tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post3784080404585048531..comments2023-11-02T11:32:38.324+00:00Comments on The Joy of Curmudgeonry: AdeldämmerungDeogolwulfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02197539477668018797noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-69548856034126258642008-05-21T16:59:00.000+01:002008-05-21T16:59:00.000+01:00Dear Mild,Thank you. I'll put Bunter right on it....Dear Mild,<BR/><BR/>Thank you. I'll put Bunter right on it.<BR/><BR/>Sincerely,<BR/><BR/>Lord PeterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-45003722737452355492008-05-21T12:54:00.000+01:002008-05-21T12:54:00.000+01:00Dear Death Breedon,On most Internet Browsers if yo...Dear Death Breedon,<BR/><BR/>On most Internet Browsers if you go up to the toolbar, look at the view menu - and click on text size (or the equivalent) you will able to view any site at your prefered font size.Mercurius Aulicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05130901970855873480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-4347878128739399282008-05-13T23:14:00.000+01:002008-05-13T23:14:00.000+01:00Dear Blogger,I greatly enjoy your blog, but my eye...Dear Blogger,<BR/><BR/>I greatly enjoy your blog, but my eyes grow weary with age and decay. Could you please use a larger font for the sake of we Grumpy Old Fogeys?<BR/><BR/>Sincerely,<BR/><BR/>Lord PeterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-13516097818654979512008-05-13T22:26:00.000+01:002008-05-13T22:26:00.000+01:00Pinochet a saviour (by grace of Kissinger, CIA et ...Pinochet a saviour (by grace of Kissinger, CIA et al)? Now that's a most interesting question! <BR/><BR/>As for James' wondering: perhaps one of several reasons von Boeselager could survive, but an important one - in case it's fact and not 'legend' was that his comrades although under torture wouldn't divulge his name.Sean Jeatinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08978285783271305489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-14272284770654142812008-05-07T17:06:00.000+01:002008-05-07T17:06:00.000+01:00Philipp von Boeselager was one of the few to escap...Philipp von Boeselager was one of the few to escape the reprisals.<BR/><BR/>One wonders how he managed this. De Lampedusa's Leopard springs to mind in this context as well.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-83626196116595875302008-05-06T22:22:00.000+01:002008-05-06T22:22:00.000+01:00By the by: the aristocrats of the Young England mo...By the by: the aristocrats of the Young England movement in the early nineteenth century had reached a similar conclusion about the English aristocracy.Deogolwulfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02197539477668018797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-24460649902038267222008-05-06T22:12:00.000+01:002008-05-06T22:12:00.000+01:00"Everyman might conclude that the aristocrats had ..."Everyman might conclude that the aristocrats had indeed become decadent."<BR/><BR/>A conclusion to which some aristocrats also came, Friedrich Reck-Malleczewen for one -- neglect of duties, etc.Deogolwulfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02197539477668018797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-48677548190048942172008-05-06T20:47:00.000+01:002008-05-06T20:47:00.000+01:00It's an interesting question: how early in the car...It's an interesting question: how early in the career of a nasty dictator should you try to assassinate him? Did Pinochet save Chile from its own Hitler/Lenin/Mao by killing Allende? We'll never know.<BR/><BR/>But there's not much of a case for sneering at Everyman and then botching an assassination; Everyman might conclude that the aristocrats had indeed become decadent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com