Author Archives: thomo the lost

fat man, thin brain, cute eyes, long strides and a sweet disposition … mostly

USS Mongolia

13 June 2007 – 18:45

By now most of the readers of my blog know that I have a particularly soft spot for Mongolia, the Land of the Endless Blue Sky. Most of you have realised as well that I love ships … all of them … big buggers, small ones, sailing, steam, oar-powered, you name it. Then there is [...]

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Gallery Updates

12 June 2007 – 9:30

I have been madly updating the gallery over the past few days with Mark I versions in place for:

Mongolian Landscapes
Places Visited

I have also uploaded all the museum photos from the old gallery. These are covering the Choson, Three Kingdom and Koryo Periods of Korean History as well as the Thai Airforce Museum. Labelling (captions) are [...]

Posted in Asia Pacific, Australia, England, Europe, General, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Naval, Thomo, Travel, Wargaming | Comments (0)

Dad

11 June 2007 – 3:30

It’s been a year since Dad left us. The time has passed so quickly. This time last year I was in Mongolia, getting ready to return to Australia to visit my family and I know that Dad was looking forward to my visiting him. I was looking forward to spending time with him and mum. [...]

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Riyadh Governorate Confirms Probing Complaint Against Commission

10 June 2007 – 9:32

Thomo’s favourite Ministry has been at it again. Yep, fresh on the heels of all the other recent silliness comes this story from the Arab News, Riyadh Governorate Confirms Probing Complaint Against Commission.
It seems that the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (or as I prefer to think of them, the [...]

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10,000 Page Hits

6 June 2007 – 10:48

It was back on March 13th that I noted 3000 Page Hits at Thomo’s Hole here. That had taken 2 months to achieve (January to March). The next 7000 page hits came over three months, indicating a growing number of hits to the Hole.
I know I wasn’t going to say anything about this until next [...]

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Ships

27 May 2007 – 10:45

I was chatting to a friend the other day and she noted how many books about ships I had. I had to confess then that I loved ships. What a wonderful piece of machinery, especially the older steam vessels and naval vessels. The ship itself is one big machine served by a crew whose task [...]

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Bridges and Tunnels

14 May 2007 – 0:58

It was a few days ago that the Lost Nomad commented on discussions about linking Korea and Japan by tunnel. It just so happened that this was the day after the Arab News here ran a piece about a Causeway Linking Egypt and Saudi Arabia. Seems the causeway is a bigger and better link than [...]

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From China to Panama, a Trail of Poisoned Medicine

7 May 2007 – 3:22

The New York Times noted in an article called From China to Panama, a Trail of Poisoned Medicine by Walt Bogdanich and Jake Hooker and published on 6 May 2007:
A poisonous solvent sold by counterfeiters and mixed into drugs has figured in mass poisonings around the world that killed thousands.
This is something that has [...]

Posted in Asia Pacific, China, General, Mongolia | Comments (1)

Wargame Ethics

1 May 2007 – 12:07

Way back in the past - around 1999 in fact, I questioned myself about the ethics of wargaming. Every few years I ponder the same the question. I guess my morality gene lays dormant for three or four years then the application of a couple of Heinekens an a long boring flight somewhere causes the [...]

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Temporary Husbands Needed … more

10 April 2007 – 13:57

Back on 31 March 2007 I wrote about Temporary Husbands Needed for some female students who had one scholarships to study overseas but could not take this up unless they were accompanied by a male guardian (not even their mother’s could go with them, it had to be a male).
A follow-up piece was published today [...]

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