I mentioned the “Palestinian ” refugee problem previously. This is one aspect of the ongoing argument that appears to be easy to remove from the discussion. The Palestinian Authority won’t like it, but they have a lot of things they don’t like. Their position has always been that the only solution is to return all … More Deal of the Century – part 4
I was cleaning up some shelves this week and found several books that I am willing to give away/sell. Books are heavy and postage is expensive. There are two sections to this list. I have not listed prices for anything. Make an offer that includes postage. For cost of postage assume – 0-1kg – $20, … More Some Books for Sale
A major obstacle to reaching an accommodation between Israel and the Palestinians has always been Jerusalem. The Palestinians have claimed that all or part of the city is theirs and that it is their capital. The fact that they actually run their services from Ramallah doesn’t affect that claim. Even the UN partition resolution of … More Deal of the Century – part 3
One of the red-line conditions of the Palestinian Authority has always been the return of all “Palestinian refugees” to their original homes. But who is a “Palestinian refugee”? The original definition was set to include anyone who had lived in Palestine between June 1946 and May 1948. This conveniently eliminated the problem of Arab refugees … More Deal of the Century – part 2
This week saw the United States finally making public all the details of The Trump Plan for solving the Problem of Peace between Israel and the Palestinians. I’ll be writing about this some more in later pots, but this one is going to discuss just one part of that plan. It was a glaring omission … More Deal of the Century – Part 1
The Imperial War Museum is a treasury of collections of all sorts of things related to war/ One of those collections is a set of wooden ship models. These are not ordinary models. They are what remains of a major effort by the Admiralty to protect British shipping from the depredations of German U-boats during … More Camouflaged Wooden Models at the Imperial War Museum
The British Admiralty discouraged the use of dazzle camouflage on their battleships during WWI. There were a few exceptions. Actual patterns in various colors were applied to the new battleships Revenge and Ramillies. I covered Ramillies in an earlier post. Revenge is a more difficult problem because there is a book that claims her pattern … More HMS Revenge in WWI
Before I retired I worked with computers. I had several jobs ranging from being a simple (or not so simple) programmer through being a project manager and finally a systems manager.Working with computers is not something strange to me. But I must confess that since I retired I have not really written any programs of … More Welcome Back to Hi-Tech
Whenever it is possible we like to have at least one evening a year when we take all our children, their spouses, and the older grandchildren out to a good local restaurant. Of course, an 80th birthday is a great excuse for when to do such thing. We knew our younger daughter would be in … More 80th Birthday – Part 2
It’s birthday week for me. The first part of the festivities was hosting a small celebration at the Jerusalem Scrabble Club. The above picture was taken from the club website. My wife arranged a small table of sandwiches, cut vegetables, and drinks (including wine). All our children plus some of their spouses and some of … More 80th Birthday – part 1
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