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Berlin Wall Will Have Been Down for as Long as It Was Up

posted by janrinok on Monday February 05 2018, @10:32PM   Printer-friendly
from the how-many-of-us-remember-it-now? dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

The Berlin wall was erected on 13 August 1961. It was breached on 9 November 1989, after 28 years, 2 months and 27 days (10315 days, to be exact). Counting forward another 28 years, 2 months and 27 days (or just 10315 days, you get the same answer) takes us to tomorrow, 5 February 2018.

Below is the blog entry I posted on the twentieth anniversary of the Fall of the Wall, in 2009. Since then, I have continued to enjoy visiting Berlin; and I always pay my respects to the Wall and its memories, for me and for many others.

https://nwhyte.livejournal.com/2959427.html

[Editor's Comment: I too had the pleasure of serving in Berlin on 2 separate tours of duty, alongside US and French colleagues. The city was vibrant and full of places to see and things to do. However, I never lost the feeling that we lived in a very restricted environment. I was one of the fortunate ones in that my military duties meant I also had the opportunity to work in what was then East Germany. I'm glad that those days are long gone.]

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  • (Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 05 2018, @10:48PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 05 2018, @10:48PM (#633503)

    Build a wall !

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  • (Score: 1) by Sulla on Monday February 05 2018, @11:27PM

    by Sulla (5173) on Monday February 05 2018, @11:27PM (#633530) Journal

    Stupid Russian shills, its "Build That Wall!". With that kind of ability you will never be able to pull off altering the results of the midterm elections!

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    Ceterum censeo Sinae esse delendam

  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 06 2018, @02:05AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 06 2018, @02:05AM (#633585)

    Trump: "Can I have the Berlin wall? Putin told me he's not using it right now."