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by AeroDillo MkII
Fri Feb 22, 2019 4:11 am
Forum: History
Topic: Today in History!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Replies: 490
Views: 658863

Re: Today in History!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

n11pilot wrote:
Thu Feb 21, 2019 12:23 pm
Ironically neither Marx nor Engels were able to support themselves and would have probably starved if not for the charity of Engles' father, a successful industrialist.

I'm sensing a theme here....
by AeroDillo MkII
Mon Feb 11, 2019 10:05 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: The sad state of the U.S. Navy
Replies: 1
Views: 11589

The sad state of the U.S. Navy

In my internet crawl this week I came across two fascinating articles cover a pair of incidents in which two U.S. destroyers collided with two civil cargo carriers within a few months of each other. The first deals specifically with the collision of the USS Fitzgerald and the MV Crystal in the busy ...
by AeroDillo MkII
Sat Feb 09, 2019 1:12 am
Forum: Paranormal and The Occult.
Topic: Third Man Phenomenon
Replies: 4
Views: 10667

Re: Third Man Phenomenon

I've heard of this now and again, but seldom in any detail. Count me in. As an aside, it's fascinating how many such phenomena are so widespread - if not universal, than common enough to nearly be so. Almost makes you wonder what's hiding down there in the coding of the brain and what purpose it ser...
by AeroDillo MkII
Tue Feb 05, 2019 11:50 pm
Forum: History
Topic: Today in History!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Replies: 490
Views: 658863

Re: Today in History!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

n11pilot wrote:
Sun Feb 03, 2019 12:54 pm
1451 - Sultan Mehmed II, the Conqueror inherits the throne of the Ottoman Empire.

Did it come with an ottoman? Heavy are the feet of the head that wears the crown and all.
by AeroDillo MkII
Sun Jan 27, 2019 10:23 pm
Forum: Guns, Ammunition and Explosives
Topic: The Never-Ending Shop Projects thread (redux/Director's Cut)
Replies: 20
Views: 40308

Re: The Never-Ending Shop Projects thread (redux/Director's Cut)

Range day with Felina. Five or six rounds slow to see where we're hitting, then dump the rest. Because BAR.

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by AeroDillo MkII
Tue Jan 08, 2019 1:32 am
Forum: Guns, Ammunition and Explosives
Topic: I Saw This New Firearm!
Replies: 51
Views: 81190

Re: I Saw This New Firearm!

It's not certain yet, but the Grand South Dakota adventure is showing a certain promise - which is fortunate, because the way things are shaping up locally we may come to a bloodletting at the current workplace before too long.

I should know more in the next couple of weeks.
by AeroDillo MkII
Mon Jan 07, 2019 5:28 pm
Forum: History
Topic: Today in History!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Replies: 490
Views: 658863

Re: Today in History!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

n11pilot wrote:
Wed Jan 02, 2019 12:15 pm

He had 25 wives.
What a terrible punishment. :shock:
by AeroDillo MkII
Fri Dec 28, 2018 12:31 am
Forum: History
Topic: Today in History!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Replies: 490
Views: 658863

Re: Today in History!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Almost like the social-justice types are mentally ill. Or something. :?
by AeroDillo MkII
Thu Dec 27, 2018 2:11 pm
Forum: History
Topic: Today in History!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Replies: 490
Views: 658863

Re: Today in History!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

n11pilot wrote:
Thu Dec 27, 2018 1:37 pm
1900 - Carrie Nation staged her first raid on a saloon at the Carey Hotel in Wichita, KS. She broke each and every one of the liquor bottles that could be seen. Thus winning the judgmental pain award with sanctimonious clusters in perpetuity.
Virtue through nagging? :shock:
by AeroDillo MkII
Mon Dec 24, 2018 3:59 am
Forum: Entertainment
Topic: The Abstract Photo Thread!
Replies: 71
Views: 112531

Re: The Abstract Photo Thread!

Depending on the chemical...it doesn't take much. ;)