The South Pacific Board

Good morning all! Wow, the board is asleep...

The Solar System Scope, Quiescent, Aidenfieeld, Beepee, and 4 othersHanguk-Nippon, Poleande, The united chinese republic, and The Filippinas

New juan carlos land

Tube Man Back

The Solar System Scope, Aidenfieeld, Volaworand, Beepee, and 3 othersHanguk-Nippon, Poleande, and The united chinese republic

The Republic of Abarri

The Most curious observations observed observedly by the observing observers curiously have now observed this nation is now the (and I better be nice about this as he is now an admin) administrative administration of the Curious Observations of the administrator of Roavin

Apparently several books in a secondhand bookstore in my city came from the UK. I even got a copy of The Beano Book out of curiosity.

*fades away*

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The Militarist Federation of The Filippinas

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Good morning, TSP!

Regarding the current GA resolution at vote:

Drystar wrote:

So, another resolution is currently up for vote in the GA. While I find issue with some of the provisions in the resolution, it truly doesn’t affect the Dominion greatly. So I’m undecided how to vote. Had to put that in there before Lily pad nation jumped on me about it. Criminals in Drystar do time in penal legions rather then jail, depending on the severity of their crimes, but I don’t like the clause telling member states to seize private property using eminent domain, one of my least favorite rl actions.

Roavin wrote:

Aye, I'm undecided as well. The eminent domain portion is merely a recommendation rather than a requirement, so that can be "overlooked". What bugs me a bit is that while operative clauses 2 and 3 seem to imply that a government operated prison with the facilities being rented from private entities would be acceptable (and I don't see not), clauses 4 and 7 imply that this wouldn't be enough and that the government has to own the property.

I asked the resolution's author, and they said: "As long as the government or a municipal corporation maintains ultimate ownership and operational control over a prison, it may lease discrete services in the prison to private entities -- e.g., Food Inc. runs the prison's cafeteria, Utilities Inc. provides water and electricity to the prison, and Laundry Inc. owns and operates the prison's washing and drying machines."

The Solar System Scope, Erinor, Aidenfieeld, Poleande, and 1 otherThe united chinese republic

Sweet dreams
Hehe, you're welcome~

Hewo!
*grabs your shoulders, shakes*
Oh, Magic 8-ball Fox! Will TSSS feast on my intestines in the near future?

The Solar System Scope, Quiescent, Aidenfieeld, Poleande, and 1 otherThe united chinese republic

The Republic of Abarri

The Floofy Foxes of The Solar System Scope

New juan carlos land wrote:

Tube Man Back

Is that what you call the dancing tube cloth thing in events and malls?

The Solar System Scope, Aidenfieeld, Poleande, and The united chinese republic

The Militarist Federation of The Filippinas

Erinor wrote:

Just spotted this. In my accent shone and shown are not homophones, sadly, so it doesn't work for me.

Your accent sounds like it is quite fascinating.

The Filippinas wrote:

Hewo!
*grabs your shoulders, shakes*
Oh, Magic 8-ball Fox! Will TSSS feast on my intestines in the near future?

No, why would I do that... >~<
*hugs tightly*

Quiescent, Aidenfieeld, Poleande, The united chinese republic, and 1 otherThe Filippinas

Your accent sounds like it is quite fascinating.
No, why would I do that... >~<
*hugs tightly*

*huggles back* You're a fox, you're a carnivorous animal! And I'm a hululu... pengu... >.<

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Yansu

Your accent sounds like it is quite fascinating.
No, why would I do that... >~<
*hugs tightly*

I think in his accent it would be pronounced "Shaun."

The Solar System Scope, Aidenfieeld, Poleande, The united chinese republic, and 1 otherThe Filippinas

Si-topia

Good morning TSP! Running late, have a great day!
*rushes off to work*

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Poleande

The Floofy Foxes of The Solar System Scope

Agalaesia wrote:

I once dreamt that I was shoving an Oxford dictionary down someone's throat.

Was that Abarri?

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The Filippinas wrote:

*huggles back* You're a fox, you're a carnivorous animal! And I'm a hululu... pengu... >.<

Sorry, I prefer my food to be either plant, fungus, or meat that does not look like an animal. *nuzzles*

Yansu wrote:

I think in his accent it would be pronounced "Shaun."

