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Mickey bitsko Samba Member
Joined: June 13, 2019 Posts: 511 Location: New Mexifornia
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Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2022 5:15 pm Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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I heard on the Denver news 30,000 stoners downtown @420 on 420
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Joe 20 Samba Member
Joined: August 27, 2005 Posts: 655 Location: Ohio
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Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2022 7:34 pm Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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Adolf Hitler's birthday for what it's worth. _________________ "Someday the world is gonna be populated by nothing but Volkswagens'" Corporal Klairvoy |
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Cusser Samba Member
Joined: October 02, 2006 Posts: 31276 Location: Hot Arizona
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Emily's Owner Samba Member
Joined: January 18, 2004 Posts: 973 Location: Canby, Oregon
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Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2022 10:37 pm Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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Forum member hambone celebrates his natal anniversary today, so that's big news. _________________ Xargaret
ITMC - OG Den Mother
What (and I cannot stress this enough) The Actual Fuck?!
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Abscate Samba Member
Joined: October 05, 2014 Posts: 22575 Location: NYC/Upstate/ROW
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Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2022 2:55 am Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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Cusser wrote: |
Joe 20 wrote: |
Adolf Hitler's birthday for what it's worth. |
I celebrate April 30, when he killed himself. |
I am uncomfortably comfortable with that. _________________ .ssS! |
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Joe 20 Samba Member
Joined: August 27, 2005 Posts: 655 Location: Ohio
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Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2022 7:36 pm Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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I could care less...somebody asked "Birthday?" and his was what the date was known for...before NGHD. _________________ "Someday the world is gonna be populated by nothing but Volkswagens'" Corporal Klairvoy |
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VWFIXER Banned
Joined: January 21, 2011 Posts: 411 Location: Hawaii- Rarotonga
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Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2022 10:52 pm Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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Cusser wrote: |
Joe 20 wrote: |
Adolf Hitler's birthday for what it's worth. |
I celebrate April 30, when he killed himself. |
The only radio contest i ever won was about that, for a reggae show from KFJC along time ago. I wasn't into reggae yet, and definitely didn't wanna show up knowing that date, into an unknown crowd. In my defense I was still in high school and it was recent topic and was easy to look up in a BOOK! IIRC it was Eek a Mouse..guess that 420 hasn't recked me yet... _________________ ( ) Cheap
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Fish Samba Member
Joined: December 05, 2000 Posts: 5541 Location: OB. It's beside the point.
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finster Samba Member
Joined: May 26, 2012 Posts: 7840 Location: north o' the border
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Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2022 3:01 am Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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came across this photo which is (reportedly) the sunset on the evening before D day - june 5th 1944 - from the life magazine archives. it's so calm and beautiful and it was the last one that many young men would see... _________________ "we're here on Earth to fart around" kurt vonnegut
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Cusser Samba Member
Joined: October 02, 2006 Posts: 31276 Location: Hot Arizona
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Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2022 7:36 am Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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June 5, 1944 was a stormy sea, so invasion was delayed a day but conditions weren't much better. The sea roughness convinced Rommel that the Aliies would not attack then.....
Here's what Eisenhower had written in case the invasion was a failure:
"Our landings in the Cherbourg-Havre area have failed to gain a satisfactory foothold and I have withdrawn the troops," Eisenhower wrote. "My decision to attack at this time and place was based upon the best information available. The troops, the air and the Navy did all that bravery and devotion to duty could do. If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt it is mine alone."
It's telling to see today where Eisenhower made changes in his note. He crossed out "This particular operation" to write "My decision to attack," which is emphatic and personal.
And he drew a long, strong line under "mine alone." When you see those words and that thick line on the note today, in the Eisenhower Library, you might feel some of the steel of a man who would so unflinchingly accept responsibility. Ike didn't try to camouflage failure in phrases like, "Mistakes were made," "Our projections were not met" or "I will say nothing pending investigation." He wrote, "any blame or fault ... is mine alone."
Dwight Eisenhower put the note into his wallet. The invasion succeeded, and although a lot of dying was ahead, his note never had to be used. But it revealed a character that was enduring.
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Cusser Samba Member
Joined: October 02, 2006 Posts: 31276 Location: Hot Arizona
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Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2022 7:40 am Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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June 25, 1876.
