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10 years ago @ http://sssscomic.com/c... - Stand Still. Stay Sile... · 0 replies · +1 points

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Are you my unknown twin? This is EXACTLY what happened with me and the books, and, as a consequence, never watched the TV show. (I do watch some TV, though; just not... on a TV.)

10 years ago @ http://sssscomic.com/c... - Stand Still. Stay Sile... · 0 replies · +1 points

Cabbage and sweet pepper contain oodles of vitamin C, and leafy greens often contain more vitamins and minerals and stuff than fruits do. So you don't really need to live with scurvy just because you can't get oranges or mangoes. It just means getting the vitamins in a less luxurious way. :)

10 years ago @ http://sssscomic.com/c... - Stand Still. Stay Sile... · 0 replies · +1 points

Well, I grant that *younger* people in the '70s wouldn't have been caught dead in a waistcoat, unless it was hand-knitted from plant-dyed hand-spun wool and they generally wore their hair long... :) It was still standard in the '60s, though, and some older people who stuck to the business suit-and-tie did continue to wear them into the '70s, even though they were in the minority. I guess it depends on where you lived. I don't think they went completely out of fashion quite as fast in the UK as in, say, Sweden.

10 years ago @ http://sssscomic.com/c... - Stand Still. Stay Sile... · 3 replies · +1 points

I don't see any 1910 outfits on this page. The women wear modern "female business suits" type of clothing and neither of the men are wearing a tie or a cravat. Waistcoats were worn as part of the standard suit as late as the 1970s, and are still worn by some people, especially when they want to keep warm. The only thing that looks really old-fashioned to me is the monocle, which is obviously an affectation.

10 years ago @ http://sssscomic.com/c... - Stand Still. Stay Sile... · 7 replies · +1 points

On the other hand, "folk costume" in poor, rural areas has generally tended to preserve styles and attributes of an earlier, more affluent (or culturally more central) period, with little or no change. Fashion as such only happens to people who can a) afford it and b) hear about it. So it might make sense that a few thousand people stuck on an isolated island for almost a century with no outside influences, no real affluence, not much of a textile industry except for yarn and knitwear, and (possibly) no time for creativity might actually have preserved the fashions of pre-apocalypse, boring as it may seem.

10 years ago @ http://sssscomic.com/c... - Stand Still. Stay Sile... · 1 reply · +1 points

I've been told by horse people I know that dealing with horses is basically about making them (and yourself) believe that you are much bigger and stronger than they are, because if they realise that it's the other way around, you're fried.

10 years ago @ http://sssscomic.com/c... - Stand Still. Stay Sile... · 0 replies · +1 points

I think the word is just "razor". :)

10 years ago @ http://sssscomic.com/c... - Stand Still. Stay Sile... · 0 replies · +1 points

With Árni still in there, I presume. :)

10 years ago @ http://sssscomic.com/c... - Stand Still. Stay Sile... · 0 replies · +1 points

Incredibly gorgeous page, this one!

I love how the previous prologues have all faded to black, while this one fades to white -- perhaps Iceland, being more isolated, and their borders so harshly guarded, will do better than the rest of the world?

Or perhaps not. Perhaps the seas will turn red with the blood of the desperate few, and then all will be... silence.

10 years ago @ http://sssscomic.com/c... - Stand Still. Stay Sile... · 2 replies · +1 points

I'm wondering the same thing as Sara Margrét above, is it not supposed to be Árni instead of Àrni? I'm not Icelandic of course but I've never seen the grave accent used in Icelandic, only the acute. Any Icelander who knows better, please tell me if I'm wrong!

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