I am talking about MY post war experiences with margarine. It first raised it's ugly head in the 1860's in France so was not a new invention for...
Germany and other European countries were in chaos after the first world war with extreme right and left wing ideologies vying for power. Hitler...
Csar Nicholas was just the last in a long line of rulers who happened to be in power when the feudal system was ended by the Revolution. Am...
Margarine, and that was post war. Then they tried to con us through the century by developing it into a so called healthy food that even protected...
Russian and German anthems. They sound forceful, confident and stirring. As a liberal ( British and USA Liberals do not equate) and pacifist, I...
Who cares about ugly if you are hungry?
Do the boars make good eating?
Could they not be accidentally shot by a canon or similar?
This was in medieval pre smartphone days and the only source of information was a brick-sized manual.
Supermarkets here have unmanned fuel stations. Fill up and pay by cash or card. Lesson learnt. When hiring a car find how to open the goddam fuel...
Merry Christmas to All x
A true family story that perhaps emphasises the need for at least rinsing vessels. My grandfather had a butcher shop and required his reluctant...
It was common practice in civvy street to just rinse out teapots and mugs especially workmen's tin or enameled. I remember seeing navvies brewing...
We would always offer you a dram first.
At the age of 15 what did you know about a period of history 57 years before you were born (unless specifically taught)? I certainly didn't know a...
I did read about some German soldiers who managed to escape the Eastern Front at the tail end of the war and got to Lubeck where they were taken...
This argument is going nowhere. The war was a reality to different peoples at different times. Historians put a date to it for educational...
Unlike other cheapskate people, I bought your book and have contributed to your ostentatiously extravagant lifestyle while I languish in penury....
If I was an anti Mugabe Zimbabwean, I would still be keeping my head down until the outcome is clear. If they pick the 'wrong' side then they are...
I am beginning to suspect that Mugabe has set this whole thing up. His wife has fled the country and her followers are being hunted down. I think...
