Mildly interesting
-
More from Wiki
HMS Resolute was abandoned in the Arctic while searching for Sir John Franklin and his lost expedition. The ship was found in 1855 by George Henry, an American whaling ship, repaired, and returned to the United Kingdom as a gesture of goodwill from the United States. The ship was decommissioned in 1879, broken up, and had three desks constructed from its timbers. Queen Victoria sent one of these desks to American President Rutherford B. Hayes. The Resolute desk was received at the White House on November 23, 1880, and was used in the President's Office and President's Study until the White House Reconstruction from 1948 to 1952. After the reconstruction, it was placed in the Broadcast Room where Dwight D. Eisenhower used it during radio and television broadcasts. Jacqueline Kennedy rediscovered the desk and had it brought to the Oval Office in 1961. The desk was removed from the White House after the Assassination of John F. Kennedy, and went on a traveling exhibition with artifacts of the Kennedy Presidential Library. President Jimmy Carter brought the desk back to the White House in 1977, where it has remained since.
-
-
-
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
-
"My pronouns are FA/FO." - Mik, 2024
-
Looks so neat and orderly, (and somewhat kind in a way, but like @Mik said maybe not)
-
In a related thread, I read that the prisoner scheduled for execution is not told, in advance, when that day will be. He is told ON THE DAY, between 6:30 and 8:00 AM.
Executions are carried out by hanging in an execution chamber within the detention center. When the death warrant has been signed, the condemned prisoner is informed on the morning of their execution. The condemned is given a choice of a last meal. The prisoner's family and legal representatives, and also the general public, are informed only after the execution has taken place. Since 7 December 2007, the authorities have been releasing names, natures of crime, and ages of executed prisoners.[20]
In Japan, until the 1970s, the date of execution was announced to the condemned prisoner before the execution. However, because there were cases of death row inmates committing suicide before the execution, the method was changed to one or two hours before the execution to ensure the emotional stability of the inmate.[21]
The method of hanging is the long drop, causing instant unconsciousness and rapid death by neck fracture.[22]
-
Its weird. My experience with Japanese society is that they are very neat, orderly, good manners, and basically very thinking of others. That is why it is so weird what they did in World War 2 and how they acted so terribly and atrocious.
-
@taiwan_girl said in Mildly interesting:
That is why it is so weird what they did in World War 2 and how they acted so terribly
Derailing here.
Guy that I worked with spent a couple of years in Hawaii while in the Air Force.
This was in the mid 1970s.
He said that the Japanese were among the most racist, arrogant, and xenophobic people he's ever met.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
-
@George-K said in Mildly interesting:
He said that the Japanese were among the most racist, arrogant, and xenophobic people he's ever met.
Hmm, had to look up the meaning of xenophobic (LOL). Not sure they hate foreigners but definitely are nationalistic. I have not had problems there, and people know right away that I am not Japanese. Maybe they are saying something, but since I do not speak the language, "ignorance is bliss". I have had pretty good experience there.
There is a lot to like about the country. I mentioned previously that you will not find a cleaner city in the world than Tokyo. Even with no public garbage cans, there is no random garbage around. They are pretty good rule followers. I am mainly a rule flowerer, so I have no problems there. I am sure that if I lived there and understood the language, etc better, I would see the bad side. But from the outside, there is a lot to like.
-
I work with a number of Japanese companies. I frequently find it quite difficult to figure out what they really mean. There is so much hidden away in the veneer of politeness, that decoding the underlying message they are trying to impart can be difficult. Heaven knows what they think of us - I suspect we come across as extremely rude.
Having said that, I've worked with a Japanese sales engineer for our company for probably about 15 years, and he's just a really likeable guy, very friendly, with a great sense of humour.
-
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
-
"My pronouns are FA/FO." - Mik, 2024
-
@Mik said in Mildly interesting:
Weird places to visit
Cool list. I have been to the rock in Mahalbalipurim, India. My pic of the place.
