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17 Apr 2009, 9:37 pm

What peculiar interest do you guys have?

For some reason, I have always had an interest in public housing. I have always wanted to know the history behind them. I've always wanted to know the lifestyle African Americans endured in public housing from the 1950s through the 1980s. I think public housing is a huge part of American history that many ignore.


What peculiar interest do you have that you refuse to discuss with NT people?



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18 Apr 2009, 10:53 am

right now im really all up on fire agates. i could talk about it forever really, and why not? since they are such beautiful gems :D



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18 Apr 2009, 12:35 pm

knowledgeiskey wrote:
What peculiar interest do you guys have?

For some reason, I have always had an interest in public housing. I have always wanted to know the history behind them. I've always wanted to know the lifestyle African Americans endured in public housing from the 1950s through the 1980s. I think public housing is a huge part of American history that many ignore.


What peculiar interest do you have that you refuse to discuss with NT people?


public housing IS interesting. in norway houses are "reserved" for the middle class, since nobody builds "shacks". this turned out to be a kindova problem when they tried "extreme makeover home edition" in norway, cus all the poor people live in: public housing apartments, that cant be torn down for show.

when im in valencia, in spain, i find the old and "boring" apartment blocks more interesting than the new and flashy office buildings, or the attractions like castles and cathedrals and stuff.

i want a digicam, and i wanna take pics of the blocks. doing a google search, i find a TRILLION pics of the castles and stuff, and NOTHING... ONE pic, that i am not even allowed to link, of the tenement blocks. :(


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18 Apr 2009, 1:43 pm

im about to win this bad boy

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18 Apr 2009, 1:48 pm

richardbenson wrote:
im about to win this bad boy

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what... IS... that? :S


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18 Apr 2009, 2:01 pm

its a 30 ct fire agate from deer creek. isnt it beautiful? :D
i gotta go pay for it in an hour



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18 Apr 2009, 4:32 pm

I have a highly peculiar interest in WWII weapons, which is weird considering what they were used for, and that I'd never considering owning one.

Chiang Kai-shek rifle:
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Karabiner 98:
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Mosin-Nagant:
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Sturmgewehr 44:
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Bergmann MP18:
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STEN:
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Suomi-konepistooli 31:
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Fallschirmjägergewehr 42:
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Gewehr 43:
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Panzerfaust:
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Panzerschreck:
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Beretta Model 38:
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Type 99 Rifle:
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Type 99 Light Machine Gun:
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Tokarev SVT-40:
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PPSh-41:
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PPS-43:
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DP Machine Gun:
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Lee-Enfield SMLE MkIII:
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Projector, Infantry, Anti Tank (PIAT):
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Boys Anti-tank Rifle:
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M1 Garand:
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M1 Carbine:
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M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle:
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Springfield M1903:
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Thompson Machine Gun:
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Bazooka:
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18 Apr 2009, 5:19 pm

- Mummies

- Diseases

- Old houses (I take pics of them)

- Old medicine bottles (stuff that was common back in the day but illegal now)

- Egyptian junk

- Vintage clothing

- Paints

- Insects

- Cats

- Mythology

- Calligraphy

- Clay

- Scrap books

- Photos

- Cameras

- Gemstones

- Crystals

- Plants

- Beading and jewlery

- Music (mainly the piano and music books)


...that's all I could think of. I don't usually share many of these interests with other people.


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18 Apr 2009, 5:33 pm

Organised crime. Between that and my main interest (Italy), I have a secret wish to have been born into a mafia family. That weird enough for you? :lol:


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18 Apr 2009, 7:32 pm

I love Routemaster buses and I'm also interested in The Pearly Kings and Queens, Beefeaters, black cabs and the Tower Bridge.


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18 Apr 2009, 7:53 pm

gina-ghettoprincess wrote:
Organised crime. Between that and my main interest (Italy), I have a secret wish to have been born into a mafia family. That weird enough for you? :lol:


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italian mafiosos rule everything and everyone


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20 Apr 2009, 11:26 pm

- Anime characters
- Imaginary friends & imaginary worlds, particularly those of other autistic people
- Childbirth



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20 Apr 2009, 11:40 pm

Last few months has been carborettor driven engines from 1970-1975 GH cars

Before that Breeding fish

Before that rave dancing

Before that playing in a Deth metal band

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I could go on.

Where the heck do i find the time.

BTW that fire agat is amazing... sure it isn't some type of lead glass?