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Bletchley Park Facing Financial Ruin
biscuitfever11 writes "Bletchley Park, the home of Station X, Britain's secret code-breaking base during World War II, is barely scraping by financially, as shown in these images compiled by ZDNet this week. The site has undergone major redevelopment as an act of remembrance for the Allied efforts to break the German Enigma code, but now its future is clouded — among others, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation turned them down for financial assistance (since it doesn't have to do with the Internet). Its director estimates that Bletchley Park's funds will be exhausted in three years. Hungry land developers are circling. This is an insightful look at what's happened to Bletchley Park these days and the pain it's going through."
Even the "run down" pictures look better than my working conditions.
when I go into the bathroom, I'm American.
You should see a doctor about that.
And when you're in the bathroom? European.
We have two organizations like this in the US:
The first is called Powerball - runs in many (not all states), and does almost the same thing... only costs a buck and a hope. The profits are divided among participating states and put towards public works projects (e.g. roads, schools, parks...)
The other one is called NASDAQ, though Lord only knows where the profits end up.
Quo usque tandem abutere, Nimbus, patientia nostra?
To be fair though if it really is that important to all those hippies and druids and the like you'd think they'd all cut their hair, get jobs and put some money towards doing something about it's preservation !