Was this event an evacuation afforded by the Germans or, a scrambled retreat by the allies which has become something of a myth to enhance the countries greatness?
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Welcome to tonight's meeting of the Mad Over Fifties Club. Tonight we are having a (slightly late) Halloween Party. Our resident mixologist has brewed a Tailcock especially for tonight's meeting "the...
Explain how the french and Haitian revolutions influenced the United States. First explain what the french and haitian revolution were about.Second, elaborate how these two revolutions impacted the...
Do you have any line of poetry in your head? Lines which you can recall very easily? Can you write a couple of lines here and see if other people can recognise them? Now, I have to be able to trust...
What do you think of Halloween? I love the kids coming round and espscially if they do something,joke,sing,without even been asked.A lot of kids just stick their hands out,grab what they can and do...
I saw an episode of this in which the main character G Callen was shot from a passing car. Does anyone know if he was actually killed. I couldn't believe it and thought he would be merely injured and...
Many sailors who were at this battle said the Bismark had raised the black flag of surrender before being torpedoed by HMS Dorsetshire. Was this tantamount to a war crime by the British Navy? It's...
Could you check your profiles for me please? http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/user/stats.php Are you getting 20 answers per page? The right number of answers appearing in lists. Does everything work as...
Now lets see southern England gets heavy rain, hurricane winds, and floods and its headline news. Its like this every other week in Loch Ness and it so cold too. Wimps ! Come to mind. Nessie :- p...
Welcome to Nungate Towers for the latest meeting of AB's Mad Over Fifties Club. After a very busy afternoon, we finally managed to get things ready in time. Tonight's Tailcock is the "Clasico"...
I joined a slow cooker page on FB recently - not only are they obsessed with bloody slow cookers now they are having a falling out about some comment or other. How can they fall out about slow...
... after a week of exile in the 1970s (aka The Isle of Bute). What a dump Rothesay is - every shop/cafe/pub was either closed/condemned or teetering on the brink of commercial suicide. The...
How is everyone this evening? I'm glad to be tucked up indoors as it sounds like the wind is picking up a lot outside! Luckily I think my area is going to miss the brunt of this storm approaching but...
Evening all, and welcome back to Nungate Towers for the latest meeting of the Mad Over Fifties Club. On tonight's agenda we are having an inflatable party down in the indoor swimming pool. Plant has...
It appears that the dark side of humanity is still a strong feature of our make up. This is one of my darker interests from the past, but not the the extent of cashing in on it....
My FIL has just been diagnosed with diabetes (Type 2). He's currently in hospital with a blood infection (that's how they discovered the diabetes), so I'm still not up to speed with what he can and...