Re: OT: Writings on "The Wall"
On Tue, 30 Jul 2002, Robert Harris wrote: > William Robb wrote: > > > > Not surprised you got the wrong answer. Pink Floyd is far more > > meaningful to most people than the above mentioned wall (which I > > had only vaguely heard of, I might add). > > William Robb > > Speak for yourself, please. > > What is a Pink Floyd? Some sort of silly drink? No, it is a rock band. :-) Haven't you heard the name of Roger Waters? -Ayash. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: OT: Walls Was RE: OT: Writings on "The Wall"
Walls for everybody. Get 'em at Wall Mart... Stephen _ Programmer who creates truth table writes Boole sheet - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: OT: Walls Was RE: OT: Writings on "The Wall"
- Original Message - From: "David Chang-Sang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Of course there's also the one that Simon & Garfunkel sung about... And whoever sang Wallsing Matilda... J. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: OT: Walls Was RE: OT: Writings on "The Wall"
Isn't there a whole street in NYC devoted to the subject? :-) Jostein - Original Message - From: "William Kane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Great Wall of China, and Hadriens wall (found in Britain) - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: OT: Writings on "The Wall"
- Original Message - From: Bob Blakely Subject: Re: OT: Writings on "The Wall" > Six names on The Wall are - were my friends... > > damn. > > Pink Floyd is well known to me, but definitely not more meaningful. I guess I'm out of > touch with what's important in the lives of people. Must put me in pretty sad shape, eh? Nope, it means that you are of a country and generation that was touched by the Vietnam war. I, thankfully, am not. William Robb - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: OT: Writings on "The Wall"
That's all right Paul, it always seems like more somehow. At 10:56 PM 7/30/2002 -0400, Paul Stenquist wrote: >I wrote: > > > >I graduated from high school in 1966 with 494 other young men. Forty of > > them died in Viet Nam. > >Sorry, my fingers got ahead of my brain. I meant to say, "Fourteen of >them died in Viet Nam." Still too many. >- >This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, >go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to >visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: OT: Writings on "The Wall"
I wrote: > I graduated from high school in 1966 with 494 other young men. Forty of > them died in Viet Nam. Sorry, my fingers got ahead of my brain. I meant to say, "Fourteen of them died in Viet Nam." Still too many. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: OT: Writings on "The Wall"
Families, friends, relatives and surviving veterans come to the wall to search out the names of their loved ones and feel some connection to them. They leave flowers, notes, and other trinkets to honor the dead. After having seen it for myself, I can say there is nowhere else that comes to mind when someone says 'the wall'. > Thanks for your detailed description of The Wall and its history. I graduated from high school in 1966 with 494 other young men. Forty of them died in Viet Nam. It took seven hours, but I found all their names on The Wall. When no one on this planet remembers that there ever was a Pink Floyd, there will still be The Wall. Paul Stenquist - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: OT: Writings on "The Wall"
Hi Bill, To some of us, the Vietnam Veteran's War Memorial is a lot more meaningful than Pink Floyd. For your future reference... In the '60's, the USA engaged in a War in Vietnam. It was contriversial at home and abroad... and we lost the war. A generation of young people, those who served and those who did not, were effected. 58,000 US soldiers were killed in the war. Many of the returning veterans were treated poorly, suffering blame for the war. Many years later, after we in the USA had come to terms with our negative feelings about the war, we sought a way to honor those who served and those who gave their lives in this war. A competition was set-up for the design of a memorial to be placed in a prominent place in our capitol city. Most people expected a memorial statue(s) depicting soldiers dressed for combat struggling to overcome some adversity. We had done this for the vets from World War II and Korea. A young woman of oriental ethnicity won the competition. She was an architecture student, I believe. Her design was extreemly contriversial and elegant. She suggested a semi-circular wall, criticized as a jagged scar in the earth, of some 140 polished granite panels with a walkway in front. The panels are in cronological order. On each panel are inscribed the names of those US service men who died in the conflict during a particular time. The wall starts low down, with 5 or 6 names and grows to 6 feet tall at the height of our persuit of the war. Ultimately, the wall shrinks back down to 15 or so names in the last month of conflict. It has been a very moving memorial for those who lived thru those times, and 1/2 scale replicas have toured the USA. The memorial is unique and very somber. Families, friends, relatives and surviving veterans come to the wall to search out the names of their loved ones and feel some connection to them. They leave flowers, notes, and other trinkets to honor the dead. After having seen it for myself, I can say there is nowhere else that comes to mind when someone says 'the wall'. Sincerely, Bob S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Pink Floyd? > > I wanted some information on the Vietnam Vets War Memorial > > in Washington DC- I understand that it's popularly > > called "The Wall" > > Sorry if I didn't make myself a little clearer- as far > > as I knew, there was only ONE wall; wrong generation I > > guess :)) > > Not surprised you got the wrong answer. Pink Floyd is > far more meaningful to most people than the above > mentioned wall (which I had only vaguely heard of, I > might add). > William Robb - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: OT: Writings on "The Wall"
