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They didn't believe it because they couldn't fathom how a country could dedicate that much manpower and resources to such an endeavor while in the midst of a major war. |
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08-06-2023, 10:44 PM | #167 | |
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Sauntering Vaguely Downwards
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I tried to get through Catastrophe: 1914 by Max Hastings and man, it's just so damn dry. It's a slog that's taken me several years and I'm maybe halfway through. Carlin gives you a lot of the same information (less detail) but in a much more digestible format. |
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08-07-2023, 11:05 AM | #169 | |
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Come drive tractor. I blew through Catastrophe on your recommendation. No problem. It was only 25 hours on Audible. I liked it well enough I listened to Inferno on WWII by Hastings. I listened to Rise and Fall of the Third Reich because Carlin referenced it a bunch. That mother****er was 57 hours long. That took a bit. Really ****ing good. But damn was it a lot. Blueprint was good for me because it was my first exposure to Carlin and I barely remembered anything about WWI from school. And Carlin hit all the right buttons to make it just ****ing awesome. I was in. All the way in. Carlin is a ****ing wizard. I've went back and listened to most of it. I still have a few to get through, but after I finish, I should probably re-listen to Blueprint to see how it holds up after I opened my eyes to the Carlin type history and listened to a bunch of books. |
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08-10-2023, 11:14 PM | #170 | |
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Breezed through it this morning. Really great listen. And a bunch of truly fascinating stuff. |
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02-02-2024, 07:46 PM | #171 |
Buddy Christ is a Chiefs fan
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Man... Florence Pugh needs to not go down this road she seems to be going down.
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02-02-2024, 07:47 PM | #172 |
Buddy Christ is a Chiefs fan
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02-02-2024, 07:52 PM | #173 |
Buddy Christ is a Chiefs fan
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Ugh...
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02-06-2024, 04:19 PM | #174 |
Live free or die hard
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Durango, CO
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Finally got around to watching this and was completely underwhelmed. It wasn't bad but did not get near techie enough for my taste.
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