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Amnorix · 01-01-2009, 10:36 PM

Today...

Amnorix · 09-23-2010, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

I'm thinking we have an opening for her in Ballast.

She weighs like a buck ten. I'll put some rocks in her pockets.

But we're in for a full share right?

Oh, wait, WTF. She's a really good cook. There we go...

**Rain Man** · 09-23-2010, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Amnorix

Brass ones.

I have tremendous respect for those early explorers, whether Lewis & Clark on land, or all the famous ones at sea.

Anyone who is willing to go someplace on nothing more than a "where are we going?" *points* "that way".

I've never bothered reading up on it, but I'm always curious how food and water are handled on exploratory voyages. I presume that they take some, and then they calculate how much they can harvest en route, and then come up with some "point of no return" (or if exploring Kansas, "point of know return") at which point they turn around. Or was it that scientific?

It seems like water would be a major problem. Water is heavy.

**Donger** · 09-23-2010, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

I've never bothered reading up on it, but I'm always curious how food and water are handled on exploratory voyages. I presume that they take some, and then they calculate how much they can harvest en route, and then come up with some "point of no return" (or if exploring Kansas, "point of know return") at which point they turn around. Or was it that scientific?

It seems like water would be a major problem. Water is heavy.

It's been years, but I remember reading that L&C had a very detailed list of what they started out with with regard to supplies.

Oh, and I'd be happy to join the expedition to find the shipwreck as guide and interpreter. Sort of like Sacagawea. Without the skirt.

Amnorix · 09-23-2010, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Donger

It's been years, but I remember reading that L&C had a very detailed list of what they started out with with regard to supplies.

I've never read much that was specific to Lewis & Clark, but they mostly traveled along rivers, right?

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Oh, and I'd be happy to join the expedition to find the shipwreck as guide and interpreter. Sort of like Sacagawea. Without the skirt.

Definitely no skirt. The thought of seeing your hairy, unwashed legs...

**Donger** · 09-23-2010, 12:17 PM

Here's the supply list for Lewis and Clark's expedition:

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/le...resources.html

Sofa King · 09-23-2010, 01:54 PM

I'd like to be the guy in the crows nest if there's an opening.. that is assuming we're using an old wooden ship with sails and whatnot... i figure if we're looking for an old wooden ship with sails, we had better be in an old wooden ship with sails... so we know what it's supposed to look like if we happen across one.

and i want a parrot.

Amnorix · 09-24-2010, 06:43 AM

September 24

1180. Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Komnenos dies. He will be the last of the Byzantine Emperors with both foresight and ability, and some degree of control over his circumstances. The Empire will now slip into a long slow terminal decline.

1780. Benedict Arnold flees to British lines after his treachery is uncovered.

1869. Black Friday. President Grant compounds a bad situation on Wall Street by ordering the treasury to sell large quantities of gold, causing gold prices to decline dramatically. Grant's action was in reaction to a plot by Jay Gould and James Fisk to corner the gold market.

The blackboard, used to track the price of gold, at the gold exchange on Wall Street, as introduced into evidence at the subsequent Congressional hearings. Handwriting on the bottom is that of future President James Garfield.

1890. The Mormon Church officially renounces polygamy.

1906. President Roosevelt (Theodore) declares Devils Tower, Wyoming, the first National Monument.

1948. Honda Motor Company is founded. Raise your hand if you thought that Nintendo was 60 years older than Honda.

1957. President Eisenhower sends the 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock, Arkansas, to "persuade" the governor that his opinion on desegregation and obeying the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education is misguided.

1968. 60 Minutes debuts.

blaise · 09-24-2010, 06:46 AM

Not a history note, but about 60 Minutes. I've always hated it when you're watching football and you see the commercial come on for 60 Minutes with the sound of the ticking clock. It's like someone saying, "hey buddy, guess what? Weekend's over."

Amnorix · 09-24-2010, 07:30 AM

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Originally Posted by blaise

Not a history note, but about 60 Minutes. I've always hated it when you're watching football and you see the commercial come on for 60 Minutes with the sound of the ticking clock. It's like someone saying, "hey buddy, guess what? Weekend's over."

You know, I never thought of it that way before, but thanks to you now I'm gonna.

Amnorix · 09-26-2010, 09:58 AM

September 25

1396. The Battle of Nicopolis, representing the last full-scale Crusader battle of the Middle Ages, is fought on the plains of Bulgaria between the forces of the Ottoman Empire and a coalition of French, Hungary, Venice and the Knights Hospitaller, who were exerting their efforts to recover the Bulgarian capital of Nicopolis for Bulgarian Tsar Ivan Shishman. The thorough defeat of the allied forces is considered the end of The Second Bulgarian Empire, who lost all hope of salvation from Ottoman Turk rule with the defeat.

