History, Politics And Current Affairs

Agreed. I've not had a lot of time the last couple years to read and weigh in on long articles like this, but I am quite intrigued and hope that research in the Don area is able to be done at some point....

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My condolences. Its never easy to loose a family member, and its worse when its a parental unit.

May you remember the happy times during your grief.

Belushi TD

Yay, Update! November 6 - The Russians had a bad stretch there. I wonder exactly what they needed to blow up in 1966.... November 8 - Christians in Action - I see what you did there..... November 11 - Did the worms deliquesce? That's an interesting thing to happen and a strong indicator of magical o...

Oh, hells bells. I wish his dad the best of luck and hope that he's able to get better and come home.

I've had too much death this fall. We lost my wife's favorite cousin, my aunt, and my eldest child's partners each lost a grandmother.

Belushi TD

YAY!!!!!

I am not going to be buying the hardback anytime soon, unless a relative feels generous at Christmas.

Be aware that its on my list, and I will get them eventually!

Dave

So - The last three years we've offered the kidlings a choice between a full size Hershey bars and a full size potato. For year four, we did the same thing. We had a grand total of 8 trick or treaters, which is more than we've had in the previous 15 years we lived there combined. This year's Hallowe...

Interesting. Using a 20% casualty rate, and assuming a single mission per day, the soviet air fleet remaining after 3 days would be roughly 51%. I strongly suspect the 20% is fairly high. Even with a 10% shoot down rate, that's still ugly for the attackers, with 73% remaining after three days. Belus...

Hmmm.... Interesting. Did Germany manage to run its invasion(s) without the einsatzgruppen? If so, the former Soviet republics may be more or less enthusiastic allies. And if they were appropriately polite and negotiated in good faith with Poland, again, may be more or less an enthusiastic ally. Did...

For a light portable, I have a Black and Decker Workmate WM125. It may be a bit smaller that the maximum you want, but it's also less expensive and lighter. You might have a problem with the number of hedgehogs. They do make other versions with more capacity, like the WM425 and WM1000. Agree on the...

Ok, so there was a WWII analog. The only countries I can deduce were involved are the new Germany and the Soviet Union. I assume Poland was swallowed in the process. I also very much like the pic of the Ju 350 B. Did the Germans go in for labeling each evolution of a plane with a letter? I thought t...

Oh, wow.....

You've done a good job, in my opinion, of capturing the psyche of a theoretical Romanov survivor.

And the history that's vaguely alluded to. I want to read the history books from that universe!

Belushi TD

8 x 8 inch guns, 32 knots on 10K tons? Either someone's lying or they're poorly armored.

Very cool!

Where are you getting the pictures from?

Belushi TD

Its that time of year so.....


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Werewolves of London

This delve into speculative chemistry is quite interesting. I'm looking forward to seeing where it goes. Deducing info from the composition of the pipes and wires is also very interesting. I am certain there's a specific goal you've got in mind, but my knowledge of magnesium chemistry peters out at ...

Wolfman wrote: ↑Thu Oct 15, 2026 7:43 pm EOD isn’t going anywhere anytime soon.

Unless they're bad at their job. Then they go everywhere, very rapidly.

When my dad died, my mom spent less than a year mourning before she latched onto a guy who was kind of a jackass. In my mom's case, dad had spent the last year and a half in a nursing home where his mind steadily disappeared. When he first moved in, he thought he was the fire marshal for the place. ...

OOC and possibly a nitpick..... There's nowhere in Alaska on October 15th that still has the trees that vibrantly green. If they were pine or fir, perhaps, but its fairly obvious that its not either of those two species. The plant in the foreground shouldn't be green either. Like I said, possibly a ...

Yep. As I recall, a set of Tarantul class wiped them out, and was, effectively, wiped out in return.

A classic example of "Eggshells armed with sledgehammers"

Belushi TD

Yesterday it was bad enough at 8:30 Eastern Daylight time that I was unable to log in at all.

Belushi TD

Ah, I see.

I thought you were going for gastronomical bent.

My bad. And good luck with getting more opportunities to garner more time in the kitchen.

Belushi TD