Topic: Do they exist?
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Thu 02/25/10 06:45 PM
I am too afraid to watch scarey movies scared scared scared

So do not want to think about real vampiresscared

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Thu 02/25/10 06:49 PM
On a recent show on NPR they discussed how the popularity of Vampires re-emerge during times of uncertainty, unrest, and economic hard times, going all the way back to when the original 'Dracula" was published.

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Thu 02/25/10 07:03 PM

My sister's strand of the blood disease has been called the vampire disease. She needs transfusions and blisters in the sun.


So sorry to hear this yellowrose.I will keep her in prayers.

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Thu 02/25/10 07:07 PM

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Thu 02/25/10 07:08 PM
They probably do exist.

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Thu 02/25/10 09:47 PM
Yes. And there are those with blood and iron deficiences. Kind of like the werewolves, who are really just extremely hairy men and women.

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Fri 02/26/10 03:15 AM

Just a little bit of info either fact or fiction that I came a cross for your reading/entertainment.

Vlad Tepes was a prince who lived in Walachia and ruled in 1454. They called him Vlad the Impaler because he fought against the Turkish bitterly. Deposed in 1462 he was later reinstated in 1476. He was caught by the Turkish and beheaded. His father was known as Vlad Dracul or Vlad the Devil. That's how the name Dracula was made. Vlad Tepes was known for some time as the devil's son or the son of a dragon by his people.

Walachia

Walachia is where Vlad Tepes lived. It's in the south and stretches from the southernmost mountains to Danube. Walachia is not a dark, scary, and ugly place like you might think. It's a beautiful place with hills, mountains, and an occasional farm. There are few, but magnificent forests. The people there live happily telling the tale of Dracula.


Actually, I've read all that. I want that pin:tongue:

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Fri 02/26/10 09:20 AM


Just a little bit of info either fact or fiction that I came a cross for your reading/entertainment.

Vlad Tepes was a prince who lived in Walachia and ruled in 1454. They called him Vlad the Impaler because he fought against the Turkish bitterly. Deposed in 1462 he was later reinstated in 1476. He was caught by the Turkish and beheaded. His father was known as Vlad Dracul or Vlad the Devil. That's how the name Dracula was made. Vlad Tepes was known for some time as the devil's son or the son of a dragon by his people.

Walachia

Walachia is where Vlad Tepes lived. It's in the south and stretches from the southernmost mountains to Danube. Walachia is not a dark, scary, and ugly place like you might think. It's a beautiful place with hills, mountains, and an occasional farm. There are few, but magnificent forests. The people there live happily telling the tale of Dracula.


Actually, I've read all that. I want that pin:tongue:


Pin????what

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Fri 02/26/10 09:22 AM
on your profile silly...

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Fri 02/26/10 09:34 AM

on your profile silly...


Ohhhh, sorry for my feebleness (is that a word?)!

I wasn't thinking...when you said "you wanted the pin"...I thought you may have seen something on the web-page, that you read my copy&pasted post on. I was just fixing to try and find it again, and go look far a "pin"!
:laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

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Fri 02/26/10 09:37 AM
yep, they are commonly referred to as "vampire bats"..


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Fri 02/26/10 09:38 AM


on your profile silly...


Ohhhh, sorry for my feebleness (is that a word?)!

I wasn't thinking...when you said "you wanted the pin"...I thought you may have seen something on the web-page, that you read my copy&pasted post on. I was just fixing to try and find it again, and go look far a "pin"!
:laughing: :laughing: :laughing:


sillyflowerforyou

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Fri 02/26/10 09:38 AM

Just a little bit of info either fact or fiction that I came a cross for your reading/entertainment.

Vlad Tepes was a prince who lived in Walachia and ruled in 1454. They called him Vlad the Impaler because he fought against the Turkish bitterly. Deposed in 1462 he was later reinstated in 1476. He was caught by the Turkish and beheaded. His father was known as Vlad Dracul or Vlad the Devil. That's how the name Dracula was made. Vlad Tepes was known for some time as the devil's son or the son of a dragon by his people.

Walachia

Walachia is where Vlad Tepes lived. It's in the south and stretches from the southernmost mountains to Danube. Walachia is not a dark, scary, and ugly place like you might think. It's a beautiful place with hills, mountains, and an occasional farm. There are few, but magnificent forests. The people there live happily telling the tale of Dracula.


It's true - Vlad the impaler gained his name by having (the number varies depending on source) somewhere between 1000 and 10,000 turkish soldiers impaled. The story then goes that he met with the Turkish amidst the forest of 10ft-high wooden impaling spikes (each complete with their own turk) to discuss their surrender...

This guy was epic!

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Fri 02/26/10 09:40 AM

My sister's strand of the blood disease has been called the vampire disease. She needs transfusions and blisters in the sun.


Am sorry to hear about that, is it painful otherwise?

flowerforyou

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Fri 02/26/10 09:41 AM

On a recent show on NPR they discussed how the popularity of Vampires re-emerge during times of uncertainty, unrest, and economic hard times, going all the way back to when the original 'Dracula" was published.


Yes, but are they really re-emerging? LOoking to thin out society during unrest?winking

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Fri 02/26/10 09:41 AM

They probably do exist.


I wouldn't be surprised in the least.

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Fri 02/26/10 09:43 AM
Edited by Shasta1 on Fri 02/26/10 10:33 AM

Yes. And there are those with blood and iron deficiences. Kind of like the werewolves, who are really just extremely hairy men and women.


I saw that show on PBS a couple of years ago, showing the family...Mexico? It's heriditary. The village takes care of him, he got his hair shaved off, didn't do much but no one would hire him before that?

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Fri 02/26/10 09:47 AM
Hey Reg...I can send the "pin" to you...if you want it...no problem! Just give me go ahead, and it's done.

drinker

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Fri 02/26/10 09:52 AM
I met a lady in a bar once that after a few drinks.....NEVER mind!!noway noway

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Fri 02/26/10 10:04 AM

on your profile silly...


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