Re: What, work sucking? Never!

Rob Adams is of the opinion:
On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 15:43:45 +0000 (UTC), "Mike Andrews"
<mikea@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

We see castle walls in books and fairy tales from early childhood on,
we read about knights and royalty and battles. This is what those
stories are about. It's very different from just reading about it: one
sees that the real wall and the real tower is very serious business,
and that real people were involved in every aspect of this. It also is
a permanent, instantaneous connection between me and those people of
500 years ago and more.

I had very similar feelings when I encountered the ruins of Holyrood
in Southampton.Hants.Uk, strangely stonehenge didn't quite get the
same reaction.

When I visited Stonehenge, I was left strangely non-plussed as well. I put
it down to the "general familiarity" aspect[1] as well as the loud and
irritating collections of US[2] tourists.

I'd love to go back sometime when the gawkers have been shooed out and it's
being used for it's traditional purpose[3] and just sit and absorb the vibe
then.

- Matt

[1] Everyone's seen the general structure of it a bunch of times before in
pictures, so it's easy to go "oh yeah, that's it".

[2] judging from the accent and the fact that, wherever you go in the world,
there's always some loud bugger with a drawl ruining the atmosphere.

[3] Whichever of the current theories is correct -- solstice prediction,
generic pagan ceremony location, human sacrifices (I've got some candidates
right here!), or alien landing pad. I don't care, really.
.

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