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Recent content by Juan Vogel

  1. J

    Review - The Years of Rice and Salt

    I haven't re-read YORS for a good long time, but I did read it when it came out and so I'm quite surprised that I apparently just totally forgot about reincarnation
  2. J

    This forum will continue to operate

    Well done all, thanks for putting in the hard work
  3. J

    NEW RELEASES: A Very British Transition, Taken in Lycia, The Hated Chapters, and The Loyal Pursuit

    Well in circles merging, my wife just sent me a link to A Very British Transition, as she knows the author (she knows vaguely about SLP)
  4. J

    Twitter Embeds

    Same for me on mobile/chrome
  5. J

    What happens to Australia if transportation continues to British North America?

    Similar in NZ with the Otago Gold rush from 1861 onwards
  6. J

    2005: Osborne instead of Cameron

    There's also the risk that the Sour Grapes Email of 2023 was indicative of his behaviour then as well so if so maybe that might come out
  7. J

    Book Nook: The Flashman Series, by George MacDonald Fraser

    That might have been the Mali Rising work from Jonathan Edelstein. See here for one https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/mal%C3%AA-rising.226788/page-192#post-8534001
  8. J

    Insulting a Regiment

    I recall reading an autobiography of somone who got a dig in at the Royal Army Service Corps - RASC, which he said was an acronym for "rob all serving cobbers" after he had various things stolen from him whilst recovering from an injury in WW1
  9. J

    How valid is this costing of a Dover/Calais causeway - when built by the Romans?

    Hard to see how they could get very far off the coast before the effects of tidal action/current/wind/etc would cause more damage than could be managed. I'd see this causeway to be more like a breakwater than a bridge, a solid object. The longest in the UK apparently is 2.39km and it is by...
  10. J

    New Labour PR PODs

    Just a thought that came to me over the weekend for some minor PODs Specifically: 1. The London Assembly/Mayoral electoral systems. I recall @Lord Roem mentioning some annecdote or something from LSE about his lecturer saying they made up one of the systems en route to No 10 (or the...
  11. J

    The Third Crown and Other Weird Tales - short story/novella collection

    A kind offer but I'll buy a copy when I fix my Amazon account
  12. J

    Overdone tropes you actually enjoy?

    New Zealand joining the federation. Who needs CANZUK when you have ANZ
  13. J

    Ming Campbell in 2010

    Guess there are two parts to that. One is how important Nick's debate performance was to the final result and two - would have Ming run a tighter ship during the campaign and not wasted effort (party resources, activists) on long shots? Assumedly @iainbhx has thoughts
  14. J

    What If Poland Stopped the Blitz? Part 1

    Even just mobilising further would be an interesting POD. If say they were a week further ahead on their mobilisation that would slow Germany down a fair bit, better weapons or nor.
  15. J

    Soul City, North Carolina

    Interesting! I have to wonder how sustainable it was as a long term economic prospect, given the county itself tho. One large employer small rural towns are nervous places to live, after all
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