By the way, the Egyptian stamps are marked UAR [1], an echo of the union between Egypt and Syria.
Great Bitter Lake Association, the Sort-of-Micronation Formed in the Suez Canal
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#12Surely someone will make a movie or a series out of this in the future. For posterity, how long will that take? I'll start the bidding at ten years.
On another micronaton which was founded in the Adriatic sea you can watch "The island of Roses" on Netflix.
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#13Fantastic morning read. Thank you so much for sharing. What a story and display of human decency and comradeship at a time of war.
Stories like these need to be told more often, as they give hope to humanity in the toughest of times.
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#14Surprisingly interesting read, I had never heard of this. After 8 years - only the German ships where able to make it out under their own steam!
Only if we build things like we used to... West Germany and Germany in general has been known for the reliability and durability of their goods. German quality is top notch.
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#15Side topic - Roman Mars does a great job hosting this podcast. Has many, many different takes on the status quo.
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#16This is an excellent post. Bear in mind it's a transcription of a podcast episode (And my advise would be to hear it).
The last time this one was on HN it got me hooked on podcasts. 99% is usually of a good quality, but this episode was just too good.
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#17Surely someone will make a movie or a series out of this in the future. For posterity, how long will that take? I'll start the bidding at ten years.
What would you do as a plot? The pilot episode with the start of the war would surely be interesting, but the wait+party time of the next 8 years would probably not make for a good plot. Except if you'd want to make a party movie, but that would probably go against the spirit of the GBLA.
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#18Related : As the article mentioned, if you are a serious collector then ebay is your place. Even the most obscure of items can be found and in some cases in significant quantity to let you get an understanding on value.
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#19Surely someone will make a movie or a series out of this in the future. For posterity, how long will that take? I'll start the bidding at ten years.
What would you do as a plot? The pilot episode with the start of the war would surely be interesting, but the wait+party time of the next 8 years would probably not make for a good plot. Except if you'd want to make a party movie, but that would probably go against the spirit of the GBLA.
Opening scenes - war, realising they were stuck. Then the drama of eight years of hanging about and drinking - there must have been romances, conflicts, gossip, smuggling, fights among the crew. And what's the story of the one female member? Plenty to make a great film out of I bet. And if not someone could always 'base' it on 'real life events'.
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#20I was fully expecting this to be about a micronation founded by the crews of the stranded freighters last week. Wouldn't have been the strangest thing to happen recently.
Me too, it would be bound to happen if they would start to be stuck longer that they did.