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Photorin
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I was born in the city of L***, the son of an infantry officer.
Reposted by Photorin
Learning how to thread here, seem to have lost the very first post, so here it comes again 0/7
November 6, 2023 at 12:53 AM
Hi Yakov, what do you think of Martin van Creveld? I read "The Changing Face of War" ages ago where he discusses the Hama massacre & its implications for asymmetric warfare. What should I read next?
October 29, 2023 at 8:54 AM
For sandwiches try Nuremberg sausages. In Nuremberg you get "Drei im Weggla" (three in a bun) usually just with mustard, but they goes really well with sauerkraut or red cabbage.
October 27, 2023 at 10:33 PM
Reposted by Photorin
We want Janan.
October 18, 2023 at 4:16 PM
Replace "mind" by "heart" and you have a fine description of naufragium in eroticis. (One also obtains a heretical reading of Holmes himself; to some extent, this is the BBC interpretation)
October 13, 2023 at 4:59 PM
Mark how the fire in flints doth quiet lie, /
Content and warm t’ it self alone: /
But when it would appeare to others eye, /
Without a knock it never shone.
October 13, 2023 at 1:44 PM
In the same poem he recommends continence in speech:

PEace mutt’ring thoughts, and do not grudge to keep /      Within the walls of your own breast [...]
October 13, 2023 at 1:44 PM
Exactly the other way around for me :)
October 12, 2023 at 8:32 PM