List of commonly misused English words - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Illustrated example: the Jupiter AM-13 Rocket was DISCRETE, but Gordo "The Space Monkey" was DISCREET

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List of commonly misused English words - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Let's illustrate an example, with a maximum card.

"discreet and discrete. 

Discreet means "circumspect". 
Discrete means "having separate parts", as opposed to contiguous.'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commonly_misused_English_words

The Jupiter AM-13 Rocket was DISCRETE, but Gordo "The Space Monkey" was DISCREET.

The poor "squirrel monkey" had no freakin' idea that SPACE TRAVEL is next.

So it was probably circumspect, in his own way...

"Gordo was one of the first monkeys to travel into space. 

As part of the NASA space program, Gordo, also known as "Old Reliable", was launched from Cape Canaveral on December 13, 1958 in the U.S. Jupiter AM-13 rocket. 

The rocket would travel over 1500 miles and reach a height of 310 miles (500 km) before returning to Earth and landing in the South Atlantic. 

A technical malfunction prevented the capsule's parachute from opening and, despite a short search, neither his body nor the vessel were ever recovered.^[1]"

:(

Beautifully-designed maxicard from Romania.

See that blue planet in the vastness of space?

That's ours!

Until we screw-up...

"Mary, Queen of Scots"? No, "Marie of Edinburgh, Queen of Romanians". Maximum cards from Romania

"Marie of Romania (Marie Alexandra Victoria, previously Princess Marie of Edinburgh; 29 October 1875–18 July 1938) was Queen consort of Romania from 1914 to 1927, as the wife of Ferdinand I of Romania."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_of_Romania

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World's Largest indoor Photo: Strahov Philosophical Library, Prague - 40 Gigapixel 360º Panorama. Also, I show you (again) my first blogpost, a maximum card with James Dean, his photo camera and some books

World's Largest indoor Photo: Strahov Philosophical Library, Prague - 40 Gigapixel 360º Panorama

This is a great maximum card, in my opinion, because the postcard shows actor and cult figure James Dean in a characteristic pose/posture.

James Dean is NOT turning his back on books and reading.

I am not accusing him of being a bookworm, either.

He's just leaning on them....relying on them for support...at least head support.

In fact, aren't some (many?) of us using books for mind support...soul support...not just skull support?

It also shows a facsimile of his autograph/signature.

Facsimile (the likeness of the signature) is the next best thing to the real deal, to an original autograph.

I have bought from North Carolina this postcard, printed in UK.

In my home state, Virginia, I have affixed the stamp to a light-background area of the postcard.

Then I have mailed it, along with other items, to the Hollywood, California 90028 Post Office and I have asked for a postmark, on each of them.

From now on, I hope that this James Dean maxicard will be viewed by people from 6 continents - it's improbable that some researcher in Antarctica will stumble upon it...:)