1911. Ground is broken for Fenway Park.

**Shogun** · 09-26-2010, 10:31 PM

September 26th, 2010.

Kansas City Chiefs **** up the San Francisco 49ers.

Amnorix · 09-27-2010, 06:39 AM

September 26 (in addition to the 49ers beat down, of course):

1687. The Venetians, attacking Ottoman Turk Athens, partially destroy the Parthenon when they fire a mortar and blow up the gunpowder the Turks had been storing there.

1783. The first battle of Shays' Rebellion, an uprising of western Massachusetts farmers who felt crushed by debt and taxes.

1789. The first appointments to cabinet positions in America, including Thomas Jefferson as Secretary of State, and Edmund Randolph as Attorney General. John Jay is also appointed the first CJ of the SCOTUS.

1918. The Meuse-Argonne offensive begins. The single bloodiest battle in American history, with 117,000 casualties (US only), the offensive is part of an assault all along allied lines (generally known as the Hundred Days Offensive, or Grand Offensive), and will result in winning the First World War.

1934. The Queen Mary is launched.

1960. The first televised Presidential debate, between JFK and Richard Nixon, occurs. The televised debates are deemed critical to JFK's upset win, with the more telegenic JFK getting a significant boost from the exchange.

1983. At a time of extremely tense relations between the US and the USSR, Stanislav Petrov violates Soviet policies and saves the world when he fails to report to his superiors a detected US missile strike. Petrov correctly identifies a US nuclear missile strike to be a computer error. Had Petrov reported the strikes, it is possible that in accordance with their policies of the time, the USSR would have launched an all out nuclear "counterstrike". Coincidentally, the movie WarGames is released in 1983.

Amnorix · 09-27-2010, 06:57 AM

September 27

1529. The Ottoman Turks begin the siege of Vienna. It is the height of the Ottoman Empire, but the failure to capture the city (viewed through the lens of hindsight) indicates that the Empire has reached its high water mark.

1590. Pope Urban VII dies of malaria after 13 days in office, the shortest papacy ever.

1669. Venice surrenders the fortress of Candia to the Ottoman Turks, ending the 21 YEAR long siege -- the longest siege known.

1822. Jean-Francois Champollion announces he has deciphered the Rosetta Stone.

1905. A German physics journal introduces Albert Einstein's E=mc2.

1940. The Tripartite Pact is signed in Berlin by Germany, Italy and Japan.

1954. The debut of Tonight!, soon to be renamed The Tonight Show, with Steve Allen as host.

1964. The Warren Commission releases its report on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald, acting alone, killed the President.

1996. The Taliban capture Kabul, completing their takeover of most of the country and government of Afghanistan.

1998. Google is founded. Current market cap -- $168 Billion.

**bevischief** · 09-27-2010, 07:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

I'm thinking we have an opening for her in Ballast.

**notorious** · 09-27-2010, 07:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Amnorix

1983. At a time of extremely tense relations between the US and the USSR, Stanislav Petrov violates Soviet policies and saves the world when he fails to report to his superiors a detected US missile strike. Petrov correctly identifies a US nuclear missile strike to be a computer error. Had Petrov reported the strikes, it is possible that in accordance with their policies of the time, the USSR would have launched an all out nuclear "counterstrike". Coincidentally, the movie WarGames is released in 1983.

Wow, they kept this quiet.

If this info would have come out, the world would have broke into a frenzy.

