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#91
Enigmas of the Mystical / Re: A feel good thread
Last post by Gusington - April 15, 2024, 11:15:20 AMMe or the raccoon?
#92
Books & Reading / History of the Calgary Highlan...
Last post by Michael Dorosh - April 15, 2024, 10:56:02 AMA new pictorial history of the Calgary Highlanders is up for preorder at amazon.ca (also should be available at the .com site). I am the author. Not sure how many grogs here will find it of interest but thought I'd mention it. Not a lot of granularity at the tactical level as the book is 440 pages covering over 110 years of history, but for general interest covers some broad topics - in particular the role the prewar Militia in 1914 played in shaping the Canadian Expeditionary Force. Billed as a picture book the text runs about 100,000 words and covers Canadian defence policy from the period 1910 to present. Calgarians especially will appreciate some of the discussion of the relationship between the regiment and the city. The regiment served in the 1st Canadian Division of the First World War, the 2nd Division in the Second, and currently is a reserve unit of 3rd Canadian Division that sent more soldiers to Afghanistan than any other Canadian reserve unit.
https://www.amazon.ca/Calgarys-Infantry-Regiment-Pictorial-Highlanders/dp/096946164X/
https://www.amazon.ca/Calgarys-Infantry-Regiment-Pictorial-Highlanders/dp/096946164X/
#93
Enigmas of the Mystical / Re: A feel good thread
Last post by Windigo - April 15, 2024, 10:53:48 AMHow the hell that little guy doesn't end up chopped up....
#94
Current Events / Re: Israel
Last post by GDS_Starfury - April 15, 2024, 09:35:33 AMits a lot of kissingeresque diplomacy, thats for sure.
#95
Music, TV, Movies / Re: Fallout
Last post by W8taminute - April 15, 2024, 09:01:33 AMQuote from: ArizonaTank on April 14, 2024, 09:50:00 PMEven my wife likes it...and that is saying something.
That's awesome. I tried to trick my wife into watching "a new romance drama series" on Amazon but she didn't buy it. Oh well, better that I geeked out alone anyways.
#96
Current Events / Re: The Great American Solar E...
Last post by Con - April 15, 2024, 09:00:48 AMOne description i read that helped convince me was that the difference between 99% and totality is the same as reading the menue at a 4 star restaurant and eating there
After going through it I have to agree
After going through it I have to agree
Quote from: Gusington on April 15, 2024, 08:21:44 AM^Yeah an eclipse certainly provides a special kinda vibe that is hard to explain.
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#97
Current Events / Re: Israel
Last post by W8taminute - April 15, 2024, 08:59:02 AMI don't know Steve but something doesn't add up.
Why would the media be advertising that such and such will happen soon and here is how its going to happen? In the old days wars would be fought and the public at large wouldn't be aware of what happened until after the fact.
Today with modern media reports we get a blow by blow description of what is happening and what to expect. Could secret meetings be taking place behind closed doors in which all interested parties agree to behave in a certain manner when attacking and defending?
Its almost like watching a movie with the media acting as the narrator to keep the masses up to date on what's happening.
Why would the media be advertising that such and such will happen soon and here is how its going to happen? In the old days wars would be fought and the public at large wouldn't be aware of what happened until after the fact.
Today with modern media reports we get a blow by blow description of what is happening and what to expect. Could secret meetings be taking place behind closed doors in which all interested parties agree to behave in a certain manner when attacking and defending?
Its almost like watching a movie with the media acting as the narrator to keep the masses up to date on what's happening.
#98
Current Events / Re: Israel
Last post by steve58 - April 15, 2024, 08:51:27 AMso, did Biden give the green light to the Iranian attack???
https://twitter.com/jerusalem_post/status/1779512742350635038
https://twitter.com/jerusalem_post/status/1779512742350635038
#99
Enigmas of the Mystical / Re: A feel good thread
Last post by Gusington - April 15, 2024, 08:23:59 AM^Can I sit in for the raccoon?
#100
Books & Reading / Re: What are we reading?
Last post by ArizonaTank - April 15, 2024, 08:23:29 AM3/4 of the way through "The War for All the Oceans: From Nelson at the Nile to Napoleon at Waterloo" by Roy and Leslie Adkins.
This is a great account of the naval aspects of the Napoleonic Wars, mostly from the British perspective. The book is mostly told through first hand accounts, and it brings to life many smaller, lesser known sea actions of the period. The book excels at telling the real-life actions of such great naval heroes as Thomas Cochrane whom Napoleon apparently styled as the "Wolf of the Seas", and Sydney Smith whom Napoleon also apparently said, "that man made me miss my destiny." These stories are so swashbuckling that it is hard to believe they aren't fiction, and that you think they were written about Horatio Hornblower or Jack Aubrey.
Anyway, I think the book is a must read for anyone interested in the era.
https://www.amazon.com/War-All-Oceans-Napoleon-Waterloo/dp/0670038644/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.lfpqrMyUF8ido3p-drGv2mrE_vsAUIu6gpXQT-MErDYJHVYQHUUQZf20WdujtWOHjasyDxszJmJH0yVCYghLyUJsOgTZk7ZIqq9fGUGusoHhh1-zKSTkNbP6aq3g0IqjowofUvmmVvJFUotS-mc0fQPr0Ci8pq0MZgtbZUV13PMJ8QF28-K95DyR5Y3rbAj4ZZEkhzXWJnz1bUTsZ-RdFllFn0G0Ar51sylU-X8pbqI.VLuoBJqfMsEbqsqbSPr6CDgH77m78d5QKgQPBCIXFh8&qid=1713186539&sr=8-1
This is a great account of the naval aspects of the Napoleonic Wars, mostly from the British perspective. The book is mostly told through first hand accounts, and it brings to life many smaller, lesser known sea actions of the period. The book excels at telling the real-life actions of such great naval heroes as Thomas Cochrane whom Napoleon apparently styled as the "Wolf of the Seas", and Sydney Smith whom Napoleon also apparently said, "that man made me miss my destiny." These stories are so swashbuckling that it is hard to believe they aren't fiction, and that you think they were written about Horatio Hornblower or Jack Aubrey.
Anyway, I think the book is a must read for anyone interested in the era.
https://www.amazon.com/War-All-Oceans-Napoleon-Waterloo/dp/0670038644/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.lfpqrMyUF8ido3p-drGv2mrE_vsAUIu6gpXQT-MErDYJHVYQHUUQZf20WdujtWOHjasyDxszJmJH0yVCYghLyUJsOgTZk7ZIqq9fGUGusoHhh1-zKSTkNbP6aq3g0IqjowofUvmmVvJFUotS-mc0fQPr0Ci8pq0MZgtbZUV13PMJ8QF28-K95DyR5Y3rbAj4ZZEkhzXWJnz1bUTsZ-RdFllFn0G0Ar51sylU-X8pbqI.VLuoBJqfMsEbqsqbSPr6CDgH77m78d5QKgQPBCIXFh8&qid=1713186539&sr=8-1