The Man Who Bought Stonehendge

Stonehenge, advertised in 1915, was bought for £660 by a man called Cecil Chubb who, mistakenly thinking his wife might like it as a gift, ended up giving it to the nation.

One of the cool nuggets found in this article on 125 years of property sold through Country Life (a publication I was unaware of but take is big in England).

The Man Who Bought Stonehenge

Stonehenge, advertised in 1915, was bought for £660 by a man called Cecil Chubb who, mistakenly thinking his wife might like it as a gift, ended up giving it to the nation.

One of the cool nuggets found in this article on 125 years of property sold through Country Life (a publication I was unaware of but take is big in England).

The Man Who Bought Stonehenge

Stonehenge, advertised in 1915, was bought for £660 by a man called Cecil Chubb who, mistakenly thinking his wife might like it as a gift, ended up giving it to the nation.

One of the cool nuggets found in this article on 125 years of property sold through Country Life (a publication I was unaware of but take is big in England).

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- This looks like a cool exhibit

- Just love this photo - Stonehenge's groundskeeper mowing the grass in 1955 

- It's a Wonderful Life in 30-seconds (re-enacted by bunnies)

- Ho Ho Ho

- Santa Claus was a shroom-tripping shaman?

- Santa painted into great works of art

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Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Detailed look at all of Danny Ainge's NBA Draft picks

- Sad but this pretty much sums up the immigration debate

- Interesting - Stonehenge builders may have used Pythagoras' theorem 2,000 years before the Greek philosopher was even born. Bonus in the article the possible origin of the phrase "length of time."

- WTF? Seriously WTF?

- Germany's largest auto makers back abolition of EU-US car import tariffs. Interesting to see if this is a wedge issue dividing Germany and France in the EU.

- I've said it before but how ironic is it that Hillary Clinton's Presidential hopes may have been dashed by a sexual predator who was not her husband.

- I laughed too hard at this (hat tip Borepatch)

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Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- 12 things JK Rowling has revealed after the publication of last book. No real news here for big Harry Potter fans.

- Grantland has a look back at the failure of the Russian Sochi Winter Olympics.

- I just love this photo - Stonehedge's gardener mowing the grass 1955

- Cool - nice summary of places to go for free content for your iPhone, iPad, Kindle, etc.

- The 20 most popular Ted Talks

- Good on you JetBlue

Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

I would pay good money to see a remake of the movie Barfly if it had Jay Cutler playing the Mickey Rourke role... Archaeologists make an incredible discovery at Stonehenge... When did people first start involving God in an act of sternutation?... I would also pay good money to see a remake of the movie Paint Your Wagon if it had NFL Network's Rich Eisen playing the Lee Marvin role... Bob Ryan on the recently deceased Marvin Barnes... Sternutation by the way is sneezing. Saved you the trouble of having to look that up... If there was a Church of Bacon - I'd be a parishioner. Maybe even a priest...

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting and thought I'd share.

- 10 Things to Remember About Memorial Day

- An American Hero Lost - Rest in Peace - LT John Finn

- What Obama has been doing while the Gulf Coast dies

- Heh heh - bad postcards

- Can you spot the IT consultant?

- List of athletes who hurt themselves celebrating

- Sometimes the headline says it all

- I agree that 51 million pounds sounds like way too low a price for Stonehenge