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Posted: July 05 2012 at 14:45
frippism wrote:
It’s really interesting the values of old world atlases- the data in them is outdated at times, but it can be nostalgic, and sometimes, well just plain tragic.
Story time! A couple of months ago I was in this lovely coffee/ book shop in Central Tel Aviv called in English “the Book Worm”, where there were more than few vintage/plain old books to buy and stick my nose to. I fell upon an old world atlas with absolutely beautifully detailed flags of each of the different flags. I assumed it was pretty old as the U.S.S.R. was there and everything. It was the moment I got to Poland’s flag when things got interesting. There was on the side facts about the country. Population, area, and such. And then the big shock was when I got to a stat called “Jewish population”: 3,300,o00. The book was made by a Jewish/ Hebrew publishing in Israel before WWII. It was as if the ground was falling under me. Lithuania, Jewish Population: 300,000. U.S.S.R., Jewish population: 5,000,000. It was a world seemingly untouched by the future- that’s because it wasn’t touched by the future! But it’s so hard for me to picture it. A world unaware of the tragedies about to unfold. Though the book didn’t having anything about Germany so the logical assumption is that the book was written 1933-1939, but still who could’ve predicted the things to come?
The facts of this atlas were certainly very sadly, outdated, but the fact that they were simply, well, there, unhindered by our modern history still gives me chills.
a little thingy I posted in Rabbit Rabbit Radio when the topic of making visual art out of books and whether it's right or wrong came up
When I was a kid my grandfather had given me a globe for my birthday. I still have it, and was actually dusting it off yesterday while cleaning my spare bedroom. It has to be about 30 years old, so I can only imagine how many changes have occurred since then.
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Posted: July 05 2012 at 14:46
frippism wrote:
Smurph wrote:
^Maybe breaks a colored system of government. Maybe breaks the chime, or the bells involved. But they might want to run from all the dirks at the TERROR DEPARTMENT.
(Saddest violent for all the dirks that run that place, they gonna be CHOLLUMPED)
Chollumped is the best word...
The Terror Department's great! Free doughnut Fridays :D
Those doughnuts are great, but once they get new management it's going to be even blebitter.
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Posted: July 05 2012 at 14:48
rushfan4 wrote:
When I was a kid my grandfather had given me a globe for my birthday. I still have it, and was actually dusting it off yesterday while cleaning my spare bedroom. It has to be about 30 years old, so I can only imagine how many changes have occurred since then.
I love old maps and such things. It just a very weird feeling thinking of the world as it was then, when it was unaware of the things about to come. Shockingly enough like we are now...
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Posted: July 05 2012 at 15:13
Sum mediocre poetry which I want Tanner to critique:
"From the waning days to the creeping dawn
I wish I could remember
What I meant to do
And what I was meant to say
The words we said were never written
Maybe they were never sincere, I don't want the truth
I just wish it mattered."
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Posted: July 05 2012 at 15:22
SolarLuna96 wrote:
Sum mediocre poetry which I want Tanner to critique: "From the waning days to the creeping dawn I wish I could remember What I meant to do And what I was meant to say The words we said were never written Maybe they were never sincere, I don't want the truth I just wish it mattered."
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Posted: July 05 2012 at 15:25
frippism wrote:
I love old maps and such things.
So do I. I used to look in old atlases a lot when I was a kid. It combined two of my favourite subjects in school - geography and history.
World capitals was what interested me the most. Don't want to brag, but I could, and still can, I guess, name most of the capitals in Europe, Asia and North and South America.
Edited by The Bearded Bard - July 05 2012 at 15:27
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Posted: July 05 2012 at 15:28
Smurph wrote:
SolarLuna96 wrote:
Sum mediocre poetry which I want Tanner to critique: "From the waning days to the creeping dawn I wish I could remember What I meant to do And what I was meant to say The words we said were never written Maybe they were never sincere, I don't want the truth I just wish it mattered."
I enjoy this poetry.
Thanks, I'm normally no poet, but I figure if I practice more, I'll generally have a larger quantity of the good stuff
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frippism wrote:
(Saddest violent for all the dirks that run that place, they gonna be CHOLLUMPED)
