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Off the Record / Re: Life on the Rails

Last post by Savonarola - Today at 10:49:45 AM

I've heard about that station before. Didn't know about the renovation though. Good news.

I never thought it would be renovated (and if anyone other than Bill Ford had bought it, it probably wouldn't have been.)  For one thing the five lower levels of the building were flooded.  For another many lot of the historic buildings of Detroit are gone; the Detroit Free Press Building, Ford Auditorium, the (downtown) Motown offices, Hudson's department store, The Olympia, Tiger Stadium, the Silverdome and Joe Louis Arena were all demolished.

Reminds me a lot of the Romanian parliament 

Heh, it was designed by the same architecture firm (Reed and Stem) who designed Grand Central Station in New York City.  They were a favorite of the Vanderbilts and designed many train stations during the Gilded Age.

One of my former bosses designed the distributed antenna system in the Romanian Parliament.   

#2

Gaming HQ / Re: Victoria 3

Last post by Syt - Today at 09:54:12 AM

Well, I decided to finish off the last few years.

Formed Germany (though didn't get Prussia for some reason), then Central Europe. I made a point of removing Russian access to the Black Sea. I conquered Prussia, but ate a lot of infamy.







A significant amount of my budget was coming from my puppets. 

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Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by crazy canuck - Today at 09:51:05 AM

The most depressing figure there must be the distrust Canadians now feel for the US. One of the most peaceful and deepest partnerships in the world and it's gone within half a year of the Trump regime.

While it is undoubtedly true that Trump's 51 state comments are the reason the US is ranked as the greatest threat we face, it is also true that relations with the US have been worsening, and our concerns about the US have been increasing for some time.

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Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by Tamas - Today at 09:41:38 AM

Are abandoned babies a common problem in Hungary?

Would gel with orban sorts.. Life is ultra important until it is actually real then they don't care.

I don't know how it compares to other countries. In general number of births have been plummeting for years. Orban is celebrated by the international far-right for being "family friendly" where in reality he has created a country where fewer and fewer people want to have children in.

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Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by Zanza - Today at 08:24:37 AM

The most depressing figure there must be the distrust Canadians now feel for the US. One of the most peaceful and deepest partnerships in the world and it's gone within half a year of the Trump regime.

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Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by Josquius - Today at 07:58:12 AM

This is spiffy.
Create your own Bayeux Tapestry.

https://htck.github.io/bayeux/#!/


Not mine. But I suspect an ancestor would have made it.

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#7

Off the Record / Re: Youtube Recommendations

Last post by Josquius - Today at 07:26:14 AM

 
I miss proper football.

He's been plenty on the History Hit main channel previously - has he left them or is it a spin off?

no clue. I suspect it popped up in my recs as he did an episode with David Mitchell ranking kings.

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Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by Threviel - Today at 07:05:39 AM

So, we found a camping that has rented this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peñafiel_Castle for the event.

Hilariously expensive, 1000€ for two nights . But we get some snacks on the castle so that's okay I guess.

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Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by Josquius - Today at 06:41:33 AM

Are abandoned babies a common problem in Hungary?

Would gel with orban sorts.. Life is ultra important until it is actually real then they don't care.

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Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by Norgy - Today at 06:10:21 AM

It's because of the Spanish-American war. And I'm not completely joking     

Our "old fart" nationalist right has always had an anti-anglosaxon slant due to historical reasons. Add that to the usual anti-US bias from modern far left, and the result is that Spain has always been the most US-skpetic of all major Western nations after France I guess.

I would think Opus Dei's rise in the United States to stand beside the Religious Reich has mended some fences, though.

Norway's been very pro-American (apart from the far left anti-war movement) since, well, since Norwegians began emigrating to the continent, I suppose. But the US is making it hard to be a good bitch these days. Then again, 80-90 percent of males between 18-40 thinks Trump is great even here. They are not getting laid nearly enough, obviously.