Interesting~

Si-topia wrote:

Good morning TSP! Running late, have a great day!
*rushes off to work*

You too, sweetheart~

Si-topia, Aidenfieeld, The united chinese republic, and The Filippinas

Erinor

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Your accent sounds like it is quite fascinating.
No, why would I do that... >~<
*hugs tightly*

I mean, most British dialects would pronounce those two words distinctly.
shone: /ʃɒn/
shown: /ʃəʊn/

Yansu wrote:

I think in his accent it would be pronounced "Shaun."

Not quite. Shaun is /ʃɔːn/

Edit: Let's not even get started on merry, marry and Mary...

The Solar System Scope, Aidenfieeld, Abarri, and Volaworand

The Dominion of Drystar

Roavin wrote:

Good morning, TSP!

Regarding the current GA resolution at vote:

Obviously this person doesn’t know how prison actually works. Plus I don’t see what difference it would make if a private entity owns the physical buildings, if they don’t actually operate the facilities. The government leases office buildings by the score to house agencies, doesn’t seem to affect performance in the least. Guess that’ll be a no vote from me

Quiescent, Roavin, Aidenfieeld, Volaworand, and 1 otherAgalaesia

The Divine Owl of Aidenfieeld

Roavin wrote:

Regarding the current GA resolution at vote:

My nation doesn't employ prisons, instead having a large health care/rehabilitation regime/massive nanny state, so the resolution doesn't really affect me, however, since I'm trying to have this nation be a "Corporations are people, my friend" kind of place, I voted against it as an unreasonable restriction on commerce.

Besides, if the prision can be nationally owned but contract out all the jobs within it to private companies, what is even the point of saying it's not a "private" prision?

Drystar, Roavin, Aidenfieeld, and Hanguk-Nippon

Good morning everyone!

The Solar System Scope, Volaworand, and Hanguk-Nippon

The Divine Owl of Aidenfieeld

Aidenfieeld wrote:

Good morning everyone!

morning Aidenfieeld :-)

and hi everyone else, btw

The Solar System Scope, Aidenfieeld, and Hanguk-Nippon

Volaworand wrote:

morning Aidenfieeld :-)

and hi everyone else, btw

Hey Voly, how are you?

Volaworand, Hanguk-Nippon, and Agalaesia

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Qvait wrote:

What is the record combined vote total for a delegate election? Just asking for a friend.

As near as I can tell our highest Delegate vote turn out was Tsu vs Tim 1 year ago, with 212 votes cast (page=poll/p=124690)

This election looks like it could probably surpass that total if things stay this tight, (4 days in, 177 votes cast, with a 3 vote difference right now).

Viva democracy!

Bear Connors Paradiso wrote:

I used to have an income tax of -80%, now it's a whopping 0.55%!!! I want to go back to the good times of giving my people money for kicking arse!

Wow that's a massive spending cut, I've only done a couple big spending cuts, but nothing on that scale. Ussually when the taxes get above 50% I start looking to cut spending... until then I never worry about it.

Aidenfieeld wrote:

Hey Voly, how are you?

I'm great! How's your day looking?

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Yansu

The Inhospitable Ski Slopes of Agalaesia

Erinor wrote:

I mean, most British dialects would pronounce those two words distinctly.
shone: /ʃɒn/
shown: /ʃəʊn/
Not quite. Shaun is /ʃɔːn/

Edit: Let's not even get started on merry, marry and Mary...

I was pretty close however.

Erinor, Aidenfieeld, and Volaworand

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Drystar wrote:

I suppose that you know how prisons wprk,my friend. I mean, after that money laundering scheme, you were ready given a proper ticking off by the police.

And why, did you operate a laundromat to follow through with your scheme? Duh. So obvious.

Quiescent and Volaworand

The Dominion of Drystar

The Inhospitable Ski Slopes of Agalaesia

Agalaesia wrote:

I suppose that you know how prisons wprk,my friend. I mean, after that money laundering scheme..

Heh, nothing was ever proven.

But to be honest, several of my family have done “time”, so I’ve had some experience with that part of society.

Agalaesia

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Drystar wrote:

Heh, nothing was ever proven.

But to be honest, several of my family have done “time”, so I’ve had some experience with that part of society.

Indeed. Do you mind me asking where do you come from?