April 2010
Posts from April 2010
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Now Some of the Actual Scenery.
Credits to Ruby. I was not aware my teeth were that nice. I think I screwed up my stats last post, so: There are 137 Commonwealth cemeteries in the Ypres area 90,00 of the men who died in the Salient have no known grave. Their memorials are at Tyne Cot and the Menin Gate (their Continue reading
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WWI: Started 1914, Finished 1945
Gotta love the Europeans. For a country that only contains 731,000,000 people, we sure are good at fucking up the rest of the planet. Which is apparently marginally less than sixty billion people. Here is some evidence of this: Can you guess where we went yet? No? Here’s some more clues. I Continue reading
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And Thus the 20th April Shalt Never Be Forgot… Until Tomorrow.
I thought I’d blog because I’m in a really good place right now mentally and I want to share the peace with you (though physically I’m a mess. I jammed my neck and needed a shoulder massage before I could put my backpack on properly again. Yes, I am a pansy). Firstly, Matt the Continue reading
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Just An Average Sunday, Then
We’re going out in a bit to my second cousin Riley’s first birthday, which seems a bit pointless as he is not even aware that he is a year older. Still, it’s a celebration that he hasn’t died of the Plague yet – and it’s only twenty more years until the big two one. Continue reading
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