| Winston Smith | 02 Jul 2014 10:04 p.m. PST |
Could we dis Hitler without being DHed for bringing in politics ? |
| gavandjosh02 | 02 Jul 2014 11:08 p.m. PST |
Assuming the technology of the day, TMP would have been some mail group. So, yes – by the exchange of hard copy letters. I'm in Australia. I assume that you aren't. So every 3 months or so (as the ship travels)I could read and respond to your letter. |
| TNE2300 | 02 Jul 2014 11:48 p.m. PST |
in '38 he was still getting some good press
time's man of the year no less of course by '42 that had changed a bit YouTube link
spike jones take on it |
| nazrat | 03 Jul 2014 5:23 a.m. PST |
But WAS it good press? Time's Man of the Year isn't necessarily a good thing, as any number of despots and Bad Men have been featured as such. I think they say that it represents somebody who affects the world in a big way, not the best dude of all the dudes. To be specific, "the Person of the Year (formerly Man of the Year) is an annual issue of the United States newsmagazine Time that features and profiles a person, group, idea or object that "for better or for worse…has done the most to influence the events of the year"." |
Dn Jackson  | 03 Jul 2014 6:12 a.m. PST |
I think that's a modern interpretation of 'Man of the Year'. At the time it was considered positive. |
| RavenscraftCybernetics | 03 Jul 2014 6:37 a.m. PST |
He did get the trains running on time. Alas what he did with them once they got running, was inexcusabke. |
| Martin Rapier | 03 Jul 2014 7:00 a.m. PST |
That tie also tones really well with his shirt and complexion. I presume the Alsation is Blondis predecessor. |
| nochules | 03 Jul 2014 7:23 a.m. PST |
The article itself is not exactly flattering, more of a he made everyone in Europe look like chumps sort of vibe. link |
Lee Brilleaux  | 03 Jul 2014 11:04 a.m. PST |
"Today I received a telegram from the editor, informing me that I had been placed in some sort of kennel. Apparently some comments I made, purely in jest, regarding Signor Mussolini, had been taken poorly by some of his enthusiasts on The Miniatures Papers." |
| OSchmidt | 03 Jul 2014 1:02 p.m. PST |
Dear Howard If you were in it you would not be able to post here. I think that your name has been taken in vain by the computer. |
| John the Greater | 03 Jul 2014 1:45 p.m. PST |
TMP in 1938, eh? No WWII boards yet and a few ACW vets still around to set us straight. But postings would require each of us to go to the Dear Editor's (blessings be upon him) house and post scraps of paper on a bulletin board. A bit tough for our comrades in Oz, but it can't be helped. |
| Zephyr1 | 03 Jul 2014 2:32 p.m. PST |
That "Man of the Year" looks constipated…. |
| Centurian | 03 Jul 2014 4:15 p.m. PST |
I'm not sure about the ACW vets, but there would be plenty of WWI, and perhaps even some from the Russo-Japanese War. Their views would be interesting! Don't forget Pulp Gaming either: Roaring 20's and Prohibition stories would be recent history. |
| Cincinnatus | 03 Jul 2014 5:59 p.m. PST |
Howard – one of the funniest things I've read on here in a long time. |
| Walter White | 03 Jul 2014 11:48 p.m. PST |
The term "stifle" had a whole different meaning in 1938 -- something a little more permanent than it is today, methinks. |
