Posted on 04/25/2015 7:18:38 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA
The iconic Swayambhunath stupa in Kathmandu was relatively lucky in the aftermath of the devastating Nepal earthquake. Only one person was killed in the area though the earthquake shook the entire structure and reduced old houses, small shops and smaller temples in and around the complex to rubble within 15 seconds.
Pilgrims and tourists were shocked at first and ran for the exit. As the entire structure shaked vigorously, people were thrown in different directions, while others struggled to get back on their feet. Some got stuck under the debris, and when they were pulled out by people nearby, their limbs were broken and heads profusely bleeding.
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hmmmm. Reading up on this place which is I guess populated with holy monkeys who grew from head lice which were from the long hair of one of their holy men.
Just one of the errors -
such mistakes are getting to be common every-day...We are 'fast going backwards".
I think handwriting - can hardly call today's scribbling 'penmanship' - bothers me even more. People had better penmanship hundreds of years ago -
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