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Half the reason, @Vaggos, why I was shocked at your post.

@Ryder This is the pace at which pre-Napoleonic infantry went on parade.

GOOD to see you here!

Yes, he was an abolitionist, and attacked Harpers' Ferry before the Civil War broke out, was captured after a brief siege and hanged by the State of Virginia. He became a legend to the Union soldiers, and then the tune they used, an old come-to-Gospel-meeting tune, got used by Harriet Beecher...

Well, our own slimy set of pols (any other kind noticed wandering around?) have just about come to the declaration of election results in our largest state (=Province), and seems likely to lose or get a hugely diminished majority in the state elections. Everybody is bracing themselves for a...

Perhaps you need a little help with your pronunciation. He is a descendant of the great man, but his name has changed over the centuries, and is now pronounced 'Dumb Tool'. One normally writes it and never speaks it, as it has very uncomfortable and unintended meanings in foreign languages...

So well articulated! Respect.

@Nilgiri I don't know how to do this - can you help combine the Kargil threads? We can resume this thread once the two existing threads are merged.

Seriously? Must a bin a gas!

Such a tragedy! I knew Polemarchakis personally; his fortnightly treks to the airport-Athens-back caused great hilarity! Obviously no famous economist can do anything about corruption.

:LOL: Let me guess - Damrau?

@Ryder For your listening pleasure

Done, Sir. Let me get through the day's chores, and I'm at your service.

So very true. PASOK is kind of in between, but don't seem to connect to Communism very well.

Difficult to pick and choose, but I prefer the Marriage of Figaro, and ONE aria from the Magic Flute. The Queen of the Night singing her heart-stopping hate speech - OK, make that heart-stopping sound byte.

<sigh> That WAS Mozart. No wonder he drove Salieri up the wall.

I would be very happy if you would tell me any other kind of music - marching music - you'd like to hear.

Zeiten and Keith are both characters in their own right. Zeiten was a tiny little man with a filthy temper, one of the finest cavalry commanders of his time, who won battles with Frederick more than once simply with the power of his management of the cavalry. Then, of course, he fought with his...

A brilliant march! The second stanza is from the Hohenfriedberger. If you like these German classics, among their ten or so best, you may like this one about Fritz.