Thankyou, thankyou, CopCar

CopCar's husband HH died recently and whilst clearing out his possessions she showed us on her blog some of his books he had been reading. Surprise, surprise, two of them were on my list of books to be read by me, before I (80) shuffle off this mortal coil too, but which are difficult to obtain here in Germany. So I offered to buy them, subject to the postage not being TOO expensive. But Tom, knowing we are both pensioners, offered to pay the (iniquitous) US postage, an offer not to be turned down. So many thanks to Tom too, very generous.

So your package arrived safely, not even being inspected by the local customs office, and avoiding(?) any tRump tariffs. See how pleased I look. I have covered your return address, keeping it private. Here, return addresses are on the back of the package. The books are in excellent condition, like new.

Back Story : The paperback is Spy Handler, written by Viktor Cherkashin, a KGB spy handler. So it will interesting to see things from the other point of view. The translation is excellent, very seldom that russian grammer shows its face. I have another (UK) friend who was GCHQ's communications officer in the UK Embassy in Washington DC, so when I have finished it, I will ask if he wants to read it too. So it is an autobiography, some black and white photographs included, but I recognised noone, unsurprisingly.

The hardback book is a novel, Flight of the old dog, by Dale Brown. He flew for many years as a navigator on a B52, a US (nuclear) bomber, so doubtless there will many technical details which I hope will not detract from the (fictional) story. CopCar once wrote "HH made a few similar flights (NOT over USSR!) as navigator, back in the day." which is probably why he read this book.

And so, the bedside pile of books to be read has now reached 13 books in height, so should I ever become bedridden I still will have plenty of entertainment. Thanks again to CopCar, Tom and posthumously HH.

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Billions of Versions... wrote " It amazes me how detailed they can get with a chainsaw. When I use a chainsaw I have trouble making a straight cut most of the time. " I don't even own a chainsaw!

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