The Thread

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So, what ever happened to the English King of Sicily???

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Hey, we just went over 38000 posts (and replies)!!! [&o] [&o] [&o]

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Hey, how did the top post get back to Friday Night???

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Argggh... this must be remedied!!

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ORIGINAL: rtrapasso

Hey, how did the top post get back to Friday Night???

It was one of them thar Texans that done did that

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a TEXAN!!! [X(]

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oh...wait... i am a Texan now.... [:o]

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i guess i shouldn't get too worked up about Texans...

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Still, this header must not stand!!

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And look - it's RogueUSMC... another Texan!!! [8D]

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IIRC, Rogue lives pretty close to here (the Money Pit...)

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Whew!! Mission Accomplished!! "The THREAD!!!" header is restored!! [&o] [&o] [&o]

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Year 1268:

The German king Conradin receives an enthusiastic reception at Rome in July, but his troops are defeated at Tagliacozzo in August by the king of Sicily Charles d'Anjou. Guelph agents of Charles seize Conradin at Astura; tried as a traitor and condemned, he is beheaded at Naples in October along with his friend Friedrich of Baden, titular duke of Austria, and the house of Hohenstaufen becomes extinct. Also beheaded are the Ghibelline leaders Gherardo and Galvano Gherardesca, who have fought alongside Conradin (beheading is considered more humane than hanging and is a privilege granted only to royalty and nobility). The execution of the 16-year-old Conradin has at least the tacit approval of Pope Clement IV, but it shocks Europe, antagonizes England's Henry III and France's Louis IX, and begins a long-lasting alienation of Germans from the Roman Church.

Hungary's Crown Prince Stephen (István) invades Bulgaria and assumes the title king of Bulgaria.

Pope Clement IV dies at Viterbo in the Papal States November 29 after a 3-year reign and will not be replaced until 1271.

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Gee, only another 620+ pages (18000+ posts) and we'll be caught up to where we were before the "Great Abridgement"...

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And i need just another 3000 posts, and i'll be about back to where i was... [8D]

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Let's see - i need 3000 posts, the Thread needs about 18000 posts, by simple math i guess i have made about 1/6 of Threadian posts during the time of the Great Abridgement...

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By the Way, i checked out what happened to the British King of Sicily (Edmund Crouchback) - who was appointed by the Pope in 1255 - it looks he was king for about a year before others muscled in on his territory...

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so much for the English King of Sicily! [:(]

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and here i had vision of Queen Elizabeth II was secretly in charge of the Mafia in Sicily...

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of course, this doesn't EXCLUDE that possibility!! [X(]