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« Reply #8895 on: March 05, 2010, 07:09:06 PM » |
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Whats the book called please Tom ?
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« Reply #8897 on: March 05, 2010, 09:37:05 PM » |
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I've not read that one, made a note for future reference. Have you read Primo Levi's If This Is A Man?
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« Reply #8898 on: March 05, 2010, 09:40:19 PM » |
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I've not read that one, made a note for future reference. Have you read Primo Levi's If This Is A Man?
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« Reply #8899 on: March 05, 2010, 09:43:31 PM » |
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In my top ten list of biographies. A book that has lived with me since I read it 20 years ago.
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« Reply #8900 on: March 05, 2010, 09:45:29 PM » |
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In my top ten list of biographies. A book that has lived with me since I read it 20 years ago.
I will definitely read it. |
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« Reply #8901 on: March 05, 2010, 09:47:03 PM » |
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« Reply #8902 on: March 05, 2010, 09:59:06 PM » |
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Probably from before I was born, Mum & Dad had this book in our book case. Strange that they thought it was okay to be accessible to me as a young boy. I never read it but the pictures were a bit disturbing even though I don't think I really grasped the full horror and enormity of it all. |
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« Reply #8903 on: March 05, 2010, 10:07:15 PM » |
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I don't think I really grasped the full horror and enormity of it all.
I don't mean to be flippant, but I don't think any of us ever will. |
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« Reply #8904 on: March 05, 2010, 11:02:38 PM » |
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Tom, make sure a visit to Auschwitz goes on your bucket list.
It is without doubt the the most depressing and emotional place you could ever imagine, I felt like i was floating throughout my visit and being "guided" ... It stands at No.1 in my list of places I have been to. I am so glad I went, for so many reasons.
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« Reply #8905 on: March 05, 2010, 11:06:00 PM » |
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Tom, make sure a visit to Auschwitz goes on your bucket list.
It is without doubt the the most depressing and emotional place you could ever imagine, I felt like i was floating throughout my visit and being "guided" ... It stands at No.1 in my list of places I have been to. I am so glad I went, for so many reasons.
I plan to go later this year Kev. |
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« Reply #8906 on: March 06, 2010, 08:22:17 AM » |
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"if we drop it on the floor, it will cost $300m to get another one." http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8550924.stmI wonder how long it will be before we see an advert saying "Turn your particles of interstellar dust into cash. Just drop your old, unwanted, or mismatched particles of interstellar dust into the envelope and send it to us..."
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« Reply #8907 on: March 06, 2010, 10:31:46 AM » |
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Talking of space dust, I love this piece about big numbers and how we're all just specks of dust really: http://anotherj.blogspot.com/2010/02/space-and-numbers.htmlThe Carl Sagan quote at the bottom is briliant. |
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« Reply #8908 on: March 06, 2010, 11:57:47 AM » |
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A great many people believe they are thinking, when in fact they are just rearranging their prejudices
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