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1.
THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (25th December 1942)
On
the Russian Front... Soviet 51st Army and 2nd Guards Army attacking German Group Hoth which withdraws
toward Kotelnikovo.
In Stalingrad, more heavy attacks against German 6th Army
Soviet 25th Tank Corps, mostly out of fuel, is hit hard by Luftwaffe aircraft and
is unable to overrun Morozovskaya airfield.
Luftwaffe aircraft evacuated from Tatsinskaya assembling at Salsk to resume
supply missions to Stalingrad, and manage to drop 7 tons of supplies.
In Yugoslavia... An SOE team lands by parachute at Mihailovic's headquarters.
In the Mediterranean... RN submarine P-48 sunk by Italian torpedo boats Ardente and Ardito.
In Libya... The Afrika Korps withdraws from Sirte
In Tunisia... German counter-attacks recapture Longstop Hill north of Medjez el Bab.
In the Atlantic... US vessel Dona Aurora sunk by Italian submarine Fecia di Cossato
In the Pacific... US Americal Division attacking Mount Austen on Guadalcanal
Japanese vessel No. 2 Banshu Maru sunk by USN submarine Tautog off Timor Island.
Japanese vessel No. 1 Tokiwa Maru sunk by USN submarine Thresher off Java.
In New Guinea... Warren Force attacking Japanese positions around New Strip
Urbana Force attacking Japanese positions around Buna mission.
In Burma... Patrols of Indian 123rd Infantry Brigade reach Rathedaung in the Arakan.
Today's Air Raids...
Rabaul, New Britain by US Cactus Air Force B-17 bombers from Guadalcanal.
2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
My main assignments to revolve around making breakfast and Christmas Dinner. Just being with folk otherwise.
Twitter Followers = 1,604 (up 3)
Nonfollowed eliminated = 0
Unfollowers eliminated = 0
3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
Daughter duly arrived on schedule on Christmas Eve - and Son and Daughter pissed each other off straight away in the first five minutes. Further unpleasantness was eliminated by the simple expedient of splitting them up. Daughter has been given the Lounge as a temporary bedsit, and is mainly kept company by missus, while Son retreated upstairs and hung with me or his online buddies. This arrangement has proved a great success thus far.
Christmas is the one time I indulge in peanuts and Chilli Doritos - I would be the size of a house if I did this all year - and enjoy them tremendously, along with microwaved Yule Log and ice-cream. Yummy! Oh and extra beer of course.
I don't whether it's the extra calories or the delicious marathon 2-hour meditations I have enjoyed in the last 2 days, or both, but two notable effects have been very early waking (4am this morning) and an upsurge in libido without chemical assistance (missus was delighted, and suitably seen to yesterday morning). This has puffed up my male ego and given me bags of time to myself, as I am not called into action (making Yule breakfast) until 9am.
Though life and the family at Christmas are reassuringly not perfect, it's still pretty damn good - I am bursting with gratitude most of the time. Plenty of creature comforts and time to enjoy them! Missus is happy as Larry at Christmas. The children have all the angst of older teenagers, but by teenage standards are doing OK, with some gentle parental encouragement. They are both highly talented individuals, and I'm intensely proud of both of them.
4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Have you grown and developed as a person in 2012?
5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Cloudy with intermittent showers, persisting all day and overnight.
Wind very light and south-easterly at first, veering westerly in the afternoon and strengthening.
Max Temp = 6 degC
Min Temp = 5 degC
Sunrise at 08:25
Sunset at 15:50
Jetstream: Over England and south-westerly
6. TODAY'S ONELINER
Depresso: When you've run out of coffee : D
7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Russell Howard's Good News: The Rabbit Grand National
8. TRIVIA
On average, 16% of the money you spend on a product pays for the packaging.
9. THE WISDOM I'VE LEARNED FROM OTHERS
"If I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that." - Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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