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OneMoreRobot3021


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Re: Are your parents immigrants? Mine are. [Re: InTheFlesh714]
#5668750 - 05/24/06 01:04 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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For a while he would fall asleep under the window clutching a baseball bat cause he thought the reds were coming after him...but they didn't really give him any trouble.
Unless you mean right when he first ran away...they simply couldn't keep up with him because he was in better shape.
-------------------- Acid doesn't give you truths; it builds machines that push the envelope of perception. Whatever revelations came to me then have dissolved like skywriting. All I really know is that those few years saddled me with a faith in the redemptive potential of the imagination which, however flat, stale and unprofitable the world seems to me now, I cannot for the life of me shake. -Erik Davis
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Burke Dennings
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No. Just this past year, my aunt went about as far as she could with our American geneology, and my German relatives came here in the 1680's. It's pretty wild... she had to read all these old ship manifests written in archaic German and shit. I think she's actually planning a trip over there to meet our divergent relatives from more than 3 centuries ago.
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Yeah, I was asking about when he first got off the ship and ran. Did the officer go after him or did he just slip away in seconds?
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OneMoreRobot3021


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Re: Are your parents immigrants? Mine are. [Re: InTheFlesh714]
#5668768 - 05/24/06 01:10 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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They chased him but imagine, this is a crowded marketplace, and my dad had a good jump start. He knew what road to run towards and everything, he had a plan in his head.
-------------------- Acid doesn't give you truths; it builds machines that push the envelope of perception. Whatever revelations came to me then have dissolved like skywriting. All I really know is that those few years saddled me with a faith in the redemptive potential of the imagination which, however flat, stale and unprofitable the world seems to me now, I cannot for the life of me shake. -Erik Davis
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Thats an amazing story.
How was it that he originally came to be at odds with the soviet government?
Was it a moral/political thing?
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OneMoreRobot3021


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Re: Are your parents immigrants? Mine are. [Re: domite]
#5668772 - 05/24/06 01:13 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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He just grew up hating the communist system. And he came from a rather well-off family, too, so it's not like he was one of the downtrodden workers. But I guess the education his wealth afforded him got him thinking critically about the system.
He looooooves Ayn Rand.
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Haha, i thought The Fountainhead was pretty great actually.
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OneMoreRobot3021 said: They chased him but imagine, this is a crowded marketplace, and my dad had a good jump start. He knew what road to run towards and everything, he had a plan in his head.
Thats exactly what I had pictured in my head, great story.
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OneMoreRobot3021


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Re: Are your parents immigrants? Mine are. [Re: domite]
#5668793 - 05/24/06 01:18 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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domite said: Haha, i thought The Fountainhead was pretty great actually.
So did I, and while I don't completely agree with the objectivist philosophy set forth by Rand (sometimes it's simply *too* selfish), I definitely respect and understand it and see where she's coming from.
I just read Anthem the other day, and it really is amazing.
-------------------- Acid doesn't give you truths; it builds machines that push the envelope of perception. Whatever revelations came to me then have dissolved like skywriting. All I really know is that those few years saddled me with a faith in the redemptive potential of the imagination which, however flat, stale and unprofitable the world seems to me now, I cannot for the life of me shake. -Erik Davis
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Is that the one she wrote where the only pronoun in the whole book is "we."?
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OneMoreRobot3021


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Re: Are your parents immigrants? Mine are. [Re: domite]
#5668801 - 05/24/06 01:20 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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Until the protagonist rediscovers the lost word I, yeah.
-------------------- Acid doesn't give you truths; it builds machines that push the envelope of perception. Whatever revelations came to me then have dissolved like skywriting. All I really know is that those few years saddled me with a faith in the redemptive potential of the imagination which, however flat, stale and unprofitable the world seems to me now, I cannot for the life of me shake. -Erik Davis
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That's a great story, OMR! Mad props to your pops! 
My parents were 3rd generation Americans. My mom's family were all Scots-Irish ands my dad's family are all mostly Greek. Strange mix, huh? That's the nature of most family bloodlines in America, theses days. Anyway, thanks for sharing that little tidbit of your family's past.
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Wow! What a cool story. Did you tell that story to Phred?
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domite
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Somehow I knew that was gonna happen at the end.
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Burke Dennings
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Re: Are your parents immigrants? Mine are. [Re: InTheFlesh714]
#5668838 - 05/24/06 01:30 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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InTheFlesh714 said: But my grandpa on my dads side, they came here on the Mayflower,
Are you saying that your father's father was alive almost 400 years ago? Incredible. My grandmother was born in 1921.
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First off, I'm a caucasian that was adopted by Japanese parents. My grandparents on both sides of the family moved to Canada shortly before the second world war, and had many children. After the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbour, the Canadian government (And American for that matter) rounded up all the Japanese they could find and put themin internment camps. It didn't matter if you were born in Canada or not...the fact that you were Japanese was enough reason to take ALL of your worldly posessions and ship you off to internment camps. Both of my parents were born in Canada and spoke perfect English, yet both sides of the family were required to forfeit everything they owned to the government and move to the mainland 'just in case' they were spies.
Many years laster, all Japanese Canadians were paid $40,000 each as compensation. Japanese Americans weren't as lucky.
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yes. my parents are immigrants.
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Noetical
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OneMoreRobot3021 said: I just read Anthem the other day, and it really is amazing.
Me too like last Wednesday.
I was left with a "this is pretty cool but their needs to be more story too it" kinda feeling. It was good I guess I was just hoping for abit more.
I still have Atlas Shrugged just sitting around collecting dust. The sheer size frightens me.
As for the topic at hand my grandparents on my father's side both came from England and my great grandparents on my mother's side came from the now defunct Asserabia.
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both my parents were immigrants to the US during the 60s. it was during the "brain trade," parents graduated as engineers (chemical and electrical/mechanical) and were able to get working visas and land successful jobs to climb up the ladder quite quickly.
my mom came from a rather rich family so her reasons to move to the US was simply due to the fact that all her friends were doing it. as for my father...he stepped out of the plane with about 50 dollars to his name, worked his arse off and sent 90% of his money back home to educate his younger brothers and sisters. in due time he was able to buy a car (a ford torino) and told us of his experiences of chasing away these guys who syphoned out gasoline on the first night he owned his car.
my parents met in the US, through friends...my dad stalked my mom (literarly stalked) for a good 2 years until she agreed to go out with him. 1 year later they both went back home to get married, had my sister..then 8 years later had me.
my father has gone through a lot of hardships and i really admire him...there's more to the story than the shortened version i just wrote...a lot of family history full of drama on my father's side. i'm really proud of my parent's accomplishments and admire them for all their hard work.
note: so you're half estonian? kas te räägite eesti kelt? estonia is a very beautiful country..most ex soviet baltic states are...
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Re: Are your parents immigrants? Mine are. [Re: boO]
#5669740 - 05/24/06 06:40 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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boO said: note: so you're half estonian? kas te räägite eesti kelt? estonia is a very beautiful country..most ex soviet baltic states are...
Heh, I don't speak Estonian. or Russian for that matter. I was the only one of three kids that really didn't soak up Russian culture...I'm pretty fucking American, and proud of it.
-------------------- Acid doesn't give you truths; it builds machines that push the envelope of perception. Whatever revelations came to me then have dissolved like skywriting. All I really know is that those few years saddled me with a faith in the redemptive potential of the imagination which, however flat, stale and unprofitable the world seems to me now, I cannot for the life of me shake. -Erik Davis
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