Christ. Although I was never a devoted regular, I have popped into the Intrepid Fox a few times since about 1990. Sorry to see it go. Probably my fault for not spending more money there.
Flipside: glad to see beard and moustache back. Phew.
I will miss it. It was always packed. They are clearly not going out of business for lack of it. I think a developer has purchased the building, or some such thing, and they are forced to move or shut down entirely.
I think burryman is also relieved to have the moustache back!
My dad used to take me to lots of military museums and air shows too when I was kid.
The Museum of Garden History! I've been wanting to go there for a very long time. I don't know if it was there when I was, in the late 80s, but it wouldn't have been on my radar then anyway....
Mine was for a while and then worked on bases and at the VA as a social worker. He's always been so cynical about the military, but still fascinated.
I think the Museum of Garden History is relatively new, even though the church it occupies is very old (by American standards). They have a pretty Elizabethan knot garden and interesting displays inside, even thought it's small.
Yeah my dad was an air traffic controller. I wish I could say he was cynical about the military, but our visits were always about the GLORY of war.
Glory?!? I never did understand that (and my father certainly doesn't understand how he beget this "bleeding heart liberal"). But I admit to a certain fascination with the whole thing myself too. As a child I was obsessed with WWII morbid I know....Something about extremes has always attracted me.
Yeah-- that's the first thing I noticed about this museum as opposed to the American ones-- there was no GLORY. They even have dioramas and sensory exhibits simulating the trauma of the Blitz, and making toys out of trash for newly orphaned kids and growing vegetables during austerity.
Any pride suggested in the project of war comes from an idea of survival instead of domination. This is also an omission in that it doesn't really dwell on colonial wars. Maybe I didn't make it to that part of the museum!
I'm also obsessed with both world wars, particularly the more morbid aspects. Most of US forgien policy has been distorted through the lens of the "good war"- it's not wonder we grew up trying to figure it out!
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Flipside: glad to see beard and moustache back. Phew.
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I think burryman is also relieved to have the moustache back!
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The Museum of Garden History! I've been wanting to go there for a very long time. I don't know if it was there when I was, in the late 80s, but it wouldn't have been on my radar then anyway....
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Mine was for a while and then worked on bases and at the VA as a social worker. He's always been so cynical about the military, but still fascinated.
I think the Museum of Garden History is relatively new, even though the church it occupies is very old (by American standards). They have a pretty Elizabethan knot garden and interesting displays inside, even thought it's small.
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Glory?!? I never did understand that (and my father certainly doesn't understand how he beget this "bleeding heart liberal"). But I admit to a certain fascination with the whole thing myself too. As a child I was obsessed with WWII morbid I know....Something about extremes has always attracted me.
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Any pride suggested in the project of war comes from an idea of survival instead of domination. This is also an omission in that it doesn't really dwell on colonial wars. Maybe I didn't make it to that part of the museum!
I'm also obsessed with both world wars, particularly the more morbid aspects. Most of US forgien policy has been distorted through the lens of the "good war"- it's not wonder we grew up trying to figure it out!
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This was a lovely post altogether, but the icon really makes it.
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