tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-672515173999750909.post6399065789820229301..comments2024-03-02T21:39:54.633+00:00Comments on Outcries & Asides Revisited: For the Borg.JJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16069822009799120415noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-672515173999750909.post-31346455670405911072015-09-12T16:52:25.225+01:002015-09-12T16:52:25.225+01:00I find that pretty astonishing. Seems to me it ind...I find that pretty astonishing. Seems to me it indicates something fundamentally lacking in terms of value perception. Having said which, Mrs Thatcher might have sold it to him if it had been up to her. If I might paraphrase one of her famous utterances:<br /><br />'There is no such thing as an ancient monument. There are stones that sell and stones that don't.'JJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16069822009799120415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-672515173999750909.post-76431932204272647232015-09-12T15:48:17.952+01:002015-09-12T15:48:17.952+01:00An American tycoon did try to buy Stonehenge once....An American tycoon did try to buy Stonehenge once. I can't remember which tycoon it was but it definitely happened.Madelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506747179368082399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-672515173999750909.post-58797295829129126252015-09-12T15:22:43.862+01:002015-09-12T15:22:43.862+01:00Damn Yankees! You take our best brains, our iconic...Damn Yankees! You take our best brains, our iconic old liners, London Bridge (well, one of them) and our ancient stones. Still, we do have the Elgin Marbles... (and a few other bits and pieces from around the world.)<br /><br />I wonder what would happen if Donald Trump tried to buy Stonehenge to decorate one of his golf courses.JJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16069822009799120415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-672515173999750909.post-42885864150114009232015-09-12T15:14:40.568+01:002015-09-12T15:14:40.568+01:00They were also purloined by rich Americans for fan...They were also purloined by rich Americans for fancy gardens and the Cloisters. Madelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506747179368082399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-672515173999750909.post-62567989114941347632015-09-12T14:19:36.117+01:002015-09-12T14:19:36.117+01:00Dissolved in 1538, apparently, so yes. I gather th...Dissolved in 1538, apparently, so yes. I gather the stones from castles, abbeys and Hadrian's Wall were frequently purloined by local builders for the construction of farmhouses, pig pens and the like. Good for them, I say, because now the old places are Ruined and Romantic.JJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16069822009799120415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-672515173999750909.post-34865895404167466662015-09-12T14:13:42.494+01:002015-09-12T14:13:42.494+01:00That's the thing about Britain, isn't it? ...That's the thing about Britain, isn't it? You can't go five feet without bumping into some ancient ruin that would have been made into a parking garage had it been in the US. I assume this one was abandoned with the dissolution of the monasteries? Funny how no one at the time thought to convert them into condos.Madelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506747179368082399noreply@blogger.com