"The effective employment of Lend-Lease equipment was compromised by the persistent objection of the Soviet side to allowing Western personnel access to help with training and repair or to supply information on how the aid was being utilized. By 1943 large stockpiles of material had accumulated in the Soviet Union but it was impossible to check why ( Read more... )

~My politics at the point are fairly simple: I need to live another twenty years or so. That way I'm pretty sure to outlive Le-Le and all our cats. Dying before them feels like abandoning them. So anything that helps keep me living comfortably until then, I support. And anything that doesn't, I oppose. Once they're gone, I'd probably pull my own ( Read more... )

~Shaved without hot water that is. Wasn't really cold, more like tepid, as it's pretty hot outside. Used a brand new triple blade razor and went slowly and carefully. Ahh...feel so much better. Washing my hair is next.