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[perchie.girl]

I actually think that the swastika is slowly loosing some of the stigma... Depending on how it is used.

The symbol and flag for the isle of mann is actually just a swastika.

And there are many swastkas in Japan and northern India.


The swastika was actually used at least twice, symbolizing a large migrations of people from the general area of the Ukraine out to many corners of the world.. Including Japan, over to Ireland and the Isle of Mann, as well as Northern India and the Americas.

When seen in that light it is a super cool and fascinating thing.

The following link is from the Holocaust Encyclopedia

http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007453

its been used for more than 5000 years... representing good fortune.

What Hitler did debased its meaning.

deb

 

[drumstick diva]

The Swastiska is NOT losing it's stigma to me, and it never will. Hitler turned it into something horrendous, and decades of hate groups have been keeping it alive.

 

[Alaskan]

True.....

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Let's get on a better subject, y'all.

Apparently my alarms decided to reset themselves last night and now are a mild buzz with a barely audible "meep meep." I'm lucky I don't sleep well and woke up and decided to check the time.

 

[Beer can]

I always double check my alarm and make sure it isn't set on radio with volume all the way down, have to use beeper, radio will drop station and loud static doesn't wake me up. Two alarms is a must cell first followed by clock or I get a call from work!!!

 

[Bunnylady]

Somewhere back around the dawn of time, I had a clock radio with an alarm that sounded like an electronic fog horn. It would absolutely scare me spitless to have that thing go off just a foot or so from my head; I dreaded it going off. It didn't take many times of me waking with my heart pounding to train my brain to it. Most of the time, just setting it was enough to make me wake up a few minutes before it went off, so I could turn it off before it started making that horrible racket. For the most part, I still work that way, even though the radio is set to music (or static) rather than alarm.

 

[Woodsdweller]

Back when I needed an alarm, I had those wind up Big Ben thingys. After throwing and destroying one or two of em, I started putting them on a dresser across the room. Less expensive to use them that way. Now I just have a clock on the nightstand to let me know what time it is when I get up in the middle of the night to............well some of ya already can guess. Being less young, traded one annoyance for another.

 

[Latestarter]

Man... I remember the years when I needed 2 alarms to make sure I got/woke up... sometimes even that wasn't enough. Not needed anymore... now I keep glancing over at the danged thing to see how much longer I can doze till it goes off. Sure would be nice to get an actual full night's sleep once in a while. Can't remember the last time it happened.

 

[chickadoodles]

Scg I hope your hen heals quickly.

Diva have you found any good new ice cream flavors lately?

 

[perchie.girl]

there is an alarm my son wants The minute it rings it launches itself across the room and you have to get up out of bed to find it to shut it off.....