- Original Message - From: Robert Harris Subject: Re: OT: Writings on "The Wall" > > Speak for yourself, please. Why? That would spoil all the fun!!! > > What is a Pink Floyd? Some sort of silly drink? I do hope you are kidding. William Robb - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: OT: Walls Was RE: OT: Writings on "The Wall"
If you like UK ice cream, there's 'Walls'... ___ Personal email traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MacAds traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Check out the UK Macintosh ads http://www.macads.co.uk - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
RE: OT: Walls Was RE: OT: Writings on "The Wall"
Of course there's also the one that Simon & Garfunkel sung about... "I've built walls; a fortress deep and mighty. That none may penetrate. I have no need of friendship; friendship causes pain. It's laughter and it's loving I disdain. I am a rock, I am an island." Rockily Islandlike, Dave -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of frank theriault Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 4:36 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT: Walls Was RE: OT: Writings on "The Wall" The one in Jerusalem is the Wailing Wall. There's also the Great Wall of China. And I recall one mentioned in the movie Roman Holiday, in (you guessed it!), Rome, called "The Wall Where Wishes Come True", or something like that. I have no idea if it's still there, but it was for Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck. Isn't there a rather famous wall around the Kremlin? So many walls... -frank William Kane wrote: > Ok, (NOTE: Subject change) > > I orignally thought the original poster was talking about the > Vietnam war memorial in D.C., but then saw the post about Pink Floyd's > "The Wall" . . . > > . . . then there was a post reminding about the Berlin Wall > > . . . then there's the wall in Jerusalem (does it have a name?) > > How many other walls are there? > > Is there a wall known as the Wall of souls? The Wailing Wall? Or am I > remembering some movie? > -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: OT: Writings on "The Wall"
William Robb wrote: > Not surprised you got the wrong answer. Pink Floyd is far more > meaningful to most people than the above mentioned wall (which I > had only vaguely heard of, I might add). > William Robb Speak for yourself, please. What is a Pink Floyd? Some sort of silly drink? - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re[2]: OT: Walls Was RE: OT: Writings on "The Wall"
Hi, 1. there's the wall at Eton College where the play the Wall Game... (don't ask - probably involves petroleum jelly and something to bite on). 2. there's a piece of bone between your mastoid cavity and middle ear (I know all about those). 3. there's the thing marathon runners hit (why don't they move it, or run round it?) 4. there's Max 5. Afghanistan's full of wall ords (possibly misheard - see 2.) 6. (that's enough walls. Ed.) --- Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tuesday, July 30, 2002, 9:56:46 PM, you wrote: > Then of course there's the wall that gave Wall St. in NYC it's name... - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: OT: Walls Was RE: OT: Writings on "The Wall"
The one in Jerusalem is the Wailing Wall. There's also the Great Wall of China. And I recall one mentioned in the movie Roman Holiday, in (you guessed it!), Rome, called "The Wall Where Wishes Come True", or something like that. I have no idea if it's still there, but it was for Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck. Isn't there a rather famous wall around the Kremlin? So many walls... -frank William Kane wrote: > Ok, (NOTE: Subject change) > > I orignally thought the original poster was talking about the > Vietnam war memorial in D.C., but then saw the post about Pink Floyd's > "The Wall" . . . > > . . . then there was a post reminding about the Berlin Wall > > . . . then there's the wall in Jerusalem (does it have a name?) > > How many other walls are there? > > Is there a wall known as the Wall of souls? The Wailing Wall? Or am I > remembering some movie? > -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
OT: Walls Was RE: OT: Writings on "The Wall"
Ok, (NOTE: Subject change) I orignally thought the original poster was talking about the Vietnam war memorial in D.C., but then saw the post about Pink Floyd's "The Wall" . . . . . . then there was a post reminding about the Berlin Wall . . . then there's the wall in Jerusalem (does it have a name?) How many other walls are there? Is there a wall known as the Wall of souls? The Wailing Wall? Or am I remembering some movie? Il Bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 7/30/2002 12:10:22 PM Central Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > >>>Sorry if I didn't make myself a little clearer- as far as I knew, there >>>was only ONE wall; wrong generation I guess :)) >> >>[...] >> >>you might like to remind yourself that not everybody on the list is from >>the USA. There was another wall for a little while, in Berlin, which some >>people still remember. >> > > > Seems to me I've also heard of a famous one in Jerusalem. > > ERNR > My photographs hang on the virtual walls at http://members.aol.com/ernreed > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: OT: Walls Was RE: OT: Writings on "The Wall"
Then of course there's the wall that gave Wall St. in NYC it's name... -Brendan MacRae - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: OT: Walls Was RE: OT: Writings on "The Wall"