Custer got his Arrow shirt from the Indians injuns redskins natives indigenous people at the Little Big Horn. _________________ 1970 VW (owned since 1972) and 1971 VW Convertible (owned since 1976), second owner of each. The '71 now has the 1835 engine, swapped from the '70. Second owner of each. 1988 Mazda B2200 truck, 1998 Frontier, 2014 Yukon, 2004 Frontier King Cab. All manual transmission except for the Yukon. http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=335294 http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=335297 |
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Joe 20 Samba Member
Joined: August 27, 2005 Posts: 655 Location: Ohio
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Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2022 7:39 pm Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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They say he was killed by bullets...one to the chest and one to the temple. Ya gotta wonder...I get the joke though...was just as funny as in years past.
Some speculate he went down early in the fight and it was his brother Tom or Miles Keough who took command. Only those "other people" know for sure. _________________ "Someday the world is gonna be populated by nothing but Volkswagens'" Corporal Klairvoy |
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Cusser Samba Member
Joined: October 02, 2006 Posts: 31276 Location: Hot Arizona
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Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2022 8:05 pm Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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Joe 20 wrote: |
They say he was killed by bullets...one to the chest and one to the temple. |
Likely bullets. The cavalry (not calvary) was under-equipped, many Indians had repeating rifles, cavalry had single shot. And his hair was short by 1876.
Folks tend to forget that big-league baseball had games back in 1876, stuff like that... _________________ 1970 VW (owned since 1972) and 1971 VW Convertible (owned since 1976), second owner of each. The '71 now has the 1835 engine, swapped from the '70. Second owner of each. 1988 Mazda B2200 truck, 1998 Frontier, 2014 Yukon, 2004 Frontier King Cab. All manual transmission except for the Yukon. http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=335294 http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=335297 |
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Cusser Samba Member
Joined: October 02, 2006 Posts: 31276 Location: Hot Arizona
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Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2022 8:11 am Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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Continuing with Cusser Custer:
Actually, one of the best explanations I've read was that it was very hot that day, and the cavalry had traveled quite far without stopping, with no water for the horses, and when the cavalry got to the stream that the horses wanted a $#$%^&&%$#%&&^$# drink and were not responding to the riders, and there was a quite small group of Indians on the other side, so the happenstance of that situation resulted in the Indians shooting a fair amount of cavalry and panicking the rest and also the horses.
I'm not a gun person, but it must be tons easier to shoot repeaters from the ground than use single shot rifles/revolvers while on a horse, unruly or not !!! _________________ 1970 VW (owned since 1972) and 1971 VW Convertible (owned since 1976), second owner of each. The '71 now has the 1835 engine, swapped from the '70. Second owner of each. 1988 Mazda B2200 truck, 1998 Frontier, 2014 Yukon, 2004 Frontier King Cab. All manual transmission except for the Yukon. http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=335294 http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=335297 |
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cbeck Samba Member
Joined: January 14, 2014 Posts: 2494 Location: high ridge, mo
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Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2022 2:44 pm Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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Cusser wrote: |
June 25, 1876.
Custer got his Arrow shirt from the Indians injuns redskins natives indigenous people at the Little Big Horn. |
Just doing their job. Homeland security, since 1492. _________________ My cut in half and rebuild thread
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Glenn Mr. 010
Joined: December 25, 2001 Posts: 76770 Location: Sneaking up behind you
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Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2022 2:48 pm Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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Cusser wrote: |
Indians injuns redskins natives indigenous people |
Thanks for being PC
Native Americans would of been enough.
Columbus didn't discover America... there were already people here that knew it existed _________________ Glenn
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Joe 20 Samba Member
Joined: August 27, 2005 Posts: 655 Location: Ohio
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Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2022 7:38 pm Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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Cusser-
What I was wondering about is if the chest wound put him down and then someone (lots of relatives in his command) finished him at the very end. You sure didn't want to get taken alive. I guess we'll never know... _________________ "Someday the world is gonna be populated by nothing but Volkswagens'" Corporal Klairvoy |
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Cusser Samba Member
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Fish Samba Member
Joined: December 05, 2000 Posts: 5541 Location: OB. It's beside the point.
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jwp67 Samba Member
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Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2022 12:09 pm Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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Glenn wrote: |
Cusser wrote: |
Indians injuns redskins natives indigenous people |
Thanks for being PC
Native Americans would of been enough.
Columbus didn't discover America... there were already people here that knew it existed |
I often wondered why “Native Americans” was acceptable. This wasn’t America when settlers first realized there were others here before them. _________________ 21 million of these cars were built,and everyone of them were sold...kinda astounding given how unreliable they are.---johhnypan |
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