tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4150507.post2350060479090314560..comments2023-04-26T03:23:53.260-06:00Comments on Odious and Peculiar: Peculiarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15849337750990440147noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4150507.post-4660979644246493162008-06-02T22:18:00.000-06:002008-06-02T22:18:00.000-06:00I heard a story on the radio this morning that the...I heard a story on the radio this morning that they're planning to use "brackish water," which apparently they have in abundance somewhere around Carlsbad. I wasn't able to find a link to it though.jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11482364307164886998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4150507.post-90880203348372980782008-06-01T16:14:00.000-06:002008-06-01T16:14:00.000-06:00I have a DVD of Mannerheim's Asia stuff Sari sent ...I have a DVD of Mannerheim's Asia stuff Sari sent us (in English-- all Fiins seem to speak it.)Steve Bodiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14434597061701369867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4150507.post-18383364223949331942008-05-27T19:17:00.000-06:002008-05-27T19:17:00.000-06:00I have a copy of "Bridge" I could lend you. Barst...I have a copy of "Bridge" I could lend you. Barstow is 6 hours from here, might be better if I mailed it. Mannerheim is a Finn who served in the Imperial Russian Army during Russo-Japanese War & WWI then was Commander-in-Chief of the Finnish Army during Finland's War of Liberation and Regent of Finland for a year afterwards. He also took a trek across central Asia and collected Ethnographic info for Russia and Finland. Sort of a Russian gentleman's Lewis & Clark expedition on a small scale.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4150507.post-60587855061891435862008-05-27T13:35:00.000-06:002008-05-27T13:35:00.000-06:00Thanks! I've been wanting to read Bridge on the Dr...Thanks! I've been wanting to read Bridge on the Drina for a while now. Never heard of Mannerheim though. What's his story?Peculiarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15849337750990440147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4150507.post-23014776974827573642008-05-26T22:14:00.000-06:002008-05-26T22:14:00.000-06:00Apropos of nothing in your post, here are two titl...Apropos of nothing in your post, here are two titles I think you would be greatly interested in: "The Bridge on the Drina" by Ivo Andric and "The Memoirs of Marshal Mannerheim" By Gustaf Mannerheim.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com