Military Engineering in the Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Turks may be called the Romans of the Muslim world. They imposed a definitive order upon what had developed earlier: a bureaucracy, a legal system, and Sunni Islam itself, with its balance between two ways of looking at religion, as a system of ideal social behavior and as a path towards experiential knowledge […]

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Bognor Regis

Forever ago, I worked in a bank. We had a girlies night out (one of several) in Bognor. Not far from Chichester. It was a Bank Butlins Bingo BuggerBognor Bash. House of Hanover Vibe. Wiki : Bognor Regis Like father, like son.

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Brighton Pavilion?

Wiki : Royal Pavilion   Blackadder? Where are my socks? Oh. Not funny. WHERE are MY socks? Some little bleeder keeps nicking one them. I’ll just have be odd. Heyho!  

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Herne the Hunter

Myth and Legend thingy.  Wiki : Herne the Hunter Many Clues Therein. But I’ll  skip over Monarch of the Glen, Shakespeare, Anglo-Saxon blahblah and stick with the Irish right now. Clannad. The Hooded Man.        

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Just Call Me Herself.

Or Lady xyz of Glencoe. As a sort of/kind of Joke(!?) Eons ago, I bought about 3 square inches of Glencoe from Highland Titles. I’m a Lady.  Check it out. Less Narcissist. More Conservationist? “The conservation of wilderness in Scotland” M’eh.  

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Now… This IS How You DO IT!

Master Craftsman at work, linking the links. It’s pretty easy when you KNOW HOW. It’s even as fun as a funny thing ;o)  

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The Viking Spirit

I love Daniel McCoy’s work. This book is fabulous and so is his website Norse Mythology for Smart People. Please check it out. I’m very drawn to Freya. Mrs Story/His Story? I just read the myths and legends slightly differently nowadays :o)   From https://norse-mythology.org/     FREYA “Freyja and the Necklace” by James Doyle […]

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Hirudo medicinalis

Again with the BS. There’s nothing I can do but expose it. It’s presence here is Strong and has been for days. The evidence will show itself very soon. That I can guarantee y’all.   Wiki : Hirudo medicinalis    

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