Matt - plenty of time to save for that dictionary you've always wantedSeriously, it's only just Novemeber. Christmas is ages away!!
Matt - plenty of time to save for that dictionary you've always wanted![]()
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Lavrentiy Beria, Head of the Checka and OGPU (forerunners of the KGB) and the man rumoured to have watched Stalin die (and not called the guards to assist him).
He succeeded Stalin but was then executed on the orders of Marshall of the Soviet Union Georgii Zhukov (whom Beria had exiled to a Far Eastern command some years earlier when it appeared that Zhukov was becoming too popular and a possible threat to Beria's plans to be Stalin's successor).
Beria, despite his ruthlessness and many faults as a man (murderer, rapist, paedophile etc.) had intended to instigate more open relations with the West and by all accounts, had he lived, the Cold War would have ended 30 years earlier than it finally did under Gorbachev.
A Good Communist.
Right now, I know I've not long had a shot of GTN so the brain is a little 'spaced', but,,,,,,,,,what has this to do with Christmas avatar's

My avatar is a photo of Beria...what did you think - that was me?

Lavrentiy Beria, Head of the Checka and OGPU (forerunners of the KGB) and the man rumoured to have watched Stalin die (and not called the guards to assist him).
He succeeded Stalin but was then executed on the orders of Marshall of the Soviet Union Georgii Zhukov (whom Beria had exiled to a Far Eastern command some years earlier when it appeared that Zhukov was becoming too popular and a possible threat to Beria's plans to be Stalin's successor).
Beria, despite his ruthlessness and many faults as a man (murderer, rapist, paedophile etc.) had intended to instigate more open relations with the West and by all accounts, had he lived, the Cold War would have ended 30 years earlier than it finally did under Gorbachev.
A Good Communist.
Mystery solved. I always had the uncomfortable feeling I should know who it was.![]()
Mine is my VERY old lemon avatar with a chrimbo hat and some holy (don't know why).
I see Marcel is still avoiding going christmassy! Then again having a flooded flat might not make you feel in the spirit I guess![]()
My avatar is a photo of Beria...what did you think - that was me?
I thought Grendel was the monster in Beowulf....
I thought Grendel was the monster in Beowulf....

changed my mind and decided to use a different one....
i reverted to type and dug the Beavis and Butthead avatar out...
looking forward to Joe's avatar......![]()
oh you younguns.......just put a bell on the end of your nose or summink :nuts: