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and here's the song. _______________________________________________________ despite them | ||
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Another good one is Why Aye Man: I had no idea that things in the UK were so bad in the early 80's that workers were actually moving to Germany to find work! I'm guessing "Maggie" refers to Margaret Thatcher?
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Great video. One of the reasons I like Mark Knopfler is that there is a great story behind many of his songs. _____________________________________________________________________ “Civilization is not inherited; it has to be learned and earned by each generation anew; if the transmission should be interrupted for one century, civilization would die, and we should be savages again." - Will Durant | |||
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Looks like I oversold my “thoroughly engrossing” bit of history  . Oh well, i thought it was neat._______________________________________________________ despite them | |||
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It was quite neat, I thought. It's amazing the techniques used for surveying back in the 18th century. When I moved to AZ from MD in 2002, I introduced myself to the Public Land Survey System, established by Congress in 1787. Most of the East remains a mish-mash of divisions (metes and bounds), but the Western states follow the PLSS, as does AZ. Neat grids of 36 square mile townships, broken into 36 sections each, each section a mile square, or 640 acres. | |||
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Not so. Interesting bit of history. And, a good opportunity to listen to MK. Thanks for posting. Place your clothes and weapons where you can find them in the dark. “If in winning a race, you lose the respect of your fellow competitors, then you have won nothing” - Paul Elvstrom "The Great Dane" 1928 - 2016 | |||
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