Where is everyone from?? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Gil-Galad · 04-17-2005, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Amrod the Hunter

Hah,I'm the only one here who is from Croatia (and i know that many people don't even know where it is)

oh i know where that is...might be sent there with the UN if i continue my current career plan...

Hookbill the Goomba · 04-17-2005, 02:15 PM

And where am I from? That’s a difficult question. But with a simple answer.

That is, I come from good old Blighty!
Britain! Britain! Britain!
William Shakespeare: British!
J.R.R.Tolkien: British!
The Eiffel Tower: British!
The Great Wall of China: British!
Hookbill The Goomba: British!

Okay, maybe that was a bit over the top. But there you go.
More precisely, Lancashire, North West, England, Britain, United Kingdom, Earth, Milky way, East Universe.

Hilde Bracegirdle · 04-17-2005, 02:19 PM

Ah see! It is a small world...and old, even if parts of its history remain a mystery, and others have been repeated far too often. (You may take that which ever way you like!)

At anyrate, it is nice to find common 'stomping' ground among this diverse and far-flung group!

Mithalwen · 04-17-2005, 02:28 PM

Just think it was an incoherent system .... also managed to study Macbeth four times ...... (and I didn't switch schools) nvm

Encaitare · 04-17-2005, 02:38 PM

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Hah,I'm the only one here who is from Croatia

I have a friend who's Croatian; she always goes there to visit her relatives over school vacations.

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obviously a lot of downers are in their mid teens and I am not sure how much recent history gets taught in schools.....

Absolutely none. My history textbook is from 1998, but of course we spend about two months on the social and economic conditions of the good old thirteen colonies and then have to cram World War II into two days.

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At anyrate, it is nice to find common 'stomping' ground among this diverse and far-flung group!

Definitely... there's even a fellow Long Islander here. Hooray for our fair isle!

Amanaduial the archer · 04-17-2005, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Guinevere

Let's hope that their Geography books are no older than they are!

No-o. Sadly not always the case. When I stopped Geography two years ago, my text book still had the USSR, Czechoslovakia and a divided Germany in it. A leeetle bit out of date, methinks...

You studied Macbeth four times, Mithalwen? In primary school, I managed to study 'The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tyler' at least twice. Twice each year that is

No, but seriously, we studied that book thrice, I think - rather spoiled the plot twist at the end, I must admit...

Gil-Galad · 04-18-2005, 07:16 AM

Funny, i'm in canada an my Social Studies book says "Canada Today" so i just wrote on it 'Five years ago' becaue it really was made in like 1998 or so...

Mithalwen · 04-18-2005, 09:12 AM

[QUOTE=Amanaduial the archer]No-o. Sadly not always the case. When I stopped Geography two years ago, my text book still had the USSR, Czechoslovakia and a divided Germany in it. A leeetle bit out of date, methinks...

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Germany was still divided when I did my school exchange

And my geographical map of africa was hightly innaccurate - since the atlas at home dated form the 50s and so it had Rhodesia and Tanganika and so forth

At least it was marginally better than my early 20th century set of "People of all Nations" ...beyond imperialist..

Feanor of the Peredhil · 04-18-2005, 09:41 AM

Some of the more recent history books do have the more current events, but since teachers seem to think that anything more recent than the Roaring Twenties is not cruicial to our learning, they plan the curriculum so that come June, we've just gotten into WWII. I did look ahead in last year's history book though, and found a short paragraph on September 11th. It was dwarfed by the incredibly huge picture of George W. Bush shaking hands with a foreign guy that I don't know the identity of.

Now Biology books... those were great. "It is the year 2005 and a silver space craft has just been launched and is on the way to our new colonies on Mars." Not. Even. Joking.