Answering my own post, Great Wall of China, and Hadriens wall (found in Britain) William Kane wrote: > Ok, (NOTE: Subject change) > >I orignally thought the original poster was talking about the Vietnam > war memorial in D.C., but then saw the post about Pink Floyd's "The > Wall" . . . > >. . . then there was a post reminding about the Berlin Wall > >. . . then there's the wall in Jerusalem (does it have a name?) > > How many other walls are there? > > Is there a wall known as the Wall of souls? The Wailing Wall? Or am I > remembering some movie? > > Il Bill > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> In a message dated 7/30/2002 12:10:22 PM Central Daylight Time, >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >> >> >> Sorry if I didn't make myself a little clearer- as far as I knew, there was only ONE wall; wrong generation I guess :)) >>> >>> >>> [...] >>> >>> you might like to remind yourself that not everybody on the list is from >>> the USA. There was another wall for a little while, in Berlin, which >>> some >>> people still remember. >>> >> >> >> Seems to me I've also heard of a famous one in Jerusalem. >> >> ERNR >> My photographs hang on the virtual walls at >> http://members.aol.com/ernreed >> - >> This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, >> go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to >> visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: OT: Writings on "The Wall"
- Original Message - From: RK Subject: Re: OT: Writings on "The Wall" > Pink Floyd? > I wanted some information on the Vietnam Vets War Memorial in Washington > DC- I understand that it's popularly called "The Wall" > Sorry if I didn't make myself a little clearer- as far as I knew, there > was only ONE wall; wrong generation I guess :)) Not surprised you got the wrong answer. Pink Floyd is far more meaningful to most people than the above mentioned wall (which I had only vaguely heard of, I might add). William Robb - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Re: OT: Writings on "The Wall"
ROTFLMAOAM! (AM - at myself) It never occured to me that "Writings on 'The Wall'" did not mean "lyrics from the album". I believe the album was released between the war and the memorial. Since I remember all three, I cannot even claim generation gap. :) Andrew > > From: RK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2002/07/31 Wed AM 12:50:30 EDT > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: OT: Writings on "The Wall" > > Pink Floyd? > I wanted some information on the Vietnam Vets War Memorial in Washington > DC- I understand that it's popularly called "The Wall" > Sorry if I didn't make myself a little clearer- as far as I knew, there > was only ONE wall; wrong generation I guess :)) > RK > > William Kane wrote: > > > Try > > > > http://www.olga.net/ > > > > Much music there :-) > > > > IL Bill > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Try "Pink Floyd The Wall lyrics" for your Google search string. > > > > > > Andrew Robinson > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: OT: Writings on "The Wall"
Hi Bob, I'm from India, not the US of A. However, I'm an architect and for most of the people I know in my profession, there is only one wall- even though it's on the other side of the planet. Thanks for the guidance, anyway. RK Bob Walkden wrote: > you might like to remind yourself that not everybody on the list is from > the USA. There was another wall for a little while, in Berlin, which some > people still remember. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
RE: OT: Writings on "The Wall"
A simple web search using the words "vietnam", "memorial", and "wall" will give you everything you seek. By the way, let me welcome you to the Internet. It's a great place to find information. In general, however, this is a great place to find Pentax camera information. Len --- -Original Message- From: RK [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 11:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT: Writings on "The Wall" Pink Floyd? I wanted some information on the Vietnam Vets War Memorial in Washington DC- I understand that it's popularly called "The Wall" Sorry if I didn't make myself a little clearer- as far as I knew, there was only ONE wall; wrong generation I guess :)) RK William Kane wrote: > Try > > http://www.olga.net/ > > Much music there :-) > > IL Bill > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Try "Pink Floyd The Wall lyrics" for your Google search string. > > > > Andrew Robinson - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: OT: Writings on "The Wall"
Pink Floyd? I wanted some information on the Vietnam Vets War Memorial in Washington DC- I understand that it's popularly called "The Wall" Sorry if I didn't make myself a little clearer- as far as I knew, there was only ONE wall; wrong generation I guess :)) RK William Kane wrote: > Try > > http://www.olga.net/ > > Much music there :-) > > IL Bill > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Try "Pink Floyd The Wall lyrics" for your Google search string. > > > > Andrew Robinson - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: OT: Writings on "The Wall"
Try "Pink Floyd The Wall lyrics" for your Google search string. Andrew Robinson > > From: RK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2002/07/30 Tue AM 02:50:18 EDT > To: Pentax discuss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: OT: Writings on "The Wall" > > Would anyone know if the entire text of the Wall is available on the > web? > I'm looking for some material I'd read years ago and now keeps coming > back in bits and pieces. > I do recall it wasn't formal poetry but a snippet from a soldiers' > diary. Very basic and VERY touching. > Have tried Google but until I get a little more specific, this doesn't > work. > > Thanks for reading. > RK > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
