The Great Achievements of Your Country Thread

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Feeling a little bit down in response to all the rubbish and miserable or shameful things going in the world and to stop me moaning about it lol.
so wanted to try and focus more on what is lovely about our countries past or present. This will also help me focus more on the lovely and great things and feel more grateful for the people not just of my country but anyone who posts here of theirs, who’s sweat went into making the world a better place despite their sin.

I’ll start.

The seed drill by Jethro Tull.

Amazingly, Jethro was born in Berkshire and had no degree, in 1701 he invented the seed drill and it helped to space seeds correctly and then covered them so they could grow. He said his idea came from a conflict with his servants. Apparently they wouldn’t comply with his new methods of planting because they felt threatened in their position as labourers and their skill with the plough.EC2D7062-BA72-4DE4-8D0B-DF66AA6799A0.jpegD6C6CFA5-F899-43C3-BA7C-6CA2E438B43C.jpeg
 
I have this book to read called..The Values Compass
What 101 Countries teach us about purpose, Life and leadership by Dr Mandeep Rai

Under my own country the entry is about environmentalism - NZers try their best to look after their environment. After all we are the last islands in the world to be inhabited and we don't want to mess it up! It is listed under 'Communal Values'

If you tell me your country I can look up what it says about yours.
 
Ok under England

Your core value is Steadfastness

You people never give up. You face the Blitz and keep calm and carry on. You don't waver. You will carry on traditions till the end of time. You stick to your guns (not sure if we non-Englanders ought to be afraid of this). And you wait patiently in a queue.
 
I forgot about this thread Lanolin

Haha England sure has its fair share of peculiarities. Waiting in a cue is, for the most part, a minor annoyance like the Weather and your right about our stubbornness…

I’m still learning to let go of my idiosyncrasies.

I imagine kiwis are really adventurous and any ques they get in are filled with a short trip round a mountain first and then while they are waiting they be fixing their mountain bike barefoot.
Oh and don’t forget to “bring a plate”😊
 
Ha ha yes the infamous kiwi tiki tour.
I've just been on a garden ramble, it took all day, but it was a fun drive and stroll through a lot of gardens. We were up on a ridge overlooking the valley and could see wetlands and glimpse of the sea. Native bush all around, birds singing. It was great.
We bought our own sandwiches and cup of tea in a thermos. Though some of the gardens had treats for sale, I asked for a flower and one gardener dug one up for me for free.
 

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The Apollo 11 Moon Landing​

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Apollo 11 photo of earth taken from the Columbia courtesy of NASA. ​

Psalm 8:3-4​

King James Version​

3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;​

4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?​



In July 1969 the American Apollo 11 landed the first humans on the moon.

Commander Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin landed the Apollo Lunar Module (Eagle) on the moon’s surface on July 20, 1969. Armstrong became the first person to step onto the Moon's surface and Aldrin soon joined him soon afterwards for several hours of exploring while Michael Collins orbited overhead in command module Columbia.

Armstrong's first step onto the lunar surface was broadcast on live T.V. to a worldwide audience. He described the event as "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."

Among what they left behind on the moon was a plaque which reads, "Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the moon. July 1969 A.D. We came in peace for all mankind."

In addition to the accomplishment itself, the technology needed to realize this feat has reaped many benefits.
 
Via dolarossa said:
Was it ever live on U.K. tv or just US?
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We were watching the series, “The Crown”, season 3 or 4, and it portrayed Prince Philip as watching the landing live on the BBC. Latter that year it showed the Queen receiving the three Apollo astronauts at Buckingham Palace.

I don’t know enough to know if this is fact or creative license. :)

I remember watching it live but I don’t think I was old enough to have grasped the significance of it at the time.
 
Before my time (the moon landings)

Ok for US your 'change value' is Entrepreneurship

You can make a buck out of anything. Your land is the 'land of opportunity'. You are constantly on a quest for success - to be the first at anything. That makes you pioneers. You take a lot of risks and you face failure, but you always bounce back.
 
Lanolin said:
Before my time (the moon landings)

Ok for US your 'change value' is Entrepreneurship

You can make a buck out of anything. Your land is the 'land of opportunity'. You are constantly on a quest for success - to be the first at anything. That makes you pioneers. You take a lot of risks and you face failure, but you always bounce back.
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I prefer the US 'change value' than the uk. maybe thats where the saying selling sand to the Arabs came from.

Can you do Norway>? i'm going there soon. I may need a heads up😎
 
Norway has a 'change value' and it is diplomacy. When countries are at war/conflict with each other they look to Norway for help and keeping the peace.
Oslo is where the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded every year. It is where the Oslo Accords agreement were worked out between Palestine and Israel.
 
? I don't know much about it, though my cousins husbands family is Norwegian, and I had a Norwegian Forest Cat called Fluffy. She was quite regal and would never be involved in something as unseemly as a catfight.
 
Lanolin said:
Ok under England

Your core value is Steadfastness

You people never give up. You face the Blitz and keep calm and carry on. You don't waver. You will carry on traditions till the end of time. You stick to your guns (not sure if we non-Englanders ought to be afraid of this). And you wait patiently in a queue.
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Lanolin said:
Before my time (the moon landings)

Ok for US your 'change value' is Entrepreneurship

You can make a buck out of anything. Your land is the 'land of opportunity'. You are constantly on a quest for success - to be the first at anything. That makes you pioneers. You take a lot of risks and you face failure, but you always bounce back.
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This ‘Values Compass‘ book reads more like a Horoscope than anything else.
 
crossnote said:
This ‘Values Compass‘ book reads more like a Horoscope than anything else.
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I thought she is talking about cultural values . Like those that are up for change.
The things countries were ( or still are once known for and prejudiced) and have been stigmatised for That’s how I see it anyhoo, but yes I actually see your point
 
did you actually read the book?
I'm just paraphrasing it for you. The author went to over 100 different countries and knows what she is writing about. (She's actually a Sikh born in the UK)

I think it's very interesting what she wrote about New Zealand. But I also liked learning about what other countries value and how that plays out. I wouldn't say diplomacy is a bad thing, but this is what Norwegians value.

Each country has 2-3 page entry on their value and there are a lot of examples of the way their values are expressed in their culture.
 
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