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    Signed Books

    And finally (typing fast before while my internet works!), I may not be a hockey fan anymore but I certainly was when I was growing up in the 60s. They call Gretsky 'the great one'...I don't think he holds a candle to Gordie Howe.
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    Signed Books

    This one isn't signed by the author but it is signed by two members of the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion. This was the Canadian volunteer group that went over to Spain during the Spanish Civil War to fight on the Republican side against Franco.
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    Signed Books

    Well, it's pretty nippy here and it's snowing so I think I'll post a few more books. This one was written by Ben Johnson. He's the Canadian runner who broke the world record for the 100 metres at the Seoul Olympics. He ran it in 9.79 seconds. Cheers and excitement all around...until he...
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    Hunting Hitler on the History Channel

    Quite. I just wish they wouldn't pretend it's history.
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    • Post #26
    • Forum: WWII
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    What was the last TV show you watched?

    Watching Fargo, season one.
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    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    As the saying goes, "Dogs have owners. Cats have staff". Or, as Churchill pointed out, 'cats look down on us'. My cat made me write that.
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    What Are You Reading

    I picked that one up earlier this year but I haven't read it yet. I have a hard time resisting naval history.
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    What Are You Reading

    The whole Tudor line seemed a little inclined to the violent side! I thoroughly enjoyed The Tudors. Mmmm...might be time to dig out those DVDs, if my wife hasn't donated them somewhere! The Richard III book was an interesting read, by the way.
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    Hunting Hitler on the History Channel

    Interesting that the Guardian article does point out that the suspect skull fragment was discovered a year after Hitler's body was found and that Hitler's dental record matched the original find. Frankly the DNA test simply proves they found a fragment from another body. Without being too...
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    • Post #24
    • Forum: WWII
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    Hunting Hitler on the History Channel

    As a British Army intelligence officer, Hugh Trevor Roper was tasked with determining Hitler's fate, once the war ended in Germany. His conclusion was that Hitler committed suicide in Berlin. He published his research in 1947 in The Last Days of Hitler. Although his reputation took a bit of a...
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    • Post #22
    • Forum: WWII
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    Your Most Disturbing Realizations

    What's to wonder? She was a young virgin....and round. That one always got me when I was a kid, too.
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    What Are You Reading

    I've always been with Josephine Tey on that one. Frankly...no. I do believe Richard III played politics the way they seem to have played it in the 15th century: rough and pretty deadly. He certainly had it in for the Woodvilles. But I suspect the nephew thing was primarily Tudor propaganda...
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    What Are You Reading

    The Search for Richard III: the king's grave by Langley and Jones. That was one amazing find.
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    Signed Books

    That is great stuff, Lizzie. I like them all...from the obscure to the famous. I particularly enjoy books either by more controversial authors or about controversial subjects. I picked up a signed copy of 'Crazytown' today. That was an expose by investigative journalist Robin Doolittle of...
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    Hunting Hitler on the History Channel

    I usually refer to things like this show as "could've been, should've been" history. Amusing to watch, a bit like those alternative history novels, but absolutely lacking credibility. Just because it could have happened doesn't mean it did. Sloppy history.
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    • Post #10
    • Forum: WWII
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    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    I was absolutely delighted to see the term "in cahoots" in a front page headline in the Toronto Star the other day. "Cops In Cahoots With Tow Truck Driver." Great stuff...could have been straight out of a newspaper from the thirties!
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    What was the last TV show you watched?

    I think you've got me....who was it?
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    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    Ice cream trucks are still a daily visitor on my street during the summer and have been for a long time. It's still popular with neighbourhood kids. Barber shops have been mentioned before. There was a period when they all seemed to disappear, yielding to 'hair salons' but I've started to...
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    Today in History

    December 17th, 1939: Graf Spee is scuttled outside Montevideo harbour. Excitement around the Battle of the River Platte was high. The city of Ajax in Ontario was named after the Leander class cruiser involved in the battle, HMS Ajax. Although at the time it was basically a community created...
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    Signed Books

    I think I'm pretty lucky to live in a large city. I have quite a few thrift stores I can go to and there are contents sales pretty well every weekend. It also makes ones like this easier to find. Sting only held book signings in 3 North American cities, I believe. In each city, he only...

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