Popular Post Strangelove Posted May 1, 2015 Popular Post Report Share Posted May 1, 2015 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomTervo Posted May 1, 2015 Report Share Posted May 1, 2015 Keepin it classy as always, Strange 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vecha Posted May 1, 2015 Report Share Posted May 1, 2015 Legit Polish. I can almost hear "kurwa!" coming from your mouth on this picture. So what's your last name, then, if you don't mind me asking? Tumlin But I don't know any Polish. From what I've heard it either means village...or is a village...or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDDQD Posted May 2, 2015 Report Share Posted May 2, 2015 It's a village. A whole commune (or what do you call it in english?) of villages, actually. It's in Świętokrzystkie Mountains and Tumlin-Podgród is a popular ski resort, from what I heard. Cool, you can now go there and say to the locals: "oh it's so nice of you to name a whole commune after me, thank you!" 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted May 2, 2015 Report Share Posted May 2, 2015 I don't know that there is an English word for a collection of villages. "Commune" has connotations of being like a small, communist cooperative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vecha Posted May 2, 2015 Report Share Posted May 2, 2015 Maybe like a county? A county is a collection of cities/towns. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDDQD Posted May 4, 2015 Report Share Posted May 4, 2015 I guess that would be a proper equivalent. "Commune" literally means "gmina", which is a word that probably has it's roots in former communist governemnt. In any case, like you said - it's a collection of towns and villages in the surrounding area (sometimes the town alone). The more you know... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted May 4, 2015 Report Share Posted May 4, 2015 Is it actually a word for the group of villages itself, like how a herd is the word for a group of cows? Or is it a separate thing that contains the towns, like how a field contains the cows? The reason I ask is because a county, while often containing multiple villages/towns, is actually a distinct entity that encompasses a set area. So like there might be 10 towns within the county, but the county isn't strictly composed of those towns. I know this is splitting hairs, I just always find it really interesting when there are words in one language that can't really be translated into another, especially when they're fairly close geographically speaking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted May 5, 2015 Report Share Posted May 5, 2015 Wouldn't it just be a town? Towns are essentially groups of small population centres, clustered around a central area containing amenities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangelove Posted May 5, 2015 Report Share Posted May 5, 2015 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomTervo Posted May 8, 2015 Report Share Posted May 8, 2015 Strange, you forgot to caption that one So, starting top left and going clockwise: Dean, Thursday, Gerbil, me, Hottie... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDDQD Posted May 9, 2015 Report Share Posted May 9, 2015 Thought police strikes again... Picture won't load up for me for some reason. Is it actually a word for the group of villages itself, like how a herd is the word for a group of cows? Or is it a separate thing that contains the towns, like how a field contains the cows? The reason I ask is because a county, while often containing multiple villages/towns, is actually a distinct entity that encompasses a set area. So like there might be 10 towns within the county, but the county isn't strictly composed of those towns. I know this is splitting hairs, I just always find it really interesting when there are words in one language that can't really be translated into another, especially when they're fairly close geographically speaking. Okay, if we're splitting hairs, then lo and behold - impromptu civics lesson about Poland. Gminas are actually divided into three types - urban gmina (single town or large city, eg. Warsaw), urban-rural gmina (town with surrounding villages), and rural gmina (collection of villages). It's an administrative division (lowest one), so naturally it has it's own borders and local administrative body. So in a way it's like a county, because like you said - it encompasses the whole area (not only towns/villages) but it's much smaller. You could also call it a district, because the next level of administrative division in Poland is powiat, which encompasses a much wider area and uses similar rules - that would be a proper equivalent of county. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted May 9, 2015 Report Share Posted May 9, 2015 Neat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TCP Posted May 9, 2015 Popular Post Report Share Posted May 9, 2015 Hey, I never posted any of my wedding pictures. They were expensive, so let's get my money's worth out of them. Look how fucking goddamn romantic I am: 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturnine Tenshi Posted May 9, 2015 Report Share Posted May 9, 2015 You look nothing like your avatar. Nice photo anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted May 9, 2015 Report Share Posted May 9, 2015 My avatar is Canadian folk-rock legend Neil Young. I can only hope to one day be as handsome as him. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDDQD Posted May 9, 2015 Report Share Posted May 9, 2015 My avatar is Canadian folk-rock legend Neil Young. I can only hope to one day be as handsome as him. You do realise he looks like a bum on this picture? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted May 10, 2015 Report Share Posted May 10, 2015 Look how fucking goddamn romantic I am: Urgh, I bet you're one o' them "feminists" Get yourself checked for cooties, bro. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Hot Heart Posted December 28, 2015 Popular Post Report Share Posted December 28, 2015 Big thanks to my friend, JB, for more of his unwanted Loot Crate items. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredEffinChopin Posted February 17, 2016 Report Share Posted February 17, 2016 Why am I posting a Halloween pic in February? God only knows. I thought it would be a funny costume, and easy to pull off. It ended up just causing some awkward discussions at the Halloween party I went to. That moment when you have to explain that you think that the person that someone else is voting for is an asshole and a child... Ugh. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post deanb Posted June 12, 2017 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted June 12, 2017 Since we've been discussing the ravages of age between E3 streams: So this is actually from December but it's a photo of myself I quite like. I'm slowly but surely losing hair from the top as it is pulled by gravity out of my chin. Here's what I was like at a much younger age for comparison Putting Brian May to shame 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturnine Tenshi Posted June 15, 2017 Report Share Posted June 15, 2017 Holy cow, Dean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted June 15, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2017 I don't know if that's a good or bad "holy shit". Anyway just noticed I'd posted the wrong picture, here is what I really look like: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted August 29, 2017 Report Share Posted August 29, 2017 Another silly pic. Used the bank holiday for playing Rock Band with some friends. One asked me to throw a pose so I did and, of course, there's nothing more metal than a replica Paul McCartney Hofner bass. "HELTER SKELTERRR!" 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted December 31, 2017 Report Share Posted December 31, 2017 Facebook suggested this frame for my profile pic and it was too funny to pass up. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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