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09-23-2010, 01:54 PM	#711
Sofa King Hello Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: South Dakota Casino cash: $1072096 VARSITY	I'd like to be the guy in the crows nest if there's an opening.. that is assuming we're using an old wooden ship with sails and whatnot... i figure if we're looking for an old wooden ship with sails, we had better be in an old wooden ship with sails... so we know what it's supposed to look like if we happen across one. and i want a parrot.
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09-24-2010, 06:43 AM	#712
Amnorix In BB I trust Join Date: May 2003 Location: Boston, Mass. Casino cash: $10029808	September 24 1180. Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Komnenos dies. He will be the last of the Byzantine Emperors with both foresight and ability, and some degree of control over his circumstances. The Empire will now slip into a long slow terminal decline. 1780. Benedict Arnold flees to British lines after his treachery is uncovered. 1869. Black Friday. President Grant compounds a bad situation on Wall Street by ordering the treasury to sell large quantities of gold, causing gold prices to decline dramatically. Grant's action was in reaction to a plot by Jay Gould and James Fisk to corner the gold market. The blackboard, used to track the price of gold, at the gold exchange on Wall Street, as introduced into evidence at the subsequent Congressional hearings. Handwriting on the bottom is that of future President James Garfield. 1890. The Mormon Church officially renounces polygamy. 1906. President Roosevelt (Theodore) declares Devils Tower, Wyoming, the first National Monument. 1948. Honda Motor Company is founded. Raise your hand if you thought that Nintendo was 60 years older than Honda. 1957. President Eisenhower sends the 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock, Arkansas, to "persuade" the governor that his opinion on desegregation and obeying the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education is misguided. 1968. 60 Minutes debuts.
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09-24-2010, 06:46 AM	#713
blaise In Search of a Life Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Plano, TX Casino cash: $9999900	Not a history note, but about 60 Minutes. I've always hated it when you're watching football and you see the commercial come on for 60 Minutes with the sound of the ticking clock. It's like someone saying, "hey buddy, guess what? Weekend's over."
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09-26-2010, 09:58 AM	#715
Amnorix In BB I trust Join Date: May 2003 Location: Boston, Mass. Casino cash: $10029808	September 25 1396. The Battle of Nicopolis, representing the last full-scale Crusader battle of the Middle Ages, is fought on the plains of Bulgaria between the forces of the Ottoman Empire and a coalition of French, Hungary, Venice and the Knights Hospitaller, who were exerting their efforts to recover the Bulgarian capital of Nicopolis for Bulgarian Tsar Ivan Shishman. The thorough defeat of the allied forces is considered the end of The Second Bulgarian Empire, who lost all hope of salvation from Ottoman Turk rule with the defeat. 1911. Ground is broken for Fenway Park.
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09-27-2010, 06:39 AM	#717
Amnorix In BB I trust Join Date: May 2003 Location: Boston, Mass. Casino cash: $10029808	September 26 (in addition to the 49ers beat down, of course): 1687. The Venetians, attacking Ottoman Turk Athens, partially destroy the Parthenon when they fire a mortar and blow up the gunpowder the Turks had been storing there. 1783. The first battle of Shays' Rebellion, an uprising of western Massachusetts farmers who felt crushed by debt and taxes. 1789. The first appointments to cabinet positions in America, including Thomas Jefferson as Secretary of State, and Edmund Randolph as Attorney General. John Jay is also appointed the first CJ of the SCOTUS. 1918. The Meuse-Argonne offensive begins. The single bloodiest battle in American history, with 117,000 casualties (US only), the offensive is part of an assault all along allied lines (generally known as the Hundred Days Offensive, or Grand Offensive), and will result in winning the First World War. 1934. The Queen Mary is launched. 1960. The first televised Presidential debate, between JFK and Richard Nixon, occurs. The televised debates are deemed critical to JFK's upset win, with the more telegenic JFK getting a significant boost from the exchange. 1983. At a time of extremely tense relations between the US and the USSR, Stanislav Petrov violates Soviet policies and saves the world when he fails to report to his superiors a detected US missile strike. Petrov correctly identifies a US nuclear missile strike to be a computer error. Had Petrov reported the strikes, it is possible that in accordance with their policies of the time, the USSR would have launched an all out nuclear "counterstrike". Coincidentally, the movie WarGames is released in 1983.
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09-27-2010, 06:57 AM	#718
Amnorix In BB I trust Join Date: May 2003 Location: Boston, Mass. Casino cash: $10029808	September 27 1529. The Ottoman Turks begin the siege of Vienna. It is the height of the Ottoman Empire, but the failure to capture the city (viewed through the lens of hindsight) indicates that the Empire has reached its high water mark. 1590. Pope Urban VII dies of malaria after 13 days in office, the shortest papacy ever. 1669. Venice surrenders the fortress of Candia to the Ottoman Turks, ending the 21 YEAR long siege -- the longest siege known. 1822. Jean-Francois Champollion announces he has deciphered the Rosetta Stone. 1905. A German physics journal introduces Albert Einstein's E=mc2. 1940. The Tripartite Pact is signed in Berlin by Germany, Italy and Japan. 1954. The debut of Tonight!, soon to be renamed The Tonight Show, with Steve Allen as host. 1964. The Warren Commission releases its report on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald, acting alone, killed the President. 1996. The Taliban capture Kabul, completing their takeover of most of the country and government of Afghanistan. 1998. Google is founded. Current market cap -- $168 Billion.
Posts: 43,125