You saw it too? I thought it was quite interesting, though I only caught the end half.
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You saw it too? I thought it was quite interesting, though I only caught the end half.
"But if you should fall you fall alone,
If you should stand then who's to guide you?
If I knew the way I would take you home."
Grateful Dead, "Ripple"
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Wow...
Really incredible. But they must hide it fast, the Smeg Legions are coming....
Really, it's incredible. It's quite like the same, when researchers found tombs filled with Scythian gold!!!(I read in an NG magazine)
Ja mata, TosaInu. You will forever be remembered.
Proud
Been to:
Swords Made of Letters - 1938. The war is looming in France - and Alexandre Reythier does not have much time left to protect his country. A novel set before the war.
A Painted Shield of Honour - 1313. Templar Knights in France are in grave danger. Can they be saved?
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Spino has a good idea there. I think it would be great if it was safe and at the same time out in the 'open', and that it would generate some money for Afghanistan.
I think a travelling exhibit would be the best choice. Then each museum could have it on as a special attraction for a limited period, which would make it more certain to get more visitors, and at the same time it would be easier to agree to a percentage for Afghanistan. And of course it would increase our knowledge all over.
You may not care about war, but war cares about you!
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Damn Taliban. Art is art, ragardless of which religion it is based on. It's very lucky that some sensible people hid it in time.
"Look I’ve got my old pledge card a bit battered and crumpled we said we’d provide more turches churches teachers and we have I can remember when people used to say the Japanese are better than us the Germans are better than us the French are better than us well it’s great to be able to say we’re better than them I think Mr Kennedy well we all congratulate on his baby and the Tories are you remembering what I’m remembering boom and bust negative equity remember Mr Howard I mean are you thinking what I’m thinking I’m remembering it’s all a bit wonky isn’t it?"
-Wise words from John Prescott
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Hmmf! Its still all in danger, from Afghan, American a European art collectors. There was a Doco here in NZ which went to NY and tried to talk to some guy who owned an antiques shop and HAD apparently stolen loads from grave sites and and war ridden countries for the past thirty years. The doce team didn't manage to see him, but an employee took some photos for them which showed hundreds of items which he had illegaly aquired. Needles to say that employee was sacked.
But the worst thing was that this antiques dealer was on some board for the preservation of international artifacts. What a GIT!
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