Tag Archives: england

1984 Plus 29

April 14, 2013 – 11:26 am

CCTV was used instituted by Siemens AG at Test Stand VII in Peenemünde, Germany in 1942 to observe the launch of V-2 rockets according to Wikipedia. After the defeat of Nazi Germany the technology was adopted by the West to protect military and security installations. In 1973 the NYPD installed several cameras in Times Square […]

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Neigh For Horses

February 24, 2013 – 2:17 pm

Horses have been worshipped by Man, but also hunted as a food source since the Paleolithic Era. Upon my arrival in Paris I was surprised by the number of butchers offering ‘cheval’, which has been a part of the French culinary history since the Revolution. The Haute Bourgeoisie regarded horse as a meal for the […]

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CROSSING THE CHANNEL by Peter Nolan Smith

December 27, 2012 – 1:24 am

I had moved away from Boston in 1971, but every Christmas of my adult life had been spent with my family on the South Shore. This streak of thirty-three years was broken in 1985, when n art dealer invited a female French singer and me to his cottage on the Isle of Wight for the […]

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Blow The Door Down

August 16, 2012 – 12:50 pm

Sweden has been seeking the extradition of Julian Assange to face rape charges. The Wikileaks’ founder had been arrested in London in 2010 and released on bail. His appeal was rejected May 30, 2012 and Assange has sought refuge in Ecuador embassy. That country’s president has offered the Australian political asylum, however the British government […]

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Dildo Bank Robbery

July 15, 2012 – 9:41 pm

Pattaya attracted all kinds in the 20th Century. While managing my clothing website, I ran into a German running the same internet business. Ralf and I became friends. We drank together at bars catering to Thais. Neither of us had many farang friends. One night he confided to me that as a teenager he had […]

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