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Money Incorporated is Saving the World! (Little Upsilon)

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Vladimir Lenin (Little Upsilon)
16 Jun 2011 21:52 Link
-RSFSR

Build as much as you want because I need it.
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J. Skullz (Little Upsilon)
16 Jun 2011 23:41 Link
Thats funny, I always thought differently about you aussies. I imagined everyone throwing another shrimp on the barbie, drinking Fosters, listening to Men at Work, and throwing boomarangs at Kangaroos.lol I guess my face is probably red. I was wrong.
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Border C (Little Upsilon)
17 Jun 2011 00:23 Link
Bless you Money Incorporated!!

/me swoons
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Lord Eddie (Little Upsilon)
17 Jun 2011 03:49 Link
J.Skullz you forgot that we ride wombats to work and hire kangaroo's to transport the kids to school in their pouches too !!!

Accordian it was lips Inc that sang funkytown first .. pseudo echo covered it in the late 80's
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Accordion_This (Little Upsilon)
17 Jun 2011 04:36 Link
Disco is easier to live to. 'Nuff said.

Skullz, I wish it were true. Life would be so much easier :P If it's any consolation, I do like me some Men At Work. Have you ever heard anything by Midnight Oil?

Border C: naw. Don't worry - this situation is getting slowly but surely fixed.

Eddie, thank you for correcting that grievous musical error of mine. Next time I have a conversation about Funkytown I can pretend I always knew it was done by Lipps Inc first :P
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Accordion_This (Little Upsilon)
17 Jun 2011 05:11 Link
On another note: I think it's time for me to stop building FMU corps for a while. I've been building 6 a month for a few years now :P
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rep
17 Jun 2011 05:22 Link
Criminy! I'm surrounded by disco freaks and Aussies!

Quick, where's my emergency stash of Stones, Aerosmith, and Zep? No wait, only the Doors will do.

I...must...fight...this...

Bunch of whackos!:P
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Ummagumma (Little Upsilon)
17 Jun 2011 22:47 Link
Don't forget to throw some Pink Floyd in there as well
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J. Skullz (Little Upsilon)
17 Jun 2011 22:53 Link
Yeah I heard of Midnight Oil. Can't seem to remember any songs off hand. Wombats to work, Thats awesome. I want a wombat. Is everyone there still trying to get the baby back from the dingo? And cut off jean shorts went out of style decades ago!:P DISCO SUX
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Crafty
17 Jun 2011 23:55 Link
There's more than that one reference to LOTR in Zep's work Rep. Great stuff for us old rockers.

And yes, disco sucks, except for maybe 'Disco Duck'!
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rep (Little Upsilon)
18 Jun 2011 01:55 Link
Ummagumma, Oh, yeah, Pink Floyd cranked. One thing I'll give the Brits top honors on and that's rock bands. Yes, the U.S had some good ones, so did Australia, but Britain hands down.

Crafty, THANK YOU. Wasn't sure anyone would catch the Tolkein connection. And yes, the Zep is loaded with references.

J. Skullz, LOL. Gotta disagree about one thing: cut off jean shorts on nubile young women NEVER go out of style! :D

To the three of you, bless you. My faith in humankind has been restored! I can resist it now. ;)
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J. Skullz (Little Upsilon)
18 Jun 2011 07:52 Link
Damn rep, I was talking about Aussie men. I concur completely. And Crafty my favorite band is a bunch of brits, The Clash. Oh yeah, Sabbath is awesome too.
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Crafty (Kebir Blue)
18 Jun 2011 14:01 Link
My award for top man in music probably goes to an American - Frank Zappa, He da man.

Though if I'm being patriotic, The Jam and Paul Weller, no finer musician/lyricist alive.
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rep (Little Upsilon)
18 Jun 2011 18:57 Link
Zappa is unique, no doubt. The Clash and Sabbath, yes.

And I'm saddened to say I'm going to show my provincialism and say that I don't know Paul Weller (/me winces). The Jam is decent. I begin to get an idea of y'alls taste in music.

Since I threw out the "Southern boy" reference I'll just say that for "country rock" Lynard Skynard is hard to beat.

When I was in Germany in the military their song "Free Bird" was immensely popular among the grunts. The "bird", of course, was the plane that would take you back home.

That's the thing about rock. There are almost unlimited categories. Has anyone ever heard of "Acid disco" or "soft rap"?

'Nuff said!
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rep
19 Jun 2011 17:05 Link
Neat vid, thanks.
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Accordion_This (Little Upsilon)
20 Jun 2011 03:03 Link
Jeez, rep.

*Lynyrd Skynyrd.
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rep (Little Upsilon)
20 Jun 2011 04:26 Link
Hey, country rock. Come on. And I said it was the grunts' favorite. I was an NCO!

In reality I run almost the entire gamut of musical tastes. The only "music" I honestly can't deal with is rap. Put a (c) in front of it as far as I'm concerned. And I'm not a huge opera fan, but even some of that is okay.

And if you don't have any Barry White to "set the mood", classical works quite well.

Rock rules, disco sux, but music is good overall! :D
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The Walking Glitch (Little Upsilon)
20 Jun 2011 04:33 Link
I would offer a spot, but after extended inactivity, I am trying to fix all thee stuff the automation broke.
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rep (Little Upsilon)
20 Jun 2011 08:09 Link
By the way Accordion, after you snag those GC in a week or so are your gonna share with your poor Yank cousins? :P

I looked at the rankings. Won't jinx it by saying anything, but looks like those FMU are paying off!

BTW, last time I looked, we might be down to needing 750 or so FMU corps. H----uva drop from 1250 couple days ago!

It's just getting awful hard to read what's going on out there, the month to month changes don't make sense in some areas so I get the feeling we're getting some "magic dust" in the atmosphere.

In fact, in another thread Tom said they had added water treatment and water maintenance to, I think, all worlds.

Figures. I had a water maintenance corp that was banging and just built a water treatment corp. Price I can get for maintenance now is half what it was. :(
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Accordion_This (Little Upsilon)
20 Jun 2011 12:19 Link
Only GC I'm getting this month is for reaching Game Level 9 sometime this week. I'm aiming for 1st, baby ;)

500 corps down? Awesome, I'll keep building, keep me posted :P And as for profitability, well, my finance index on Brutillius has hit 205, so I guess things are working out for me :P
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rep
20 Jun 2011 16:24 Link
Smart-a**! Congrats on your upcoming level bump. Is it 50 GC for every level, or does the value go up after Level 6 or 7?

Only things keeping me from my Level 5 is needing more corps in the CEO, and a couple T more in cash. I'm doing it the tortoise way, slow and steady.
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Accordion_This (Little Upsilon)
20 Jun 2011 17:37 Link
As am I :P Slow and steady wins the race, right?

The awards go up around 6 or 7. My reward for getting to 9 will be 100GC.
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rep (Little Upsilon)
20 Jun 2011 18:44 Link
Woo-woo! Something to look forward to in a couple hundred game years!

Are you ineligible for a game GC award this month, then? If you're currently number two (unless I looked at the wrong rankings) that should net you something, no?

"Rock" on!
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Accordion_This (Little Upsilon)
21 Jun 2011 07:00 Link
Being number two could net me something. Last month I was number 6, which nets you like 50 GCs, and this month I could accept an award for maybe up to 150 GCs. However, if I accept the award, my world rank drops, which prevents me from getting rank 1 the next month. Basically, my hope is that I catch up to Eden by the end of the month (unlikely) and steal rank 1, or he accepts rank 1 award, and I get it next month. I'd rather forgo a couple of awards if it means I can grab a spot on the security council.