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I wish for two of the best Belgian beers ever made. (infosec.pub)

submitted 5 months ago by henfredemars@infosec.pub to c/monkeyspaw@sopuli.xyz

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Would really hit the spot right about now.

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[–] Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Damn. Good one. I just searched online but I can't find or recall the name... there was a short SF story by.. Robert Bloch? About someone (American) finding their radio could communicate back in time with their father or grandfather, who was a German U-boat crewman. They knew when the U-boat had been sunk, so they told their ancestor to avoid the situation... and woke up the next morning to a very different world.

Anyone know the name of that story?