tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28891290.post3011259436578383447..comments2024-03-22T02:17:34.909-07:00Comments on Weapons, warfare and industrial idiocy: 90 Years Ago Today... Well, This Morning ActuallyDan brockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11146234533337885291noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28891290.post-75211985800964483412007-12-16T00:30:00.000-08:002007-12-16T00:30:00.000-08:00The smell was unbearable. Rotting body parts were ...The smell was unbearable. Rotting body parts were everywhere and the latrines just weren't used. <BR/><BR/>But, when some bastard is likely to drop a 100 or sounds of high explosive on you at any moment and you're being eaten alive by lice - "Did you have lice?" "No, the buggers had me." - then the smell doesn't feature as a major Health and Safety issue.Pte Harry Laminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673086195442900581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28891290.post-42363591818643679092007-12-15T11:44:00.000-08:002007-12-15T11:44:00.000-08:00Pte Harry,You're right of course. I wasn't being ...Pte Harry,<BR/>You're right of course. I wasn't being clear.<BR/>What I meant was that P. daele happened the year after Doug's brainwave on the Somme.<BR/>So you were there. Did it stink as bad as all the reports?Dan brockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11146234533337885291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28891290.post-17662073719125015692007-12-15T00:59:00.000-08:002007-12-15T00:59:00.000-08:00Passchendaele wasn't the following year. It had al...Passchendaele wasn't the following year. It had already happened just before. From August to November 1917. there were tanks used but, as you say they sank into the mud. (I was there!) Cambrai - over at the Somme end was a chalk based terrain and so drained better and was more suitable for the tanks.<BR/><BR/>Haig wouldn't have known about the mud as he never visited the front line. (Different age -zeitgeist")Pte Harry Laminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673086195442900581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28891290.post-45525237901459351552007-11-24T01:23:00.000-08:002007-11-24T01:23:00.000-08:00assrot,I've been reading this blog since its start...assrot,<BR/><BR/>I've been reading this blog since its start, and you're right: it's one of the most interesting out there.<BR/><BR/>Scroll back through his earlier stuff and you'll find more goods.Pandayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11103853686978003169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28891290.post-6530198067991673082007-11-21T18:21:00.000-08:002007-11-21T18:21:00.000-08:00If you have any more stereo photos like that, plea...If you have any more stereo photos like that, please post them. I can still un-collimate my eyes enough to see the image. That one of the trench with the tank in the background is very impressive in 3-D.Comrade Misfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28891290.post-29318677605534922752007-11-21T15:07:00.000-08:002007-11-21T15:07:00.000-08:00You know I have to say that this is one of the got...You know I have to say that this is one of the gotdam most interesting blogs I have run across in a long time. Keep up the good work. I love this stuff.<BR/><BR/>If your interested in old guns, might I recommend the following blog. She's just a youngun' but she knows her guns.<BR/><BR/>http://cosmolineandrust.blogspot.com/Assrothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14093506505019819353noreply@blogger.com