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MrNubbz

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Re: OT - Weird History
« Reply #1918 on: May 28, 2023, 02:07:41 PM »
interfere with their material comforts and cherished beliefs

you know, ................ stir the derned pot!
Can't get near them as asswipes like Pelosi wanted to defund law enforcement of course that bent skragg lives in a gated community with private security.How can I unfund policiies like voting themselves lifetime health care? If there is a GOD, Nancy and her kind - Dick Cheney - will be getting eternal swirlies = waterboarding in the commode

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« Reply #1919 on: May 29, 2023, 07:16:18 AM »


I'm a big fan of books by Bernard Cornwell that explore this and later events of the 900s as historical fiction.  And this is why Brittany in France is called that of course.  The inhabitants are known as Bretons, as is their original language, now rarely spoken.

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« Reply #1920 on: May 29, 2023, 07:43:12 AM »
THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 

The Waxhaw Massacre (1780)
The Battle of Waxhaws took place during the American Revolution, when 150 mounted Loyalist soldiers overtook a detachment of about 350 Virginia Continentals in South Carolina. According to American accounts, the Loyalist forces ignored the Continentals' surrender and massacred them. Americans therefore refer to the incident as the Waxhaw Massacre. The British, meanwhile, call it the Battle of Waxhaw Creek.
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« Reply #1921 on: May 29, 2023, 07:44:55 AM »
A dime in 1960 was worth about what a dollar is worth today ...
got a bigger candy bar in 1960 for a dime than today for a dollar
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« Reply #1922 on: May 29, 2023, 07:50:05 AM »
A dime in 1960 was worth about what a dollar is worth today ...
I told this to Cindy and the candy bar was the 1st comparisan she made. You're right you got more
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Re: OT - Weird History
« Reply #1923 on: May 29, 2023, 07:50:31 AM »
Yeah, and get a much smaller TV for $500 as well.

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« Reply #1924 on: May 29, 2023, 08:26:48 AM »
Schrödinger's Cat is a famous thought experiment introduced by physicist Erwin Schrödinger in 1935. It serves as a paradoxical illustration of the concept of superposition in quantum theory and challenges the Copenhagen interpretation when applied to macroscopic objects.

In the experiment, a cat is placed inside a closed box along with a radioactive source, a Geiger counter, and a vial of poison. The release of the poison is dependent on the detection of radiation by the Geiger counter. According to quantum theory, until the box is opened and the cat is observed, it exists in a state of superposition, where it is considered both dead and alive simultaneously.



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« Reply #1925 on: May 29, 2023, 08:30:16 AM »
some folks have too much time on their hands
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« Reply #1926 on: May 30, 2023, 08:00:12 AM »
THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 

Andrew Jackson Kills Charles Dickinson in a Duel (1806)
In 1806, nationally famous duelist and expert marksman Charles Dickinson—whose dueling career included 26 kills—was goaded by political opponents of future US President Andrew Jackson to insult Jackson's wife. A duel was arranged between the men, and Jackson took a shot to the ribs before firing what would be a fatal shot at Dickinson—the only man Jackson ever killed in his 13 duels. Jackson's wife died in 1828, two weeks after Jackson was elected president.
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« Reply #1927 on: May 30, 2023, 08:16:18 AM »
I wonder how a duel would fly today.
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« Reply #1928 on: May 30, 2023, 08:19:03 AM »
similar actions on the streets of Chicago nightly
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Re: OT - Weird History
« Reply #1929 on: May 30, 2023, 08:37:49 AM »


I could not confirm this anywhere ... so it could be some kind of weird joke and not fact ....

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« Reply #1930 on: May 30, 2023, 08:42:15 AM »


I could not confirm this anywhere ... so it could be some kind of weird joke and not fact ....
Looks reliable 

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« Reply #1931 on: May 30, 2023, 08:44:58 AM »
U RAH RAH! WIS CON SIN!

 

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