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"But please... to always call it 'research'." (Tom Lehrer)bmonk wrote:Well, it isn't exactly unlooted anymore. . . .
Although it will be preserved, more or less, for study and exhibition.
they look like rings to me, so i'd say about 3/4 to 1 inch diameter? a bit bigger than current wedding rings styles i guess, but not quite as big as rapper's "Bling" rings??NOTDilbert wrote:Wonder how big they are - no ruler or anything -
Those are ear studs.scantrontb wrote:they look like rings to me, so i'd say about 3/4 to 1 inch diameter? a bit bigger than current wedding rings styles i guess, but not quite as big as rapper's "Bling" rings??NOTDilbert wrote:Wonder how big they are - no ruler or anything -
Heh.NOTDilbert wrote:Yup - anything written by a heathen is either evil or misguided, or both - can't possibly have any cultural or historical significance, cause, well, they're HEATHENS - only OUR history and culture are important....
(I shall now stop channeling the Spanish Inquisition)
You just have to admire bureaucratic stupidity. Admire that it seems to survive all attempts to purge it throughout history.Fairportfan wrote:
Back in the 1970s (i think it was) i read that the GLC wanted to remove all books older than fifteen years from London's school libraries because they couldn't possibly be relevant in the modern world.
I don't think anyone expected that.NOTDilbert wrote:Yup - anything written by a heathen is either evil or misguided, or both - can't possibly have any cultural or historical significance, cause, well, they're HEATHENS - only OUR history and culture are important....
(I shall now stop channeling the Spanish Inquisition)
A local college (with a poor library) once wanted to weed out all books that had not been checked out in five years. Including all of Shakespeare. The English department strongly objected, but barely were able to save Shakespeare.Fairportfan wrote:Heh.NOTDilbert wrote:Yup - anything written by a heathen is either evil or misguided, or both - can't possibly have any cultural or historical significance, cause, well, they're HEATHENS - only OUR history and culture are important....
(I shall now stop channeling the Spanish Inquisition)
Back in the 1970s (i think it was) i read that the GLC wanted to remove all books older than fifteen years from London's school libraries because they couldn't possibly be relevant in the modern world.
yep, they were too busy expecting ninjas to bother with the Inquisition.shadowinthelight wrote:I don't think anyone expected that.NOTDilbert wrote:Yup - anything written by a heathen is either evil or misguided, or both - can't possibly have any cultural or historical significance, cause, well, they're HEATHENS - only OUR history and culture are important....
(I shall now stop channeling the Spanish Inquisition)
Because, as everybody knows, nobody goes to the library to read, only to check out books.bmonk wrote:A local college (with a poor library) once wanted to weed out all books that had not been checked out in five years. Including all of Shakespeare. The English department strongly objected, but barely were able to save Shakespeare.
well, it's their own fault... if they had actually assigned homework that required reading Shakespeare, then maybe someone would have checked them out in the last five years...bmonk wrote:A local college (with a poor library) once wanted to weed out all books that had not been checked out in five years. Including all of Shakespeare. The English department strongly objected, but barely were able to save Shakespeare.
Oh there you go, blaming the broken educational system for the broken educat....scantrontb wrote:well, it's their own fault... if they had actually assigned homework that required reading Shakespeare, then maybe someone would have checked them out in the last five years...bmonk wrote:A local college (with a poor library) once wanted to weed out all books that had not been checked out in five years. Including all of Shakespeare. The English department strongly objected, but barely were able to save Shakespeare.
never mind, what we need is true education to return to this county. Something to inspire people to dream and create, not just pass the next state exam. 
Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!NOTDilbert wrote:Yup - anything written by a heathen is either evil or misguided, or both - can't possibly have any cultural or historical significance, cause, well, they're HEATHENS - only OUR history and culture are important....
(I shall now stop channeling the Spanish Inquisition)