http://www.fmft.net/ Frivolity, Free Market Economics & Firearms en-us mrfmft@yahoo.com 2008-07-04T00:01:43+00:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.fmft.net/archives/002408.html Representatives of the thirteen American colonies in rebellion against the rule of George III signed a declaration of independence at Philadelphia, formalising the revolution which had commenced 15 months previously.... 2408@http://www.fmft.net/ On This Day ... 2008-07-04T00:01:43+00:00 http://www.fmft.net/archives/003154.html & so it finishes: the final leg or should I say couple of legs ... Muscat to Dubai where I had a seven hour stop over ... & then on to Hong Kong. The best part is that looking at... 3154@http://www.fmft.net/ Family FM 2008-07-03T13:51:14+00:00 http://www.fmft.net/archives/001798.html One of the main Russian supply routes to the Crimea ran across a pontoon bridge at the Genitchi Straits in the Sea of Azov. Previous attempts by the Royal Navy to destroy the bridge had failed, but Seaman Trewavas of... 1798@http://www.fmft.net/ On This Day ... 2008-07-03T00:01:43+00:00 http://www.fmft.net/archives/003153.html Despite my generally poor mood, yesterday morning started reasonably enough or should I say, as well as can be expected given my enforced abstinence the night before. I made it to my 0830 meeting in Kuwait City on time &... 3153@http://www.fmft.net/ Family FM 2008-07-02T00:29:03+00:00 http://www.fmft.net/archives/003152.html Well try this. Owning to the fact that I found some whiskey a couple of hours ago ... lets just say it amused me for some considerable time... 3152@http://www.fmft.net/ Just For Fun 2008-07-02T00:17:42+00:00 http://www.fmft.net/archives/000397.html After six days of painstaking and extremely dangerous work, a bomb disposal team led by Major Hudson, Royal Engineers, and two civilian scientists from the Ministry of Supply, Dr Dawson and Mr Hurst, succeeded in defusing a V-1 "doodlebug"... 397@http://www.fmft.net/ On This Day ... 2008-07-02T00:06:49+00:00 http://www.fmft.net/archives/003151.html Tonight dear readers you find me in miserable mood. Nearly three years ago, we buried a very dear (military) friend who was tragically killed in a parachuting accident. Today is his eldest son’s eighteenth birthday & I know how terribly... 3151@http://www.fmft.net/ Family FM 2008-07-01T00:22:17+00:00 http://www.fmft.net/archives/002406.html When mutineers launched a surprise attack at Indore, Colonel Travers led five men in a desperate attack on the enemy artillery, which won sufficient time for a loyal Bhopal regiment to muster for the defence, and European refugees to reach... 2406@http://www.fmft.net/ On This Day ... 2008-07-01T00:03:45+00:00 http://www.fmft.net/archives/003150.html This morning dear readers, you find your humble correspondent in Abu Dhabi. It’s been some six years since I was last in the Middle East & certainly my last visit comprised nothing more that three hours respite in the transit... 3150@http://www.fmft.net/ Family FM 2008-06-30T05:33:43+00:00 http://www.fmft.net/archives/001791.html The Anglo-Irish defenders of Dundalk sortied from the town to attack Edward Bruce's Scots and Irish forces encamped outside. The men of Dundalk were driven back into the town and Bruce's men, following on their heels, were able to force... 1791@http://www.fmft.net/ On This Day ... 2008-06-30T00:16:10+00:00 http://www.fmft.net/archives/003149.html Since my last update on my little aerial odyssey, a few things have happened: a) I finally got back to Hong Kong b) This is more than my missing bag has managed to do. Thanks to British Airways, it is... 3149@http://www.fmft.net/ Family FM 2008-06-29T15:09:48+00:00 http://www.fmft.net/archives/000386.html US Army Air Force personnel joined the RAF in action against the Germans for the first time, when Captain Kegelman and three crewmen of the 15th Bombardment Squadron manned an RAF Boston bomber during an attack by 226 Squadron on... 386@http://www.fmft.net/ On This Day ... 2008-06-29T09:03:04+00:00 http://www.fmft.net/archives/002401.html Private Hutchinson of the Lancashire Fusiliers was the first man into the German trenches during a raid on the Western Front, and he successfully led the way in the very dangerous work of trench clearance, killing several of the defenders... 2401@http://www.fmft.net/ On This Day ... 2008-06-28T08:10:59+00:00 http://www.fmft.net/archives/003148.html The English are very fond of a game they call cricket. For this purpose they go into a large open field & knock a ball about with a piece of wood. I will not attempt to describe the game... 3148@http://www.fmft.net/ Everything Else 2008-06-27T00:17:46+00:00 http://www.fmft.net/archives/001031.html King George II, commanding 35,000 British, Hanoverian and Hessian troops, defeated the French army of the Duc de Noailles, 26,000 strong, at Dettingen in Bavaria. It was the last time that a British monarch led an army in the field.... 1031@http://www.fmft.net/ On This Day ... 2008-06-27T00:04:38+00:00