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    Originally posted by DoctorStrangelove View Post
    Next: "Uranium: War, Energy and the rock that shaped world" by Tom Zoellner.
    Done: off to Oxfam with it. Well there's a thing: the pitchblende out of the Congo mine was 65% uranium and the legacy is known even yet as "K-65" since it's the most radioactive processed waste, riddled with decay products to an extent unknown for other sources.

    Next: "The Mare's Nest" by David "Hitler never knew" Irving. Revised slightly to acknowledge the existence of ULTRA (but not very much).

    Well that's something I've not read about elsewhere: Hauptman Herbert "Peter" Cleff: the POW who told some inneresting tales.
    Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; 28 November 2025, 18:02.
    When the fun stops, STOP.

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      Originally posted by DoctorStrangelove View Post
      Next: "The Mare's Nest" by David "Hitler never knew" Irving. Revised slightly to acknowledge the existence of ULTRA (but not very much).

      Well that's something I've not read about elsewhere: Hauptman Herbert "Peter" Cleff: the POW who told some inneresting tales.
      Done: off to Oxfam with it. We should be eternally grateful for the resources wasted on the A4: it held up a lot of projects that might otherwise have caused more deaths & prolonged the war: £12k per V2 vs £125 per V1.

      But there you go: he aimed for the moon & sometimes hit London. .

      Next: TBD.
      When the fun stops, STOP.

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        Originally posted by DoctorStrangelove View Post
        Next: "Too much and never enough" by Mary Trump. More about the Moronic Orange psychopath.
        Done: off to Oxfam whence it came. If only that kid had used a bolt action 30-06 instead of a pop gun. Ho hum.

        Next: TBD. But it won't be about the orange draft dodging mother****er.
        When the fun stops, STOP.

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