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@siraaj: In Cape Town there are quite a couple of Pakistani-owned shops that mostly specialise in housings...from what I've seen, although I haven't seen any K750's, it shouldn't cost more than say R200 which quite reasonable- I think.
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Posted: 2006-04-14 18:36:26
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Went to check out some of the new exhibits at London's Imperial War Museum this afternoon, namely Lawrence of Arabia,
http://london.iwm.org.uk/upload/package/54/Lawrence/about.htm
...Holocaust...
http://london.iwm.org.uk/server/show/nav.00b005
....and Crimes Against Humanity exhibits.
http://london.iwm.org.uk/server/show/nav.00b005009
On the one hand it was quite something seeing famous artefacts in the flesh, but on the other hand the sickening evidence and items in some of the exhibits really hit home.
One is 'greeted' by 2 imposing, colossal 15" naval battleship cannons at the entrance of the museum.
Hitler's V1 and V2 terror weapons fortunately arrived too late to prolong the inevitable outcome of WW2..
...and a certain tank that changed tank thinking and design philosophy forever, and which helped stem the tide at the biggest tank battle ever in history, at Kursk (yes, that's where that ill-fated Russian nuclear sub got its name from), the venerable T-34... flanked by Mrs. Amawanqa.
Taken with the SPV C550:
Spitfire in the foreground and German Heinkel He 162 Salamander (nick-named Volksjager) in the background. The latter plane is still in the Guiness Book of Records for taking only 6 months from initial design to first flight, during the final chaotic year of the Third Reich. It hardly saw service due to chronic fuel shortages by the time it became operational.
Arguably the best piston-engined fighter of all time, the P-51 Mustang...
Ah, the Exocet missile...made (in)famous during the Falklands War when one of these French-designed missiles was fired from an Argentinian jet and delivered a fatal blow to HMS Sheffield.
I took no pics in the last 2 exhibits that I initially mentioned; it was deeply disturbing seeing some of the stuff for real, ie. one of Josef Mengele's dissecting tables from one of the clinics where atrocities were performed on anyone regarded as untermensch, artefacts from Auschwitz, Dachau, et al, the terrible findings in Rwanda, Kosovo, etc. etc.
Irrespective of what faith people have (or not), one can only hope and pray that we learn from our mistakes, but when we keep seeing atrocious acts still being carried out on our fellow humans in this day and age, it's really kinda disheartening and seems to add more validity to Freud's theories...
Not easy being very optimistic when exposing one's self to stuff like this, but hey, life's what we make of it...
...and to that extent I wish you all a Happy Easter if you are celebrating/recognising Easter.
[ This Message was edited by: amawanqa on 2006-04-14 23:02 ]
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Posted: 2006-04-14 23:58:27
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Great post there wanqsta. Hope exhibits like these teach our present and future leaders how destructive a fundementalist ideology can be. I'm also off to a museum today to check out some of the works of Picasso which had been inspired by Africa.
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Posted: 2006-04-15 09:52:00
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On 2006-04-15 09:52:00, brix25 wrote:
Great post there wanqsta. Hope exhibits like these teach our present and future leaders how destructive a fundementalist ideology can be. I'm also off to a museum today to check out some of the works of Picasso which had been inspired by Africa.
Hey I went there, it was cool learnt alot!
Enjoy!
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Posted: 2006-04-15 10:08:26
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@786KBR: Which one? The war museum or the Picasso exhibition currently touring the country?
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Posted: 2006-04-15 12:24:08
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hello everyone.
nice work amawanqa.
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Posted: 2006-04-15 15:59:26
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Checked out the Picasso exhibition with my nephew about an hour ago, it was interesting since I've never had an interest in his art.
Unfortunately I didn't manage to take pictures with my P910. If you're in Cape Town sure do make a to check it out.
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Posted: 2006-04-15 16:33:00
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@ dr_thug,
Nice of you to drop in here again.
BTW, congrats to India for their 5-1 trouncing over England in the ODI series.
Yuvraj Singh deserved that man-of-the-series award, and it was good to see mutual respect shown by both sides for each other; he even made mention of the obvious runner-up to the award, SA ex-pat Kevin Pietersen.
Sreesanth was simply brilliant today; he seems to have emphatically cemented himself in the Indian team.
@ brixster,
I see there is a fantastic range of 84 original Picasso works at the expo!
http://www.capetowntoday.co.za/Art/SANG/Picasso_and_Africa.htm
I over-indulged a little last night, so I looked a bit like a Picasso portait myself when I looked in the mirror this morning...
[ This Message was edited by: amawanqa on 2006-04-15 23:09 ]
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Posted: 2006-04-15 17:21:23
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On 2006-04-15 12:24:08, brix25 wrote:
@786KBR: Which one? The war museum or the Picasso exhibition currently touring the country?
The Picasso exhibition...
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Posted: 2006-04-16 10:11:36
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@brix. Thanks alot. Il ask around and c if i cn make a plan 2get my fone ther.
Gr8 help. Thanx
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