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And Namby-Pambyism must be stopped in ahr lifetime befoe it kiells sumboddy

but, it says England right on the map

And Namby-Pambyism must be stopped in ahr lifetime befoe it kiells sumboddy

If it's so namby-pamby, it should be easy to stop.

THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 

Horace Walpole Coins the Word "Serendipity" (1754)
Defined as the faculty of making fortunate discoveries by accident, the word "serendipity" was first coined in 1754 by English author Horace Walpole in one of his more than 3,000 letters. In it, he explains that the root of his new word is taken from "The Three Princes of Serendip," a Persian fairytale about princes who "were always making discoveries, by accidents and sagacity, of things which they were not in quest of."

Until 1920, children could be mailed through the US Postal service! They had to be under 50 pounds, and stamps were affixed to their clothes. It was cheaper for many people to ship children than to put them on a train, and the children rode on a train (in the mail car) anyway---being watched and fed by mail clerks. The record distance? Over 700 miles from Florida to Virginia for a mere 15 cents in stamps. It really was "A Simpler Time"'. (courtesy of today's Wall St. Journal)

I was searching Youtube for something else entirely, and this came up.  Wasn't sure where to put it, but it's sort-of historical, so why not here?

I've always loved TV theme shows, as a kid of the 70s/80s they're sort of the "fabric of my life."  60s kids can probably say that too, and 90s kids.  But now those decades are sort of isolated in history.  Kids these days don't consume television and pop culture in general, anywhere close to the way I did.  So this sort of thing has become anachronistic, but I still love delving into the history of it all.

It's interesting because of the below TV/cartoon themes, I don't recognize a single one before 1967's Abbott and Costello cartoon, and I know pretty much every single one thereafter.  Anyway, here ya are:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8RHVd5dg_A

"Wrong Way" Corrigan

In 1938, American aviator Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan made his infamous, unauthorized transatlantic flight from New York to Ireland. He claimed that during a planned flight to California, heavy cloud cover and low light conditions obscured landmarks and led him to misread his compass. In the years leading up to Corrigan's “navigational error,” he had applied several times for permission to make the transoceanic trip, but was always rejected.