[nw_arizona_granny]

That single strand barbed wire, it is more wicked than the regular/modern fence wire.

LOL, I once had a nice collection of it, from the travels around the old mines.

Is that an area that the aids was developed?

If you got a very long sentence you would have to come out with aids.

Thanks for the article, those googles looked as tho they would be full of articles, never enough time to read it all and I will spread myself too far, attempting to 'see' it all.

Thank you for the article, do you notice that in Russia, the colors are all depressing?

It always amazes me the colors the African countries have in their cloth, and live in a leaf hut, but Russia is always dark colors.

The fashion world uses the greyed colors in the depression era and the brighter colors are used in the good times. [here] .... You can/will also notice it in the quilts of the ages.

[struwwelpeter]

I think the prisoner was required to wear black, and the lady journalist was not trying not to dress to "stimulate".

I was digging through my travel pictures to find some people in bright clothes celebrating life, but it seems you are right about the sombre hues during times of depression.

[struwwelpeter]

I just had to show you this one of kids playing in Karaganda. Given that almost every resident is descended from either a prisoner or prison guard, I wonder if their desire to play "lock up the criminal" has a genetic basis.