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  1. Moriarty

    Stupid Luck and Happenstance, Thread III

    Having seen @Peabody-Martini 's wit and humor in full display throughout this entertaining story line, I am putting my money on the best revenge on Anna being that as she is stuck doing menial labor that is far from flattering that she will be forced to listen to all the others around her talk...
  2. Moriarty

    Stupid Luck and Happenstance, Thread III

    Looking at this timeline moving into the 1980s, I find myself thinking about this being a major point in public television in the US IOTL. Bob Ross' Joy of Painting, Sesame Street, Reading Rainbow, Pinwheel, Electric Company (admittedly this was 70s not 80s), Mr Roger's Neighborhood (late 60s...
  3. Moriarty

    What TL ideas do you have that will probably never see the light of day?

    I would love to see a TL where the US Secretary of the Navy Meyer in 1913 was replaced by a much more enthusiastic and strategic thinking option than the OTL's pacifist journalist Daniels was. Someone who took the groundwork under Meyer and really advanced naval aviation and grew the navy for...
  4. Moriarty

    European NATO naval alternatives : 1950 - 1990

    I always thought that a non-Naval version of the Lockheed S-3 Viking would make an interesting export aircraft from the US to Norway, Germany, and the Netherlands to deal with Russian deployments of submarines, frigates, destroyers, and other surface ships in the Baltic and the North Sea. With...
  5. Moriarty

    European NATO airforces alternatives, 1950-1990

    It would be interesting to see a better developed Alpha Jet emerging from this. Upgraded electronics and a newer engine could turn this into a very deadly short range light attack aircraft for the Germans and could possibly see purchases from Belgium, Netherlands, and other smaller NATO nations...
  6. Moriarty

    Stupid Luck and Happenstance, Thread III

    I was 4 in 1978 when my brother was born. When asked by my grandmother what I thought about my new baby brother, my reply was that he was ok but I'd have rather had a dog. So it's a thought process of little kids from time immortal I think.
  7. Moriarty

    Stupid Luck and Happenstance, Thread III

    Could Richie be about to be part of the start of the large car low rider scene? Also, I can't remember the status of Cuba in this time line, but I would think US aircraft and naval patrols based out of Cuba would do a lot of screen off the eastern approaches to the canal which makes securing it...
  8. Moriarty

    Stupid Luck and Happenstance, Thread III

    I can see those evolving to be combined with an RSO to create food trucks to become the next big thing in Germany.
  9. Moriarty

    Stupid Luck and Happenstance, Thread III

    I just had a strange thought. With Marie's mastery of so many languages and her acting skills .... I could see her overhearing part of a plot to do something at the Olympics and be able to not let on that she understood what was being said. That could put a very very interesting twist on the...
  10. Moriarty

    Stupid Luck and Happenstance, Thread III

    I just am trying to figure out why she would have to be done with the competitions. She's young enough to be participating in races for a decade or more easily baring injury and then coaching a team or leading an organization that holds races and competitions could easily be in her future as...
  11. Moriarty

    Stupid Luck and Happenstance, Thread III

    I would think Greek or Turkish nationalist aiming to harm the other country's athletes would be the most likely as that hot bed keeps bubbling over in this story.
  12. Moriarty

    Stupid Luck and Happenstance, Thread III

    I was thinking more like her grandmother attending parties and events trying to meet people to move up socially and Marie disguised in the background of all the photos.
  13. Moriarty

    Stupid Luck and Happenstance, Thread III

    I have been expecting her to continue to say she's leaving the country to avoid the Olympics but then as a challenge to herself, knowing her mother might have issues with her skipping out on it, she uses her skills at changing her appearance to hide in plain sight throughout the entire thing.
  14. Moriarty

    A Bridge Not Too Far - Market Garden Succeeds

    Though if it DID hasten the WAllies arriving at the Elbe and they sat there while the Russians continued to take heavy casualties to take the area that would be their sector, it could lead to an even more antagonistic Cold War as they had even more casualties to blame on the West who sat...
  15. Moriarty

    Stupid Luck and Happenstance, Thread III

    Nothing like someone who KNOWS how much not to underestimate someone STILL manages to underestimate them.
  16. Moriarty

    Stupid Luck and Happenstance, Thread III

    Well, it seems that the Diaries of Anne Frank will be an even bigger literary mark than OTL book. And even beyond what she is worried about what will be revealed, with as detailed and observant as the entries are being suggested to be, intelligence agents of all sorts of trades and alignments...
  17. Moriarty

    Stupid Luck and Happenstance, Thread III

    Well, while we are throwing out ideas, here is a long long shot thrown out there as a curve ball. Sid Meier was born in the Ontario part of Canada in 1954 which puts him close enough to Marie's age that they could easily overlap in college studies. With the less amicable terms between the US...
  18. Moriarty

    Stupid Luck and Happenstance, Thread III

    I can totally see Margot trying to twist this to her advantage though by using those cards to brag to her friends that "SHE" got cards from the various important people and neglect to mention that they were for her granddaughter. It'd be interesting to see what Marie says when she finds out.
  19. Moriarty

    Stupid Luck and Happenstance, Thread III

    Well, hopefully it will be a boy this time to give poor Ben a chance. If he ends up being outnumbered 3 to 1, the poor fellow will be doomed.
  20. Moriarty

    A plausible non-Reagan actor, filmmaker, singer, or entertainer as USA president?

    In the early 30s I can see Will Rogers being talked into running for President. He was very popular and was very vocal about do-nothing politicians which would set him up well as a challenger to unseat Hoover. By butterflying away the Lindbergh baby kidnapping, that would keep Charles in the...
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