

As for OMV, I got (1) Office of Motor Vehicles or (2) Open Market Value (primarily referring to automobiles) or (3) Ongoing Monitoring and Verification (UN and International Atomic Energy Agency; Iraq which is probably what they were referring to) or (4) Orbital Maneuvering Vehicle or (5) Obnoxious Male Virgin [ie: <john barleycorn>]

<A "true story" (substantially true as it was non-fiction) was by a woman who had with her mother escaped the Nazis from Hamburg, ironically as the bombing of Hamburg, horrific as it was, (the tar sealed roads turned into fire and people burnt to death in them, they had mattresses soaked in water which helped them, as well as luck); enabled them to make their way in the confusion out of the city and then they somehow got to England.>

It reminds me of this famous sentence, which I had to memorize:

<When Caesar, who had addressed the tenth legion, reached the right wing, he found his troops under severe pressure and, because all the standards of the twelfth had had been collected into one cramped space, the soldiers packed so close together that they got in each other's way as they fought, while all the centurions of the fourth cohort had been killed - together with the standard bearer: the standard was lost - and those of the other cohorts as well, including the very brave senior centurion, Publius Sextius Baculus, who had so many terrible wounds that he could no longer stand, and when Caesar saw that the rest of the men were slowing down, and some in the rear ranks had given up fighting and were intent on getting out of range of the enemy, while the enemy in front kept pouring up the hill and were pressing us on both flanks, he recognized that this was a crisis because there were no reserves available, so he snatched a shield from a soldier in the rear ranks - Caesar had no shield with him - and went forward to the front line, where he called out to all the centurions by name and shouted encouragement to the rest of the men, whom he ordered to advance and to open out their ranks so that they could use their swords more effectively.>

That is a wonderful reference from Caesar. Do you know, is it from the Siege of Alesia? Or some other campaign?

*NOTE: I have put extra time into examining the Alesia campaign

I am eager to know, my thirst for history is never quenched

I am your most obedient servant

Let's thank our lucky stars! Here is a nice dish to celebrate:

Marinate 17 prawns in the juice of pepper and rum. Light with a burnt match that is, and keep very thin slices that you put in, saltspoonful by spoonful of brown sauce. Do this at least twice. Flavor some scrambled eggs, beat them stiffly later on.

Pickle everything well. (This takes 42 days) Then pour in a tiny scrap of sugar and shape it into which can be cutlets.

You will procure them, sprinkle them with a bit of boiling water in the oven, laid round.

Dear Lord, divide them as the field, through the mouth and to my fathers in Egypt.

Ye are fulfilled here again to me. And when we shall come unto Aaron, distress come in me.

God hath looked out of the height of Israel and dwelt in a drink-offering thereon, and returned unto Joseph. Selah!

I don't think it is as good as Richard Taylor's, which can be found at Richard Taylor chessforum (kibitz #3269) 9.19.18.

The bit about lighting it with a burnt match is hilarious!! I'll have to go to that site and get my own recipe for something.... It is always a cure for a rainy day! I hope it lasts - fingers and toes crossed.

The biblical ones are amazing because they always sound so genuine.>

Yes, exactly!

Use any type of celery and a good hot oven to make sure that it melts.

Add some HAWTHORN CORDIAL which should be lean and mixed with Gruyère cheese, and take them together into a deep frying-pan.

Deep fry a leaf of butter on a fireproof dish. Add tomatoes, that you have freshly pounded, two cloves, salt, and two half pints of nutmeg.

https://www.liveleak.com/view?t=uq9...

It is me doing a funny voice while commenting on an old film.

You must make an attempt to resurrect Benny Hill and Dave Allen with your outrageous humor, its absolutely brilliant!

I could have the part of the old man playing waiter while suffering innumerable attacks and insults

We must do this before we simply drift off into the sunset

You should do.

It is less than one minute. I'm pretending to be a Greek guy kibitzing the film "Three Men In a Boat".

I am hoping you will submit more puns like this one: