tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post4981472066598455043..comments2023-09-05T02:29:27.235-06:00Comments on Britishspeak: A few minutes with the lord of curmudgeonessRelax Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-48659788593827682032011-04-19T10:21:50.261-06:002011-04-19T10:21:50.261-06:00RM, Oy!
You made my head hurt in an instant.RM, Oy!<br /><br />You made my head hurt in an instant.Stephanie Barrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17772217449161603561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-822729152478527882011-04-18T20:38:36.877-06:002011-04-18T20:38:36.877-06:00Wait. That would be "Mickey" Rooney. Nev...Wait. That would be "Mickey" Rooney. Never mind.Relax Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-4552586838985477362011-04-18T20:38:08.530-06:002011-04-18T20:38:08.530-06:00I think I enjoyed Andy best when he starred with L...I think I enjoyed Andy best when he starred with Liz Taylor in National Velvet, no?Relax Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-57961229159799118792011-04-18T08:07:58.206-06:002011-04-18T08:07:58.206-06:00A first hand account somehow makes it all so much ...A first hand account somehow makes it all so much more vivid than anything you'd read in a purely factual account. For me:<br />"Like a pickup football team on a Saturday morning, we grew in strength as we flew, until all England seemed to be covered with bombers" made a huge impression.A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04709794851766685322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-25628458642232281212011-04-18T07:07:58.755-06:002011-04-18T07:07:58.755-06:00Being a pilot, like being a tank commander, was a ...Being a pilot, like being a tank commander, was a dangerous thing. <br /><br />I like Andy, too.Stephanie Barrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17772217449161603561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-68529402623280567772011-04-18T01:00:32.666-06:002011-04-18T01:00:32.666-06:00Reports like that give a good indication of what i...Reports like that give a good indication of what it was like. He forgot to mention that most of the aircrew were under 25. Probably most were 19 -21!<br />55,000 RAF Bomber crews did not return. Similar numbers for the USAF.Adullamitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15537659871829290071noreply@blogger.com