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On 3/24/25 20:58, Alan wrote:

On 2025-03-22 11:08, -hh wrote:

On 3/22/25 01:21, Alan wrote:

On 2025-03-21 16:39, -hh wrote:

But I AM something of a WWII buff, given that my father was English
and
his father served in the RAF.

FWIW, something for WW2 buffs that's at least tenuously on-topic
because its an Apple TV production is 2024's "Masters of the Air":

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masters_of_the_Air>

It even happens to include Norway in some episodes, but is actually
a quite good (and factually based) production. Similarly, there was
also "Atlantic Crossing" on Masterpiece:

<https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/shows/atlantic-crossing/>

Both are recommended.  Plus one can also personally go visit Norway,
and perhaps even have had professional colleagues there who provide
vastly more interesting historical insight than one normally gets.

I'll have to check it out... ..."Masters of the Air" that is; I don't
think I'll make it to Norway any time soon.

Its a quite nice destination, although expensive (especially for
alcohol).  We're thinking of trying to go again to go way north
(Tromso) before this current Solar Maximum cycle ends, for superior
viewing of the Northern Lights; question is commitments & schedule to
fit it in.

But with a grandfather in the RAF...

...and a step-dad who was a huge naval history buff...

:-)

Perhaps a book for the Naval buff is "Castles of Steel", which is a
tome that covers all of the WW-I engagements.  Some of my family
members just left the USA last night to take a grandchild to see Utah
Beach & some other sights where his great-grandfather had a walking
tour of France. Was initially planning on going with them, but had a
ton of other commitments arise which resulted in now being very bad
timing.

In the meantime, for the OT jealous types, I'll just leave this here:

<https://photo-hh.com/2024/20250319.png>

Very nice!

When it makes it across the pond, bring it to Vancouver and I'll be your instructor.

😎

Not mine, and its destination is just west of the Mississippi, so it
will already be halfway there. Owner is going to have an overlap with
their Boxster S, which I expect that they'll sell in a few years; I'll
keep you in mind as potentially interested when that rolls around...

...and given that I had a telecom with them this morning for ~90 minutes
where we talked about various protection schemes for rock chips/etc, its
safe to say that its been perfectly maintained. You might recall my
prior mentions of this individual; their daily is a BMW M240i. I guess
its technically possible that they might let that go instead of the
Boxster, but either one would be nice to adopt (personally, I'm out of
room).


-hh

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