Thought I'd try and lighten up these dreary winter days with a silly but maybe educational game. It's from a friend who got the idea from another friend who is a teacher . Here are the rules. Rules: * Grab the book closest to you. Now. * Go to page 56. * Find the 5th sentence. * Write that sentence as in bold as your post * Don't go looking for your favourite book, or the coolest one you have -- just grab the closest one * Say what book it is. He had a sheet of paper in his hand and, passing it to me , he asked, 'What do you think of that?' From 'Halifax For Liberte! 4 Group's Gallant Frenchmen At Elvington 1944-1945' by Louis Bourgain
The stubborness of the enemy's efforts to hold the high ground north of the Vire-Vassy road was soon explained, for while we were engaged in taking it, the Germans launched a strong counter-attack across our front, striking westwards on the other side of the road. Welsh Guards at War by Major LF Ellis, CVO, CBE, DSO, MC
At 10 o'clock in the evening , a conference was held at Brigade Headquarters and an hour later the Commanding Officers returned to give out their orders. 6th Guards Tank Brigade - Patrick Forbes
96. The method of wear for the German Army Marksmanship Lanyard. German Army Uniforms & Insignia 1933-45 - Davis
Identifying these bodies would not be an easy job, let alone finding them in the first place. Missing Believed Killed The Royal Air Force and the Search for Missing Aircrew 1939 - 1952 - Stuart Hadaway
The terms of the armistice were observed with scrupulous exactitude by the Italian Navy (September 10th 1943) The Campaign in Italy 1943-1945 Eric Linklater
Two of his three sons also joined the 4th Gurkhas while the youngest went into 10th Gurkhas. The Gurkhas by John Parker.
The men would make some initial exploratory forays, then spend the winter months fine-tuning their equipment and plans for their projects. Shackleton's Way - Leadership Lessons from the Great Antarctic Explorer. Margot Morrell and Stephanie Capparell
Attempts were made to curry favour with the Dutch police, first of all by means of a rise in salary. From Five years of Occupation: The Resistance of the Dutch against Hitler-Terrorism and Nazi Robbery by J.J Boolen & Dr. J.C van der Does
"So it was the thought of her that he concentrated on when he couldn't sleep (which had quickly become every night)." White Ghosts by Will Rhode
Well at last I am in training and more, this time at a nice little place (Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire) in the middle of England. From "A Delayed Salute" by John Williamson To the memory of a WW2 aircrew No.138 "Special Duties" Squadron, RAF Tempsford: Killed in action over the North Sea, Europe. A tribute by their relatives.
When they eventually made their way back to their units or were apprehended, they faced three to five years' penal servitude. From: Monte Cassino. By Mathew Parker
Gorse the traditional bush and nest placed generally near the top of a spray " Finding Nests ", Bruce Campbell.
anorak n a usu hooded waterproof outer jacket; a Greenlander's fur coat; someone who follows a pursuit or interest that is regarded as dull and unsociable; someone who has an obsessive interest in the statistics and trivia associated with a subject; a socially inept person. Chambers Dictionary Ninth Edition. p.56 5th sentence How the hell did I manage to find 'anorak' ? Owen, you knew didn't you ? Rich
anorak n a usu hooded waterproof outer jacket; a Greenlander's fur coat; someone who follows a pursuit or interest that is regarded as dull and unsociable; someone who has an obsessive interest in the statistics and trivia associated with a subject; a socially inept person. Chambers Dictionary Ninth Edition. p.56 5th sentence How the hell did I manage to find 'anorak' ? Owen, you knew didn't you ? Rich The book speaks great wisdom... Is this the point of this 'game'? Has it now ended early and Rich lost?
The whole theory of mobility that we had been taught, of our racing across the battlefield, seemed to have gone up in smoke. Citizen Soldiers by Stephen Ambrose.
Jeff slowly moved his hand up Jill's soft thigh, She gasped as the creeping fingers found a warm inviting........................................ Men Only (do magazines count?!?!)
