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“Petit Frère”. What do you mean by that?

Are you talking about: “Abd al Malik”, the rapper from Strasbourg? The guy who could be the most talented rapper ever…? (Mm, yes I actually think/know he is the best rapper ever or in any case any of them that I’ve heard of.)

What about the other one? “Abd al-Malik” or “Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan”? Surely, he was the caliph of Damascus in AD a very long time ago…

“Petit Frère”? Honestly and with the outmost respect. I really don’t say that in a manner that would suggest that I know any better.

Sure, “Petit frère” does mean “little brother”, but that is not what I’m saying/what I mean nor how it is used?

It could very well be: “Grand”, “Le grand” or “Cousin”. Why do you mean?

How can that be? Is it like that?

It is a saying. It has nothing todo with age or relation.

It is a saying. It is courtesy, it is an act of friendliness or a show of respect.

However, everyone who is civilased, know that it is a question of family.

Yes, for ever, ever, ever and ever.

Fabio & Grooverider on rinse.fm.

I can’t imagine a more beautiful thing on a crisp, bone-chilling Sunday in the very Northern regions of the civilised World.

Emperor Hadrianus was clearly a sensible man, he constructed the wall on an island mid-continental.

The unsurpassable Caeser left the Germanics to their own faith long before that, basically because he could not beat the bearded ones.

We’ve never even been close to seeing paved roads, any Romans or any others at all for that matter…

Mm, true I do not have a beard and the Germanics did drop by, but that was thousands of years later and as is a well known fact that they did not linger, here up north.

Sometimes you need to use capital spelled words… for ever, ever, ever and ever.

“‘Do not play that…’ [the track is called ‘Pistol Shot’], and even more somber times ahead, ‘seriously?’ ‘as the last tune, I got nothing that can follow that. I got nothing that can follow that.'” ‘That thing there…'”. I well better have a sit-down.

So, Twisted Individual is back? “Larry” that’s just more scarry than normal. The eternal breaks.

For ever.

Folkhemmet

Folkhemmet, the Swedish Welfare State, is a term used by social democratic politician Per Albin Hansson to describe an equal society without class differences, characterised by mutual understanding.

In Folkhemmet’s Sweden, everyone was entitled to decent housing.

The era of Folkhemmet was roughly between 1930 and 1965.

The housing situation in Sweden in the early 20th century

At the beginning of the 20th century, Sweden was a country with large class differences. Many people lived in small spaces in dark, old-fashioned apartments. The rent could be high. Having a lodger was common, even if the apartment did not have a separate living room or bedroom. Hygiene was a problem. Only having access to cold water and an outdoor privy made it difficult for people to keep themselves, their clothes and their homes clean.

Various initiatives were taken to improve the housing situation, including some non-profit housing foundations as well as the early own-your-own-home movement and later co-operative housing associations, such as HSB.

The 1930’s saw the start of a social housing study, the aim being to chart the situation in Sweden and to produce guidelines for housing policy. After the Second World War, efforts were made by national and local authorities to tackle the housing shortage and improve standards. The goal was good housing at a reasonable cost for residents: a maximum of two people per room, excluding the kitchen. Rent should equate to around one-fifth of an industrial worker’s pay.

The new apartments were built according to the Functionalist ideal presented at the Stockholm Expo in 1930 – ideally dual-perspective windows, and easy to clean without unnecessary edging on doors and cupboards. Great care was also taken with the fixtures and fittings.

Different studies were carried out to discover how a housewife used her workspace, the home. This is were Hemmens forskningsinstitut – literally The Household Research Institute – which was formed in 1944, played an important role.

The apartment from the era of Folkhemmet is produced by Nordiska museet 2013.

https://www.nordiskamuseet.se/