Americans are like, this house is historic it was built in 1950
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@swampgas Yes, an old castle from around 1150 and some ~4000 y o petroglyphs.
@ambivalena so wild to me. Do you feel any sort of connection to the builders of those buildings? I know you feel an old connection to the land
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Americans are like, this house is historic it was built in 1950
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@jake4480 zero connection to human history
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@ambivalena so wild to me. Do you feel any sort of connection to the builders of those buildings? I know you feel an old connection to the land
@swampgas Well in some way yes, but more to this place that is more close to where I grew up.
A ruin from an old monastery, about the same age as me
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@swampgas Well in some way yes, but more to this place that is more close to where I grew up.
A ruin from an old monastery, about the same age as me
@ambivalena that whole system of abbeys and monasteries is really wild to me. I kind of long for something similar except maybe without the desperate poverty and feudalism, lol
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Americans are like, this house is historic it was built in 1950
@swampgas Something I've heard said many a time, about the difference between Americans and Brits (probably applies to other countries too): Americans think 100 years is a long time, Brits think 100 miles is a long way.
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@swampgas Something I've heard said many a time, about the difference between Americans and Brits (probably applies to other countries too): Americans think 100 years is a long time, Brits think 100 miles is a long way.
@RolloTreadway thats funny. Its the same distance from my house to los angeles as it is from london to rome and we consider it as being pretty close
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@ambivalena that whole system of abbeys and monasteries is really wild to me. I kind of long for something similar except maybe without the desperate poverty and feudalism, lol
@swampgas Well the poverty and the feudalism I would gladly be without. But... I would say we are moving towards a modern kind of the same these days.
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Americans are like, this house is historic it was built in 1950
@swampgas
I live in a house from 1847.
The oldest building here (a cath. church in this really small village) was first mentioned as a donation in 790. -
@ambivalena just curious, whats the oldest building near you? Its probably like 800 years old

@swampgas @ambivalena The nearest castle to me was built by the Normans in the 11th century. It’s been around a while.


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@swampgas Well the poverty and the feudalism I would gladly be without. But... I would say we are moving towards a modern kind of the same these days.
@ambivalena i think youre right
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@swampgas @ambivalena The nearest castle to me was built by the Normans in the 11th century. It’s been around a while.


@gavin57 they dont build em like they used to, lol
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@swampgas Something I've heard said many a time, about the difference between Americans and Brits (probably applies to other countries too): Americans think 100 years is a long time, Brits think 100 miles is a long way.
@RolloTreadway @swampgas Came here to say this!
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Americans are like, this house is historic it was built in 1950
@swampgas The oldest standing building in Phoenix (a city of over 5 million people) was erected in 1870. (Of course Arizona has some very old buildings, but not still in use or in metro areas.)
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