tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7518007.post3130186720544317820..comments2024-02-09T14:11:55.826-08:00Comments on Whatever It Is, I’m Against It: Today -100: August 26, 1914: What is the distant thundering that I hear?WIIIAIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17267949487358907637noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7518007.post-31888648153472884652014-08-26T06:37:49.713-07:002014-08-26T06:37:49.713-07:00And here's an article I coincidentally just go...And here's an article I coincidentally just got to about a new Argentinian superdreadnought with "the cutest little bar on any of the seven seas," whereas the US Navy doesn't have "enough intoxicants to make a baby jolly."<br />http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9E05E1D91430E733A25755C2A9669D946596D6CFWIIIAIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17267949487358907637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7518007.post-56492755378931807292014-08-26T06:33:13.514-07:002014-08-26T06:33:13.514-07:00I've just read an October article in which Kit...I've just read an October article in which Kitchener asks the general public not to treat soldiers, who aren't even on duty. He also (not mentioned in the article) preferred that British unmarried soldiers die virgins.WIIIAIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17267949487358907637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7518007.post-85025143069491187702014-08-26T06:23:27.012-07:002014-08-26T06:23:27.012-07:00The French have always had a civilised approach to...The French have always had a civilised approach to the provision of beverages to the military. In the 1960s I spent some time serving with the British Fleet Air Arm. We we had what we supposed was a myth that French aircraft carriers were fitted with a ring main of wine - as opposed to out boring ones of water and electricity. One (boozy) weekend exchange with the French Navy I had chance to go on board the Clemenceau. Lo and behold, it was true with convenient "charging stations" throughout the ship. In port and freshly replenished, the wine was definitely plonk but drinkable though apparently after a while at sea sloshing about in the tanks it became pretty poisonous.David Chappellnoreply@blogger.com