Guess I'm gonna have to stick to booze. https://t.co/m2QatNWtGA
— Not-So-OK Boomer (@Rand_Simberg) June 22, 2022
Thursday, July 28, 2022
Offbeat Humor
Data Talks
State government was built with federal grants. https://t.co/wTLjYFA58Qhttps://t.co/bzDEsQgK2j pic.twitter.com/8W1soJPs4p
— Chris Pope (@CPopeHC) June 21, 2022
Dyhdration of Herring, 1942 by Robert Sivell
Dyhdration of Herring, 1942 by Robert Sivell
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Wednesday, July 27, 2022
In possession of that post, we should have kept the entire southern trade of the United States in check
From The Battle of New Orleans: Andrew Jackson and America's First Military Victory by Robert V. Remini. Page 87.
The day after Jackson’s withdrawal, Christmas, at 11:00 A.M., there was a stir in the British encampment. Salvos were fired into the air and the troops shouted their welcome on “the unexpected arrival” of their new commander, Lieutenant General Sir Edward Michael Pakenham, who had finally caught up with his army. He “was admired and beloved by both officers and men,” said Gleig. On the eve of the Battle of Salamanca during the Peninsular War, Wellington ordered him to lead the 3rd Division and “take the heights in front and drive everything before him.” Pakenham turned to Wellington with the cry “Give me one grasp of that all-conquering hand . . . and I WILL.” And with that pledge he charged forward and completely routed the defending French. Nothing less was now expected of him by both his officers and men. Notwithstanding all the recent hardships these troops had endured, “the city of New Orleans, with its valuable booty of merchandise,” said Captain Cooke, “was craved for by the British to grasp such a prize by a coup de main.”“It was rumored among the troops that Pakenham had the commission to serve as governor of Louisiana once he captured it and had been promised an earldom when he completed his assignment. It was also believed that a lady waited aboard one of the ships in Lake Borgne and expected to become the general’s wife once the battle had been won.
Not only would the conquest of Louisiana enrich Pakenham but to the English mind it “would have proved beyond all comparison the most valuable acquisition that could be made to the British dominions, throughout the whole western hemisphere,” claimed Gleig. “In possession of that post, we should have kept the entire southern trade of the United States in check; and furnished means of commerce to our own merchants, of incalculable value.”
Lieutenant General Sir Edward Michael Pakenham's sister, Kitty, was Wellington's wife. They were brothers-in-law.
Groaning Oldies
From Friar's Club Encyclopedia of Jokes by Barry Dougherty.
A little old lady is starved for companionship, so she buys a couple of monkeys. The years go by and she becomes very attached to them. As happens, both monkeys die one day. Not wanting to part with them, she takes the dead monkeys to a taxidermist. The taxidermist asks her, “Would you like them mounted?”The old woman replies, “No, just holding hands.”— Gregory Peck
History
Though the Emporium has long disappeared the rubbish dump it left behind has become the perfect illustration of Imperial Rome's colossal scale of consumption. The numbers are truly staggering; the hill made from the remains of over 50 million olive oil amphorae... #LostRome pic.twitter.com/tbFsHeRGkF
— Gareth Harney (@OptimoPrincipi) April 5, 2020
An Insight
"In all studies, higher IQ in the first two decades of life was related to lower rates of total mortality in middle to late adulthood."https://t.co/Q0Vn34vgUC
— Paolo Shirasi (@PaoloShirasi) June 22, 2022
I see wonderful things
Zoom-in on the hairs of a Gecko's foot, allowing them to walk up glass. pic.twitter.com/hFmmqzYuAI
— Weird Science (@weird_sci) June 13, 2022
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