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Fatman17 said:
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The other day my sister sent me this. My report card from class 2 or 3. Look at the subjects we had to pass. I'm 7 years old. No tv no Internet etc. Just the school books. My mom used to buy a magazine called Look and Learn. That was the earliest from of Internet for me.
Nowadays kids watch tv in class and sit in front of the desktop computer. It's all very easy and getting easier.
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Amazing. In English!
 
Fatman17 said:
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The other day my sister sent me this. My report card from class 2 or 3. Look at the subjects we had to pass. I'm 7 years old. No tv no Internet etc. Just the school books. My mom used to buy a magazine called Look and Learn. That was the earliest from of Internet for me.
Nowadays kids watch tv in class and sit in front of the desktop computer. It's all very easy and getting easier.
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Nice haha.

This whole topic at large got stuck in my head as it did because I visited buddy's place and his kid was playing minecraft and mentioning "robin hood"-isms that tickled me (and I chatted at length with his dad my buddy about English history of that period that lead to the "hot take" in the mythos etc).

Later I shored up bit on subject of Fatimids-->Shia--->Ismaili arc too and caught up with another buddy (Pakistani lawyer whom I first met on old PDF posting very eloquently there...but no time for new PDF etc) in whatsapp. This is just one reply but captures gist of what we were talking about:

Yes I agree, but most folks have little time and interest for comprehensive analysis. This whole thing started as you may have surmised from the venn diagram of "English history" and "Saladin" with Richard (and John and a certain mysterious outlaw)… in that I was visiting friend and his kid was playing Minecraft and prattling about Robin Hood for some reason and said something that tickled me. The "snapshot" story just appeals psychologically, as I proceeded to give a half hour or so summary (my friend didn't know much about the backdrop but was genuinely interested in "the real story") from beginning to end about Richard, John (I added bit of the Henrys before and after and Edward too since Braveheart got mainstreamed in popular thinking recently)...crusades, ransoms, wars in France, Popes, excommunications, taxes et al. (and what this all ironically heralded for later) and then the Baron rebellions along with the magna carta role in forming the Robin Hood "John BAD, Richard GOOD" reductive but appealing mythos to begin with. i.e That it fits well into the Baron's later perspective and influence in the "Tudor restart" after the war of the roses hence its popularization and mainstreaming around that time.
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To actually do a comprehensive analysis of say the Angevin Empire's losses on mainland France impacting what it did in Baron resentment towards already high extraction from Richard and now John on top (with John especially having nothing to show for it and kind of going out of his way in being a jerk to them as well) leading to the Magna Carta (and it also not being something comprehensive regd all folks, but rather limited....but an important precedent set regd eroding and defining the monarch's executive power vs other power in the system etc).
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But where is the fun in that for most folks? The kid had turned back to playing Minecraft while we were chatting and later he will naturally be drawn to more Robin Hood stuff just like I was back in the day. To go into more granular and comprehensive read into history, that needs interest, time invested etc heh and then other things compete for that, most are fine with reductive summary and "good enough", so "incident" snapshots and stories/mythos capture imagination as they do easier.
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Two showings for our PHX area house scheduled for tomorrow. Dropped price a bit. Agent suggested dropping even further. He's obviously wanting to "move" the house. Mrs. AZ was very clear with him. :)

It will sell. But not at terms that end up costing us close to $100K.
 
AZ_HighCountry said:
Two showings for our PHX area house scheduled for tomorrow. Dropped price a bit. Agent suggested dropping even further. He's obviously wanting to "move" the house. Mrs. AZ was very clear with him. :)

It will sell. But not at terms that end up costing us close to $100K.
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PHX nice. I lived in Tempe for a while, fond memories.
 
AZ_HighCountry said:
Where abouts? My Tempe office was right off Washington and Center St. Then we relocated to Rio Salado Parkway just east of then west of Priest.
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heh this was when I was a kid ~ mid 90s summer holidays...visiting my dad who was working at Motorola. That period of time I was growing up in Hong Kong (again Motorola and dad heh).

His place was around McClintock drive, around guadalupe/elliot.

Visit to grand canyon was highlight for me that summer lol.
 
Nilgiri said:
heh this was when I was a kid ~ mid 90s summer holidays...visiting my dad who was working at Motorola. That period of time I was growing up in Hong Kong (again Motorola and dad heh).

His place was around McClintock drive, around guadalupe/elliot.

Visit to grand canyon was highlight for me that summer lol.
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Outstanding! I too am a Motorola veteran. Prior to a great career at DHL, was with Motorola. We had an office in the 'Tuk; right off 51st Street and Elliot. Had many a lunch over at Costco. I know that area like the back of my hand.

Chances are I may have crossed paths with your dad.
 
AZ_HighCountry said:
Outstanding! I too am a Motorola veteran. Prior to a great career at DHL, was with Motorola. We had an office in the 'Tuk; right off 51st Street and Elliot. Had many a lunch over at Costco. I know that area like the back of my hand.

Chances are I may have crossed paths with your dad.
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heh well I'll be.....small world indeed.

I always get real nostalgic about 90s USA still lol.
 
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Nilgiri said:
heh well I'll be.....small world indeed.

I always get real nostalgic about 90s USA still lol.
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You should PM me who your dad was. Wouldn't be a hoot if I knew him.

As it is, I bought a pre-reunification Sig P220 from a guy who worked at Price & Elliott. His dad also worked at Motorola. I worked briefly with the dad.
 
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