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  1. Haversack

    Libya - Deja Vu

    I think the back-and-forth parallels we are seeing between the Libya campaigns of the Second World War and the present Rebellion/Revolution/Civil War within Libya is due in part to the terrain and also to each side having their base of support at either end of the coastline. The closer one side...
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    Differences between cutlasses and sabers?

    In both the Royal Navy and the US Navy, the cutlass and boarding pike were not declared obsolete until 1918. The 1904 US Navy Cutlass Drill manual is available online. The cutlass has a short, broad heavy blade, often weighted to the tip not unlike a medieval falchion or modern machete. They...
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    Star Trek

    Effingham wrote: "My first *real* convention was the 1974 International Star Trek Convention, held over the Valentine's Day Weekend" Was that the one that was so oversold that the fire marshal threatened to shut it down? I also seem to remember there was something about the Klingon Diplomatic...
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    Bow Ties

    Bow ties are also a sensible alternative to a long tie is you have use any sort of fed mechanical machinery, i.e. shredder, plotter, large format copy machine. This is why they have often been favored by architects and drafters. Also, you don't have to worry about your tie interfering with...
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    Mills Field

    Here is a colour photo of a flight of 14 LB-5As over farmland near Sacramento. California. It is a postcard in the State Library. No date unfortunately. http://www.sacramentohistory.org/admin/photo/173_512.jpg And another photo from the same source of a large formation of mixed Army Air...
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    Mills Field

    Third up from the bottom is a Keystone LB-5A Light Bomber. Haversack
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    Whatever happened to "coat and tie required"?

    Fighting the Good Fight is often its own reward: I have found that dressing well and appropriately for those venues in which one should be well dressed, (fine restaurants, the theatre, even on public transit), you get treated better by the people who work there, (better tables, compted drinks...
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    If you had a chance to travel through a TIME MACHINE for a WEEK? where would you go?

    If I were in the market for modifying the past, I would opt for early on 14 June, 1914 Sarajevo and seek to detain/subdue/eliminate one Gavrilo Princip. Granted, there was an awful lot of lose powder lying around Europe that some other spark could have ignited the powder train the had been...
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    "Sorry, Kids. Fire Stations Are Ditching Fire Poles" ~ cnn.com

    Here in San Francisco, the fire house brass pole is still in widespread use as the majority of the City's firehouses are two-story and will likely continue to be so due to the cost of land. http://guardiansofthecity.org/sffd/firehouses/current/index.html The longest firepole I've seen was at a...
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    Christmas scenes in movies

    The scene depicting the spontaneous Christmas truce on the Western Front in 1914 in the movie, O What A Lovely War. Haversack
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    Facial Hair or Goatee in wwII?

    Indeed. LTG Annibale Bergonzoli had such a fine beard that he was known by his troops as "barba elettrica" and as "electric whiskers" by the Aussie troops who captured him in North Africa. Haversack.
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    Is "yanks" an offensive title

    Yank, Yankee, Septic, Spam are all acceptable to this Northern Californian. And in banter you might hear me return the favour in using Sweaty, Geordie, or Scouse, (where appropriate). Mind any word can be insulting when used with invective and derision. I have also heard Americans referred...
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    Golden Era Cultural Icons

    A couple I would add: Walter Winchell John L. Lewis. (He had the market on eyebrows cornered)
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    The Preppy Handbook... Returns!

    One of the things I enjoyed about The Preppy Handbook was that it spawned a collection of similar written humorously handbooks about other subcultures. For example: Genuine Texas Handbook by Rosemary Kent. Jewish American Princess Handbook by Sandy Toback. Sloane Ranger Handbook by Ann...
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    Maltese Falcon 1931 version

    That the 1931 version was Pre-Code is apparent from the first establishing shot of Spade's office. Shot from floor level, his office door opens and and a pair of stockinged legs in high heels walks out. In the office, Sam is picking up the cushions from the floor and putting them back on the...
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    Zorro Hat

    In the Spanish-speaking world, you will find that the hat Zorro is depicted as wearing is called a Sombrero Cordobes, or simply a cordobes for short. It is named for the city of Cordoba in southern Spain. High quality fur felt Cordobes are still being made in Spain. (and by some hatters in...
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    long commute

    Its 43 miles from home to work. My usual and preferred commute is 1 hour, 20 minutes door-to-door. This consists of a 20m minute walk to the train station, a 35 minute train journey, a 12 minute trolley ride, and a 13 minute walk to the office. About 3 miles of walking a day round trip up...
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    Summer of '39: when cool became cool

    Is that Basil Rathbone in the photos holding a magnifying glass? Haversack.
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    Mrs. Henderson Presents

    The Professor wrote: "I just love Judi Dench! I'll watch anything she's in." Then allow me to recommend to you the 1968 film of Shakespeare's _A Midsummer Night's Dream_. Dame Judi plays Titania in nothing but green paint and a strategically placed leaf. As lagniappe, it also features...
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    John Carter Film?

    Pixar Studios is currently filming a live-action John Carter of Mars scheduled for release in 2012. Taylor Kitsch plays Carter, Lynn Collins plays Dejah Thoris, and William Dafoe plays Tars Tarkas. Parts of Utah and the area around Lake Powell are playing the part of Barsoom. Haversack.

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