To each their own.
Posted on 06/21/2008 7:29:26 AM PDT by yankeedame
The soggy solstice: 30,000 gather at Stonehenge to celebrate the longest day
By Chris Laker
Last updated at 12:15 PM on 21st June 2008
...wind and rain failed to dampen the spirits of around 30,000 people from descending on Stonehenge to celebrate the summer solstice...
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[See link for photos, which had to be removed because of copyright problems with AP and Getty]
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
To each their own.
The real Stonehenge was supposed to be much bigger, but the guy who drew up the plans accidentally used feet instead of yards, and the stone carvers made everything too small. Boy, was he humiliated when his friends saw it!
Fellow Monty Python, Spinal Tap, and also Benny Hill fan bump!
They aren’t funny in my book... though I know millions of freepers differ on that. I’d be a millionaire if I had a dime for every allusion to them.
The US Military discontinued rigid airships in the 30’s. They used blimps (mostly out of Lakehurst) until fairly recently (60’s?).
The one in the picture was exposed to overpressure in the Hood test in Nevada. There is footage in Peter Kuran’s “Trinity and Beyond”.
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