My dad taught me. He had a poster on the door of the tool cupboard because the colours had changed. I was the only one in the Brownies and Guides who could do it.

Interesting.
Both Hieroglyphs and Cuneiform were around about 3-4 thousand years BC. If true, this is a major find. Mankind has clearly been making marks for a long time, but a written form of language is specific to there being a consensus of meaning attached to symbols and a culture of passing on the learning and interpretation of these meanings.
I also find it interesting when we know of cultures who have almost no writing, for example some native north, south and central American tribes. Is this evidence of a predominately oral culture or something else? One commonality of all cultures is artistic development. I cannot think of a civilisation that didn't produce art in some form or other.
What the writing is used for tells us a great deal about a civilisation, because the medium is the message.
The key moments for mankind were speaking, writing (including reading), publishing/printing (and now its extension of the internet). I wonder if there is another milestone awaiting us.

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You said that Trump's address to the union was unworthy.

What did he do?

At the risk of offending the Uniparty, I would like to see this man deported.
If anyone who wants him to stay can explain to me why he would benefit society, I'm all ears.

Yep. the really fun part is that we've been conditioned to pretend it is normal, or that it would be better if we just had nice thoughts about the problem and pretended that maybe our unkind thoughts might be the problem.

It's probably my fault because I didn't clap on Thursdays. And those rainbow lanyards don't pay for themselves.

There are so many weak men around.
They are dangerous.

I hear that Iran is great for *trans* so I'm sure he'd be made very welcome.

I too remember that night.
We had just come back from a family holiday and after putting the kids to bed we settled with a glass of wine and a film on the TV. Without fail, every single advert featured a newspaper claiming to have exclusive photos of Dodi and Di. We were sick of it. We thought it intrusive and salacious. I remember saying to my husband that it would serve the media right if something horrible happened to the couple because their obsessive coverage was so unpleasant.
I woke up to the news of the crash on the radio.
I've often wondered if it were my fault.