How close is that?

wadcorp · **Posted:** Tue Jan 29, 2019 10:57 pm

H. G. Wells wrote The War of the Worlds closer to the American Revolutionary War than to today.

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Quinault · **Posted:** Wed Jan 30, 2019 6:09 am

Thanks for bringing up our very own Brexit. Bye, bye Britain.
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Carole · **Joined:** Mon Aug 15, 2016 11:08 am **Posts:** 590

Welcome to oblivion haha! :mrgreen:

David Too · **Joined:** Thu May 03, 2018 9:14 pm **Posts:** 226

wadcorp wrote:

H. G. Wells wrote The War of the Worlds closer to the American Revolutionary War than to today.

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That is a mind-boggling fact when you think about it.

Perfect Monster · **Joined:** Wed Aug 10, 2016 11:40 am **Posts:** 597

I don't really think so

All you have to do is pick some historical date, and then find an event which took place less than halfway between then and now.

For example:
- Man walking on the Moon is closer to WW2 than to today.
- JFK's assassination is closer to WW1 than to today.
- Bill Nelson's birth is closer to the start of the Boer Wars than to today. (Sorry, Bill!)

wadcorp · **Posted:** Wed Jan 30, 2019 6:18 pm

Back in the mid-1980s, I was visiting my parents in the senior living condo they'd moved to.

Their across-the-hall neighbors needed to have a chair moved, and asked if I could help with it. Sure. Easily taken care of. They were very nice & I visited with them a bit. He was also ex-Air Force. A fighter pilot. About 85 or so at the time.

As I said goodbye while standing in their entryway, I noticed a small framed certificate on the wall. Looking closer, I could see it was his graduation certificate from flight school… signed by Wilbur Wright. :shock:

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alec · **Posted:** Wed Jan 30, 2019 6:30 pm

Eno's solo in "Editions of You" on For Your Pleasure [Roxy Music, recorded February, 1973] and Eno's solo in "The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch" on Here Come the Warm Jets [Eno, recorded September, 1973]

www.billnelson.com

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