tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post3232800540131689106..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Thank you, NJT!Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-87294444522710405592013-01-12T06:52:57.217-05:002013-01-12T06:52:57.217-05:00I finally got around to reading this book. It went...I finally got around to reading this book. It went on my Amazon wish list after you recommended it and I got it for Christmas.<br /> <br />http://www.ncgunblog.com/2013/01/11/run-out-an-buy-this-book/<br /><br />Awesome book. Thanks to both you and NJT for recommending it.Sean D Sorrentinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02710448105506060349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-24896298363925233772011-11-25T13:00:31.902-05:002011-11-25T13:00:31.902-05:00It was me, but I never knew there were sequels!!It was me, but I never knew there were sequels!!staghoundshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05976667812875074135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-47099925767407400632011-11-23T19:47:11.727-05:002011-11-23T19:47:11.727-05:00P.s. Von Trapp was a real Ashley Wilkes type. Brav...P.s. Von Trapp was a real Ashley Wilkes type. Braver than Dick Tracy he was when in combat, and loved by his men. <br /><br />However, when he had to make a living on the civilian economy after the War he totally failed, aristocrat that he was.Justthisguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17277333206171756636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-72879459659383061712011-11-23T19:41:15.201-05:002011-11-23T19:41:15.201-05:00I like my real Austrian submariner, Von Trapp, bet...I like my real Austrian submariner, Von Trapp, better. "Sound of Music" aside, his wife Maria taught me to play the recorder with her excellent method, "Enjoy Your Recorder."<br /><br />Due to the state of my teeth, I can no longer play the clarinet, so I do indeed enjoy my recorder. Telemann is really cool, played on the recorder.Justthisguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17277333206171756636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-73561560706872420902011-11-23T13:27:56.682-05:002011-11-23T13:27:56.682-05:00I thought it was odd that you were thanking teh Ne...I thought it was odd that you were thanking teh New Jersey Turnpike.Atom Smasherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01717946941636575857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-30107328371068554282011-11-23T13:10:11.130-05:002011-11-23T13:10:11.130-05:00Well excuse me! Must be all the Czechs who ran Th...Well excuse me! Must be all the Czechs who ran The Empire from their desks in Vienna. Herb Prohaska had the usual <a href="http://free.pages.at/innuendo/cordoba/spieler/prohaska.jpg" rel="nofollow">"Wiener Perm"</a> done to his famous afro-hair. That was common among the "youth" of my age when I lived there...NotClauswitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14358707844087117280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-9208929911752881442011-11-23T12:28:20.658-05:002011-11-23T12:28:20.658-05:00It's a Hungarian base-name.
(facepalm)
No, i...<b><br />It's a Hungarian base-name.<br /></b><br />(facepalm)<br /><br />No, it's not. It's not even from the same language family.. as Hungarian is a Uralic language, and Slavic and German languages are of the Indoeuropean..<br /><br />Prochazka is Czech for "a stroll". Common surname in Bohemia, Moravia, and due to the unjustly maligned Austro-Hungarian Empire also common in Austria..Laniusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-54956031976963346262011-11-23T11:22:50.314-05:002011-11-23T11:22:50.314-05:00Dammit, now there's ANOTHER book waiting on th...Dammit, now there's ANOTHER book waiting on the Kindle for me to get to it!<br /><br /><br />WV= prett. "Prett soon, I'm gonna run out of lists to put them on!"Firehandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-30082314031340351962011-11-23T09:11:20.359-05:002011-11-23T09:11:20.359-05:00I also receommend "The Last Salute"; it&...I also receommend "The Last Salute"; it's Georg von Trapp's story about commanding a sub in the A-H navy in WWI. I'll be looking for the Prohaska book,thanks for the tip.<br />rodentAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-57471227338073371092011-11-23T04:21:27.801-05:002011-11-23T04:21:27.801-05:00Any of Adm. Daniel V. Gallery's books is highl...Any of Adm. Daniel V. Gallery's books is highly recommended.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11402651457453813639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-22734048447257591832011-11-23T04:12:06.638-05:002011-11-23T04:12:06.638-05:00Hey! John Clancy books have characters! There'...Hey! John Clancy books have characters! There's Jack Ryan and...and...wait a minute...Gnarly Sheennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-84370113759431194102011-11-23T01:45:32.579-05:002011-11-23T01:45:32.579-05:00For certain definitions of "too many", t...For certain definitions of "too many", that is...