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The Horny Goat wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Sep 2024 17:49:03 -0400, Tony Nance <tnusenet17@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>>> (Hint: I first read Nineteen Eighty-Four in high schoo which I suspect
>>> is before some of the younger people reading this were born. Let's
>>> just say I was young enough to consider some of Winston's + Julia's
>>> encounters "hot")
>>
>> The one-and-only time I read it was also in high school. I'll never
>> re-read it, but it gets referenced so often that I'm positive my
>> knowledge and understanding of it has grown and will continue to do so.
> 
> I've read Nineteen Eighty-Four 2 or 3 times since high school (though
> to be fair we had our 50th anniversary reunion last year so it has
> been awhile) though finally read Homage to Catalonia (Orwell's Spanish
> Civil War memoirs) within the last year.
> 
> (If you're remotely interested in the Spanish Civil War don't miss it


Seconded.  One of the few books I've read, then immediately read again.

But I'd say it has a far broader interest than only those interested in 
the Spanish civil war.


> - my senior high math teacher was an ex-International Brigader who was
> discharged from the IBs in Feb 1939 and he did odd jobs and played
> tourist around Britain and France and was intending to stay another
> year before returning to Canada but when Britain declared war on
> Germany in Sept 1939, made his way to the Canadian consulate in London
> to present his papers and volunteer for active service. They assigned
> him to the British army as a rifle drill instructor until 1942 at
> which point there were enough Canadian troops in Britain that he was
> transferred back to the Canadian forces. Then served till 1945 and
> became first an engineer then a high school teacher on the Canadian
> version of the GI bill. Helluva math teacher and I owe him a ton. And
> recommended Homage to Catalonia to me back then but I didn't get
> around to finally reading it last year)

Fascinating.

I heard that one of the older chess players in Toronto was IB, but by 
the time I began playing in tournaments he was gone.


William Hyde
>