As for my location... I love it. Everybody should move to middle-of-nowhere New York. It's beautiful, and unlike last summer, this spring is warm. And sunny. With a warm breeze, budding trees, and flowers blooming everywhere. And if you look closely you can see muskrats swimming around in the old abandoned canal (that by all rights should not have any water in it right now. Thanks a lot, neighbors who leveled their land and tossed the excess earth into the drainage area). Ah, and the mosquitos that hover in clouds in my back yard... They breed in the canal, you know. But yes... move to New York. Regardless of the mosquitos and the spring-y smell of manure being spread on fields... it really is quite pretty. Reminds me of the Shire, when it's warm and sunny like it is now.

Fea [who's running off to look up the history and location of Croatia]

04-17-2005, 02:15 PM	#2
Hookbill the Goomba Alive without breath Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla Posts: 5,912	And where am I from? That’s a difficult question. But with a simple answer. That is, I come from good old Blighty! Britain! Britain! Britain! William Shakespeare: British! J.R.R.Tolkien: British! The Eiffel Tower: British! The Great Wall of China: British! Hookbill The Goomba: British! Okay, maybe that was a bit over the top. But there you go. More precisely, Lancashire, North West, England, Britain, United Kingdom, Earth, Milky way, East Universe. __________________ I think that if you want facts, then The Downer Newspaper is probably the place to go. I know! I read it once. THE PHANTOM AND ALIEN: The Legend of the Golden Bus Ticket...

04-17-2005, 02:28 PM	#4
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	Just think it was an incoherent system .... also managed to study Macbeth four times ...... (and I didn't switch schools) nvm __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

04-18-2005, 07:16 AM	#7
Gil-Galad Psyche of Prince Immortal Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Above a Parapet Obvious exits are: North, South, and Dennis Posts: 4,734	Funny, i'm in canada an my Social Studies book says "Canada Today" so i just wrote on it 'Five years ago' becaue it really was made in like 1998 or so... __________________ Love doesn't blow up and get killed.

04-18-2005, 09:12 AM	#8
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	[QUOTE=Amanaduial the archer]No-o. Sadly not always the case. When I stopped Geography two years ago, my text book still had the USSR, Czechoslovakia and a divided Germany in it. A leeetle bit out of date, methinks... QUOTE] Germany was still divided when I did my school exchange And my geographical map of africa was hightly innaccurate - since the atlas at home dated form the 50s and so it had Rhodesia and Tanganika and so forth At least it was marginally better than my early 20th century set of "People of all Nations" ...beyond imperialist.. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

04-18-2005, 09:41 AM	#9
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	Some of the more recent history books do have the more current events, but since teachers seem to think that anything more recent than the Roaring Twenties is not cruicial to our learning, they plan the curriculum so that come June, we've just gotten into WWII. I did look ahead in last year's history book though, and found a short paragraph on September 11th. It was dwarfed by the incredibly huge picture of George W. Bush shaking hands with a foreign guy that I don't know the identity of. Now Biology books... those were great. "It is the year 2005 and a silver space craft has just been launched and is on the way to our new colonies on Mars." Not. Even. Joking. As for my location... I love it. Everybody should move to middle-of-nowhere New York. It's beautiful, and unlike last summer, this spring is warm. And sunny. With a warm breeze, budding trees, and flowers blooming everywhere. And if you look closely you can see muskrats swimming around in the old abandoned canal (that by all rights should not have any water in it right now. Thanks a lot, neighbors who leveled their land and tossed the excess earth into the drainage area). Ah, and the mosquitos that hover in clouds in my back yard... They breed in the canal, you know. But yes... move to New York. Regardless of the mosquitos and the spring-y smell of manure being spread on fields... it really is quite pretty. Reminds me of the Shire, when it's warm and sunny like it is now. Fea [who's running off to look up the history and location of Croatia] __________________ peace

04-17-2005, 02:19 PM	#3
Hilde Bracegirdle Relic of Wandering Days Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: You'll See Perpetual Change. Posts: 1,480	Ah see! It is a small world...and old, even if parts of its history remain a mystery, and others have been repeated far too often. (You may take that which ever way you like!) At anyrate, it is nice to find common 'stomping' ground among this diverse and far-flung group!