<br />(About to start VDH's "The End Of Sparta" next.)Dranghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08082177597135236652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-43768949378786221822011-11-23T01:44:43.366-05:002011-11-23T01:44:43.366-05:00I've got the first two of the titles in the se...I've got the first two of the titles in the series sitting on the "Hold" shelf at the branch library as I type this. Trying to wait until Friday to pick 'em up, I have too many library books to pick up and read in too short a time...Dranghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08082177597135236652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-76800767287137394202011-11-22T18:51:53.520-05:002011-11-22T18:51:53.520-05:00Good lord. Makes me want to go shoot something wi...Good lord. Makes me want to go shoot something with a really old firearm in an obscure caliber.Robert Langhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16497658569363397644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-88073751798169998422011-11-22T17:05:20.187-05:002011-11-22T17:05:20.187-05:00Liked A Sailor of Austria a lot. I haven't rea...Liked <i>A Sailor of Austria</i> a lot. I haven't read the others yet, though I will eventually.<br /><br />On a quasi-related note, I recently finished Massie's <i>Castles of Steel</i> (having read <i>Dreadnought</i> in 2010), and after rereading Ryan Wadle's Texas A&M history master's thesis on Fleet Problems IX through XIV, I'm gonna grab Buell's biography of Ernest J. King from the university liberry after the holidays.Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780425923108876647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-35595306626910953052011-11-22T14:13:38.906-05:002011-11-22T14:13:38.906-05:00"Presumed Lost" The Incredible Ordeal of..."Presumed Lost" The Incredible Ordeal of America's Submarine POWs during the Pacific War by Stephen Moore may be of interest as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-65044441472855512572011-11-22T13:03:42.198-05:002011-11-22T13:03:42.198-05:00Prohaska is the last name of a famous Viennese Foo...Prohaska is the last name of a famous Viennese Football (s0ccer) player (for Rapid-Hütteldorf) and also a minorly-famous Vienniese Fin de siècle artist/painter raconteur - it's a Hungarian base-name.NotClauswitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14358707844087117280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-759343860468937242011-11-22T10:25:36.047-05:002011-11-22T10:25:36.047-05:00Ms. Tam, Have you read U-505 by Daniel V. Gallery?...Ms. Tam, Have you read U-505 by Daniel V. Gallery? He commanded the sub-hunting group that boarded and captured the U-boat. Good fiction is wonderful, but a well-written memoir is even better.johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-48625240214704992872011-11-22T10:10:33.243-05:002011-11-22T10:10:33.243-05:00I went through the U-505 years ago. It was cool, ...I went through the U-505 years ago. It was cool, but I'll never go back to Chicago. Think I was... 14? Was a youngun but still, there's principles. I'll ponder going back if I can at least bring my own gun, but it'd mostly be if I can tote it, so I don't see a return trip. Too bad.Pakkinpoppanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-47889659976000021922011-11-22T10:03:08.241-05:002011-11-22T10:03:08.241-05:00WW1 Submarines. Cool. I also like that, being of ...WW1 Submarines. Cool. I also like that, being of Hungarian Descent, I get to put on my Smug Jacket and say, "Of course the Austro-Hungarian Empire had a Navy! If it wasn't for those damn French and Italians and the Treaty of Trianon...." Then I get to tell them that, yes Virginia, things DID happen on this Planet before Paris Hilton made a Vid..."Bubblehead Les.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00730873284089958084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-69442843706082409202011-11-22T09:50:29.907-05:002011-11-22T09:50:29.907-05:00Gee, thanks Tam, I'm still reading the Great B...Gee, thanks Tam, I'm still reading the Great Big Book of Horrible Things. Now I'll be more behinder.Waynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10584761465957356521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-71696590243569164932011-11-22T08:35:04.553-05:002011-11-22T08:35:04.553-05:00I have it on my own bookshelf, it's a wonderfu...I have it on my own bookshelf, it's a wonderful read.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11402651457453813639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-906692128928865032011-11-22T08:32:22.687-05:002011-11-22T08:32:22.687-05:00'bits' of work.*
And, glad you liked it.'bits' of work.*<br /><br />And, glad you liked it.New Jovian Thunderbolthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09452246769246304612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-12572853343487882632011-11-22T08:31:55.389-05:002011-11-22T08:31:55.389-05:00I've read all 4. Decent little pits of work. ...I've read all 4. Decent little pits of work. The "reminisces of the old guy" format appealled to me because of parallels with my local WWII vets.New Jovian Thunderbolthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09452246769246304612noreply@blogger.com