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Ah, "Flashman"!


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Great reading. An anti-hero scoundrel who gets mixed up in Victoria-era history all over the world. Based on considerable research of historical background. I've got almost all the books now.

Another great author in a similar but more serious vein is Bernard Cornwell. I've read almost all of his "Sharpe" books (Napoleonic times).

I found a good British source for these books and others. They have good sale prices on used books and FREE shipping to Canada and the USA...

http://www.awesomebooks.com/

Type in your title or author in the search box.

They ship fast too. I get my books in as little as a week.

   

Frankly, the only Sharpe books I enjoyed were the prequels in India under Wellsley. Once he hits the Iberian peninsula it becomes boring and formulaic.

   

Frankly, the only Sharpe books I enjoyed were the prequels in India under Wellsley. Once he hits the Iberian peninsula it becomes boring and formulaic.

   

There's some truth to what you say here about Portugal/Spain. Just different variations on a simliar theme. But Sharpe also goes to Denmark, is involved in Trafalgar, Waterloo, etc.

   

Ok so now things are moving on around Europe.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21559451


"Give horsemeat-tainted food to poor - German minister"







Andy will love this.

   

If the food is safe to eat but it's going to be destroyed merely because it's mis-labelled, why not?

On something slightly related I saw somewhere a few days ago that mis-labelling of fish is quite common in the USA, with some places recording up to 50% of fish samples testing as different fish from the ones labelled on packaging or in restaurants.

I imagine the same would be true of Canada.

   

Yeah, those are the prequels after India. Should have clarified.

   

I think they still haven't figured out where the meat originally came from though qnd whether it entered the food system through approved means. If so, they can't really claim its safe to eat. This is the real public concern, not just that consumers received a different product than they paid.for.

   

Noted, thanks.

   

This is how things work now..







So, you look at the package, 'product of France', think, oh, nice French cows,

"Le moooo, tabarnaque"



Nope, Romanian horses.


And then look at all the middlemen taking a cut all the way through.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21335872

   

The UK is the common denominator on so much shite these days. It's hard not to conclude that it's fucked.

Decades of chinless 'leadership' by the Oxbridge set have got them there. I’m glad I’m Canadian.

   

South Africa study finds donkey meat sold as beef


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21588575


Canadian inspectors are hopefully keeping an eye on things... hopefully

   

And American. American-sourced processed meats are common in our supermarkets.

   

I doubt it. We've already had admissions that they can't check everything that's imported into the country, and weren't there scandals with all sorts of crap in food produced in China? Also, look at the recent scare at XL foods - seems the inspectors weren't up to the task there. But hey, you pay less taxes if you don't have all those wasteful govt bureaucrats working, so be happy. Of course medicare costs might go up, but that's down the road, so why worry.

   

I do my best to avoid any foodstuffs from China, Vietnam, etc. especially things like canned meats and frozen fish.

   

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