tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post1426916063983992187..comments2024-03-29T07:19:50.366-07:00Comments on Strange Company: Weekend Link DumpUndinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16214242522330278662noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-88514159451898589202021-01-02T16:59:58.629-08:002021-01-02T16:59:58.629-08:00It was so inspiring to read about the Balmis Exped...It was so inspiring to read about the Balmis Expedition. I'm sure they saved millions of lives. True courage and the best Enlightenment ideals.<br /> Hopefully someday they will not be forgotten. <br /><br /><br />Post script- Eugen von Ransonnet-Villez was also very inspiring. Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16217677217054777278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-90893227130401949582021-01-01T17:16:15.210-08:002021-01-01T17:16:15.210-08:00I do miss the Golden Era of ship’s cats. And, yes,...I do miss the Golden Era of ship’s cats. And, yes, I’ve come to translate terms like “over-zealous” as “too much over the target.”Undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16214242522330278662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-57146392967387061262021-01-01T11:11:38.847-08:002021-01-01T11:11:38.847-08:00There should always be a ship's cat. I think t...There should always be a ship's cat. I think they bring good luck.<br /><br />And in the story about the Nazi scientists being brought to the U.S., I liked the one intelligence officer's dismissal of objections as 'over-zealous investigations'. I think that term usually means someone discovered the truth.John Bellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10946140614088069665noreply@blogger.com