Re: They don't make things like they used to....
On Wed, 02 Mar 2005 02:18:39 +0900, Declan Murphy
<declan_murphy@hotmail.com> brought down from the Mount tablets
inscribed:
>necoandjeff wrote:
>> Declan Murphy wrote:
>>
>>>And signage in particular. This sign is at one of my fave local
>>>temples, but I never got around to taking a camera with me until
>>>recently.
>>>
>>>http://www.declan.tv/gallery/026.html
>>>
>>>Reckon it has been up since at least the end of the occupation.
>>
>> The way the U.S. military behaves in general, I wouldn't be surprised if
>> they just put it up yesterday...
>
>Strangely, the term "by command of the commanding general" brings up
>bugger all in google, compared to "by order of...". I wonder how many of
>these signs were originally put up, and why, and how many are left. This
>particular temple is in a pretty isolated area in the valleys east of town.
The "by command of the commanding general" bit, combined with the fact
that there is no conceivable reason why such a place should be
off-limits, leads me to believe the local temple came up with the sign
all by their lonesome.
--
Michael Cash
"Clowns to the left of me and jokers to the right, Mr. Cash.
Clowns and jokers."
Prof. Ernest T. Bass
Mount Pilot College
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