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Great Bitter Lake Association, the Sort-of-Micronation Formed in the Suez Canal

284 点作者 mellowhype大约 4 年前

17 条评论

mckirk大约 4 年前
I 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.
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tgsovlerkhgsel大约 4 年前
The 1.5 million beer bottles sounded like a gross exaggeration, but with 14 ships, over 8 years, that&#x27;s about 34 bottles per day per ship, which makes it seem potentially plausible for a bunch of very bored sailors, depending on how big the skeleton crews were.<p>I like that apparently some form of agreement was reached to keep them well supplied.
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ericol大约 4 年前
This is an excellent post. Bear in mind it&#x27;s a transcription of a podcast episode (And my advise would be to hear it).<p>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.
garyclarke27大约 4 年前
Surprisingly 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!
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aasasd大约 4 年前
IIRC Sealand sells post cards, as part of its general merchandise thing (along with nobility titles). Not sure about stamps though.<p>Another quasi-governmental curio is that, again IIRC, Spain has <i>several</i>, maybe even a dozen or something, local currencies. All being traded just fine in their communities. (I think the US also has or had at least a couple, though those were essentially just checks of some co-op banks, and thus nothing new in the country.)<p>Also I remember reading about a currency established by a gang that controlled a part of a city—and which currency ended up being used more actively in the city than the country&#x27;s currency, because it was more stable. Don&#x27;t recall where it was: possibly northern Africa, maybe Ethiopia or Eritrea.
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kevwil大约 4 年前
More of this please! Far more interesting and entertaining than anything coming out of Hollywood or Washington D.C. lately.
mxmilkiib大约 4 年前
Aside; &#x27;Bitter Lake&#x27; documentary by Adam Curtis (2015) <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=84P4dzow1Bw" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=84P4dzow1Bw</a>
boringg大约 4 年前
Didn&#x27;t know what I was clicking on here... totally worth it. Great little piece of history. I love this kind of weird ripple effect that happens in the world.
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mladeny大约 4 年前
Fantastic morning read. Thank you so much for sharing. What a story and display of human decency and comradeship at a time of war.<p>Stories like these need to be told more often, as they give hope to humanity in the toughest of times.
nanna大约 4 年前
Surely someone will make a movie or a series out of this in the future.<p>For posterity, how long will that take?<p>I&#x27;ll start the bidding at ten years.
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sorokod大约 4 年前
By the way, the Egyptian stamps are marked UAR [1], an echo of the union between Egypt and Syria.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;United_Arab_Republic" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;United_Arab_Republic</a>
tshanmu大约 4 年前
This is so HN. Thanks!
newdude116大约 4 年前
Shameless plug:<p>A micronation that I am a member of:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.letsbuyanisland.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.letsbuyanisland.com&#x2F;</a>
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yitchelle大约 4 年前
Side topic - Roman Mars does a great job hosting this podcast. Has many, many different takes on the status quo.
gumby大约 4 年前
I nice lockdown story.
lmilcin大约 4 年前
&gt; It runs vertically between Egypt and the rest of the Middle East (...)<p>Pretty sure it runs horizontally. Vertical channel would be called waterfall.
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Shivetya大约 4 年前
Related : 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.