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And 10 years ago, early in the time of this long-running thread, dear Admihoek remembered those floods:

https://www.cruxforums.com/xf/threads/milestones.1536/post-62373

we named it (feb 2) De watersnoodramp (The disastrous floods because the dikes broke and the water flooded through the dike over the Islands all 5 meter under sea level ) I was 7 years old and all over in my country we brought blankets, food, clothes and so on. Yep 60 years ago already.......................
 
Today, it is already twenty years ago (February 1st, 2003), that spaceshuttle Columbia perished on return into the atmosphere, killing all 7 crew.
I heard about it while on the radio while I was driving into Cardiff to sit on a Crown Court jury. (it was a 7-week long trial and although an interesting experience, I wouldn't want to do it again as that's 7 weeks taken out of my life that I'll never get back :( )

Hard to believe that it's 20 years ago.

The Columbia tragedy was another one of those major news events that makes you remember where you were and what you were doing at the time


In other news, today is the ancient pagan festival of Imbolc, where traditionally it is a time to start making preparations for the coming of Spring. Of course the church appropriated this feast day and decided to call it Candlemass (which is also the name of an awesome Swedish power metal band), and of course in the US you have the wonderfully quaint Groundhog Day which is a great fun event and a major tourist attraction, which gives a welcome post-Christmas boost to the economies of a number of local communities (mainly in the Northeast US I believe)

Let's see if Punxsutawney Phil is going to predict an early Spring this time, or are we going to have to suffer another 6 weeks of shit weather (which to be fair, here in Wales, we can get at any time of year :) )
 
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In the US you have the wonderfully quaint Groundhog Day which is a great fun event and a major tourist attraction, which gives a welcome post-Christmas boost to the economies of a number of local communities (mainly in the Northeast US I believe)

Let's see if Punxsutawney Phil is going to predict an early Spring this time, or are we going to have to suffer another 6 weeks of shit weather (which to be fair, here in Wales, we can get at any time of year :) )
Six more weeks of winter, he says... but is that only in Puxitowney???
 
Six more weeks of winter, he says... but is that only in Puxitowney???
Here in Wales it's always 6 more weeks of winter, regardless of what he says. Whoever thought it was a good idea to consult a rodent about anything anyway?


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Today is a not so nice anniversary, on January 31, 1933 Adolf Hitler took power in Germany.
Here is the translation of an article about the humble "leader" who was not at all interested in money.

Industrious and modest – this is how Adolf Hitler presented himself to the Germans. But behind the facade, the "Fuhrer" was a very rich man. That's how the Nazi got his millions.

"Like in a fairy tale!" Joseph Goebbels enthused in his diary. "Hitler is Chancellor". However, what happened on January 30, 1933 in Berlin was less a "fairy tale" than a nightmare. Adolf Hitler, the "leader" of the National Socialist German Workers' Party, had reached his goal - soon he set about establishing his dictatorship.

Hitler presented himself to the Germans as a modest man, as a head of state who put his life in the service of the "people" without any major personal claims. Money? Assets? Rather non-existent with Hitler, at least that's what it seemed.

This also fits with a report from the party newspaper "Völkischer Beobachter" from February 1933, according to which the "Führer" as "Reich Chancellor" does not receive a salary, "since he earns his own income as a writer." A noble gesture at a time when Germany was still suffering from the effects of the global economic crisis? Hardly likely.
Best-selling author Hitler

As early as 1934, Hitler no longer wanted anything to do with this reticence when it came to money – and henceforth cashed in on his salary as Reich Chancellor. And not only this one. When the aged head of state Paul von Hindenburg died in early 1934, Hitler immediately assumed the powers of the Reich President. In addition, his salary and expense allowance, as the historian Volker Ullrich writes in his biography of the "Führer". In addition to the Chancellor's annual salary of around 29,000 Reichsmark plus 18,000 Reichsmark expense allowance, of course.
For Hitler, however, these amounts were just "peanuts". The really big money flowed into his pocket from other sources for a long time, but especially after he took power in January 1933. And actually, as reported in the "Völkischer Beobachter", through his work as a "writer". "Mein Kampf", Hitler's pamphlet published in two volumes during the 1920s, became a bestseller over time.

Especially after couples who tied the knot were treated to Hitler's "Mein Kampf" at the wedding by the registry office. The royalties due to the dictator just shot up. Hitler also received vast sums of money from another source: the Reichspost. The likeness of the despot "decorated" postage stamps, and from 1937 Hitler took a certain percentage of the proceeds. Year after year, million after million.
I have seen those stamps--high quality, engraved, the higher denominations out-sized.
 
Here in Wales it's always 6 more weeks of winter, regardless of what he says. Whoever thought it was a good idea to consult a rodent about anything anyway?


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Well, that far out the weather computers aren't much better (and probably will never be, since the weather is "chaotic"--depends on local conditions in the past.
There is an Old Farmer's Almanac (presumably put out by old farmers--the young farmers are too inexperienced) which based on the hair on caterpillars and whatnot predicts the entire winter. Native people who actually had to live outside were probably better.
 
What have they done with all this daylight that's been saved? :confused:
They must have packed all the daylight in sacks. There is an old legend in Germany about the citizens of Schilda who accidentally forgot the windows when building their new town hall. They also tried to bring daylight into their town hall with sacks. They weren't that successful.
Here you can see them trying to bring light into their town hall.
Schildbürger.jpg
 
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