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2019/11/17 12:08:39
Subject: Visiting a British Pub -- with the Penguin
clip/film has been doing the rounds again recently.
This is a US Military training video that was shown to US soldiers in 1943 before being stationed in Britain.
The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
2019/11/17 13:12:56
Subject: Visiting a British Pub -- with the Penguin
Quite neat to see such things, especially in the modern age where even if you're not well travelled the TV easily brings a lot of cultures to your door in a casual way (and certainly we get a LOT of US dramas and films).
Though my dad would say that pub hasn't got enough smoke in it for that era when everyone was smoking (pretty much).
Interesting little bits though are the mentions about things like money and the disparity between the American troops and the locals in what they can afford.
Know your ally : Britain, know your enemy : Japan and so forth.
Interesting little bits though are the mentions about things like money and the disparity between the American troops and the locals in what they can afford.
My Aunt Vera -- passed away years ago -- was a fire warden/similar in the WW II, she said that when the American soldiers arrived in London -- and she was born and bred in Peckham, they'd never seen men of such height and health. She distinctly remembered being amazed that some of them had suntans and how healthy they were.. Said she had friends with rickets, so these massive farm hands etc coming over was like seeing people from another planet.
The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
2019/11/17 15:14:14
Subject: Re:Visiting a British Pub -- with the Penguin
The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
