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Mine is WW2. I have read over 1000 books on the topic and have done WW2 tours. Would like to get to Stalingrad (Volgograd) some day.
One of the great ironies of my life was that my dad served in the British Merchant navy during the war and was on Arctic Convoys and we had an ashtray at home made out of a shell which hit his ship and didn't explode but I never once spoke to him about it before he died :(
Che Guevara,
the most complete human being of our age
I wouldnt say its my passion but WW2 happens to be one of my favourite subjects also. I dont read much but the few books I have read were mostly about WW2. I do however spend countless hours watching the numerous WW2 documentaries that are always on the History Channel.Quote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan
There are loads of different aspects to it but my interest began with the technological side of the war and the speed with which new ideas were hatched and developed and produced, I dont think there has been anything like it since.
I also harbour a desire to travel across Europe with the intention of visitng as many WW2 sites as possible (the only one I've seen so far is the Mosquito museum in Hertfordshire).
Needless to say I watch all the films and play all the WW2 playstation games too :D
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Have you been to the cemetary in Colleville (just off Omaha Beach) in Normandy.Took my breath away.
Great War Museums in nearby Bayeaux & St Mere Eglise also.
I've started collecting vinyl..
2 in my collection so far .. oh yeah :D
Funnily enough I'm very into history as well, but I tend to avoid WW2. I guess I just sort of know about the geopolitical aspect of it and frankly I dont think I could go into more detail about the various front lines and advances without getting extremely aggressive about the futility of it all.
I tend to prefer history in larger time scales like Guns Germs and Steel (Jared Diamond is one of the greatest minds alive) or A Brief History of Nearly Everything. I do however have a good few "biographies" like Ghenghis Khan, Kublai Khan, Attila, Augustus, Caesar, Cicero, and various greek characters. I guess I'll read anything really if its interesting, but WW2 books tend to focus too much on where and when rather than why and how.
Also, free from the shackles of formal maths education, I've found a renewed interest in physics. My girlfriend's a teacher and we've had many an argument about how its far more important kids know why they stay attached to the floor than some stupid story about giant, a hurler and a dog.
I daren't say as this is a family website......:D;)
typical wimmenz.Quote:
Originally Posted by Magicme
that's duuuuuuuuuuuuuurty!;):D
Well we know it's not disco dancing...:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Magicme
Volgograd is a lovely city. Fantastic war memorials (oodles of them) and lots of nice parks and riverbank walks (and the Volga is a river and a half). And one or two nice looking girls;)
Its hot as hell in summer and cold as hell in winter, but just right in May.
Sevastopol is also well worth a visit, Moscow I can take or leave, although the Museum of the Great Patriotic War is superb, and there a great tank museum outside the city.
Hopingto get to Brest in Belarus next year and will probably go back to Volgograd for a few days in the summer.
Travel - plain and simple
Passion is a very strong word, but photography is certainly a very enjoyable hobby.
I'm a fairly regular gym goer, so I guess moving large heavy plates of metal is my other passion. I actually do get p!ssed off with myself if I miss a gym session, it really does screw me up for a few days until I get back into it.
Can't think of any reason at all why it'd be important for kids to know why they're stuck the ground, to be honest. So long as it keeps happening, we don't need to worry about it (and I say that as someone with an interest in popular science). It's interesting maybe, but certainly not important.Quote:
Originally Posted by GavinZac
Sadly, my greatest passions are computing, the internet and technology in general. Luckily, that's what I do for a living, so I can have fun and make a few quid into the bargain.
Guitar...PS3....Poker:D
sadly, boring and all as it is, the criminal justice system!!!!
Literature. Great literature.
In particular, the works of Shakespeare, Dickens, Kawabata, Steinbeck, Orwell, Irving, Twain, Brecht, Natsume, Baldwin, Faulkner, Hugo, Dostoevsky, and Kesey.
(A list which was generated by a look at my bookshelf)
Music, to be exact, its all singing!
Travelling.............when i have the money...............have lived in seven different countries now. The best was Holland, bloody great place to live. Switzerland was the most beautiful place i have visited, but didnt actually get to see anyone there! London was cool.
Music. Have **** loads of CDs, Vinyl, Tapes. most have years of material yet to listen too. And most of it is ripped!:cool:
Movies: and def not the crap that tends to be recommended here!
Gambling: have to have at least one bet every day. Mostly on football, but on anything im desperate. My dream is to go to Las vagas, and to the Melbourne Cup. cant wait for cheltenham this year (got 7 winners last year) and the Euros!
oh yeah and Drinking beer (not american crap).