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When did the penny drop?
"Hitler used every trick of politics propaganda and intimidation to get and keep power. " "But they did answer back. The opposition to the Nazis was strong, at it was put down with brutality." "Yes, some people cheered heartily but the rest kept their mouth shut and their heads down - if they...- Stanley Doble
- Post #80
- Forum: WWII
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What's for Dinner?
Corned beef hash topped with a poached egg. Sliced tomato. Toast. Chocolate pudding with whipped cream, coffee.- Stanley Doble
- Post #12,038
- Forum: The Connoisseur
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When did the penny drop?
More or less what I said in the first place, and got shot down as a Nazi sympathizer.- Stanley Doble
- Post #77
- Forum: WWII
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Once They Were Hats - In Search Of The Mighty Beaver
If the above book is anything to go by, it might work. The author describes the environmental impact of beaver ponds. In some areas there were dozens of beaver ponds every one of them resulted in surrounding areas being soaked with water, raising the water table. They also held back rainwater...- Stanley Doble
- Post #3
- Forum: Hats
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Once They Were Hats - In Search Of The Mighty Beaver
Just finished this new book, Once They Were Hats (In Search Of The Mighty Beaver) by Frances Backhouse. Wonderful history of the beaver, concentrating on North American and especially Canada from the Colonial period to the present time. Much about their range, natural history and...- Stanley Doble
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- Forum: Hats
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Once They Were Hats - In Search Of The Mighty Beaver
Just finished this new book, Once They Were Hats (In Search Of The Mighty Beaver) by Frances Backhouse. Wonderful history of the beaver, concentrating on North American and especially Canada from the Colonial period to the present time. Much about their range, natural history and...- Stanley Doble
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- Forum: The Reading Room
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When did the penny drop?
Hitler's goal was to conquer Poland to gain "lebensraum" (living space) for Germans by exterminating the inferior Slavs. This was rather strange, as the common conception of the Polish people at that time, was of tall good looking blondes with plenty of brains and musical talent. In other...- Stanley Doble
- Post #74
- Forum: WWII
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When did the penny drop?
Re: The British Empire. There was a race to conquer foreign lands in the 16th 17th and 18th century because of the money to be made in silks, spices, jewels, tea, indigo and other goods. The point of empire building wasn't to steal the goods, it was to keep out other European competitors...- Stanley Doble
- Post #70
- Forum: WWII
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When did the penny drop?
From what I heard the Fuehrer did not plan on a long war and would not approve work on any weapons that would take more than a year or a year and a half to develop. This is why they never developed nuclear weapons, among other things. I grew up in Port Hope Ontario, home of Eldorado Mining...- Stanley Doble
- Post #69
- Forum: WWII
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What's for Dinner?
Boiled potatoes and mushroom gravy.- Stanley Doble
- Post #12,033
- Forum: The Connoisseur
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Vintage roadside
Humble Oil Company ha ha ha as if. Lizzie I bet you get a laugh out of that one.- Stanley Doble
- Post #228
- Forum: The Golden Era
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Vintage roadside
There is a mini mall in my town with a free standing sign 30 feet high out front that says "Radiator Service". It hasn't been a radiator shop in 30 years. When they turned it into 4 or 5 small shops they put up a new sign with replaceable sign boards and painted over the old one. Now the paint...- Stanley Doble
- Post #227
- Forum: The Golden Era
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1940s/1950s cars vs. 1960s cars
I like the idea of a small, high efficiency, constant speed engine driving a generator as a supplement to battery power. A hybrid system that can be used as an urban electric but is not limited by its batteries. Plus I don't think even the best batteries have enough power to drive the heating...- Stanley Doble
- Post #84
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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When did the penny drop?
Here is an interesting article on pro Hitler propaganda appearing in respectable American publications like the New York Times as late a April 1941. You must remember that America was still neutral at that time though the war had been going on for almost 2 years...- Stanley Doble
- Post #47
- Forum: WWII
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When did the penny drop?
The funny part is I hate fascism. I hate being regimented, I hate being told what to read, what to think, what to say. This has led me to read, think and say things that are 'verboten' and if I upset anybody thereby, I apologize.- Stanley Doble
- Post #46
- Forum: WWII
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When did the penny drop?
Point to one pro Nazi statement I have made, or one statement that is untrue. All I want you to do is cut the crap. History is messy and complicated. Reducing it to a Superman comic does not help understand it. It leads to the kind of situation we have today in the Middle East. Your avatar...- Stanley Doble
- Post #44
- Forum: WWII
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Tiki Culture
Cary Grant and Constance Bennett in a Hawaiian themed night club in Topper (1937) go to 4:15 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0n5a0fmwgE Is this an early example of "Tiki" style?- Stanley Doble
- Post #12
- Forum: The Golden Era
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When did the penny drop?
For years, like you and everyone else, I was brought up on the idea that Hitler was an insane monster and that he ruled a country composed 100% of insane monsters who agreed with him about everything. Eventually it dawned on me that this description did not fit any people or country I ever...- Stanley Doble
- Post #42
- Forum: WWII
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When did the penny drop?
Göring: Why, of course, the people don't want war. Why would some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best that he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece? Naturally, the common people don't want war; neither in Russia nor in England nor in America, nor...- Stanley Doble
- Post #41
- Forum: WWII
