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>Whether the shot heard round the world was discharged at Lexington or Concord is a point more literary than historical, since the authority cited is a poem.

There are plenty of references to the Lexington shot being heard round the world, as especially it preceded Concord, and it remained uncertain which side fired first.

Respectfully disagree.

The Americans didn't put up a fight against the British at Lexington. No stand was made. It was a rout and Lexington was not unique in this way. Months earlier, the British marched to Salem and burned gunpowder and weapons the colonials had stored there. The mission was the same for the Brits going to Lexington and Concord. Find and destroy any weapons cached by the colonials and round of any leaders they might find (Hancock in particular).

Only at Concord did the Americans stand and fight. This was the true start of the war and a turning point in history where Americans took the battle to the British. Concord is correctly identified as where the shot heard round the world was fired.

I’m outraged!!!!!

Outraged that teenage American boys don’t know how to swing a bat harder than a 12 year old girl!!!

Ya... I know. But I still thought it was funny!

My girl friends father passed away last week.

He was with the 117th Regiment, 30th Infantry Division in WWII. They went through Normandy, spearheaded the St. Lo break-through, were the first to enter the Rhineland, held off five German armored divisions at Ardennes-Alsace and finished the war Central Europe.

An amazing generation is leaving us.

The Realtor I used had many adoring photos and posters of Reagan on her wall.

I wondered if that caused her any problems given that we live in a fairly liberal college town.

She told me she has had people come in, take one look at the wall and in a big huff turn around and leave!

Maybe some of them aren’t “fireballs” - ya think.

More than likely, they don't want everyone watching while they experiment with their "Rods From God".

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An Air Force space program, nicknamed Rods From God, aims to hurl cylinders of tungsten, titanium or uranium from the edge of space to destroy targets on the ground, striking at speeds of about 7,200 miles an hour with the force of a small nuclear weapon.

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Apparently I am a SLIder!!

I have experienced this many, many times. I've always chalked it up to coincidence (and still do).

But I was a bit unnerved when I took a walk with my daughter around a lake with a well lit walking path. Of roughly 25 lights, five different lights went off as I walked under them.

Weird.

What are the laws concerning grave robbing?

Is there as established amount of time required before you can rob a grave? Do you need to have an archeology degree first?

I'm sure I could find some nice jewelry in the graves of several wealthy people in the area.

I remember when I first saw this image of a laughing Jesus. It took me off guard and I realized I had NEVER seen Jesus depicted as laughing.

>>We are to walk and talk and act and look like Jesus Christ.

I'm working on the beard, but I'll need to lose about 50 lbs and buy a toupee.

"....in the Iowa State House in Cedar Rapids. "

Just to set facts straight, the Iowa State House is in Des Moines, not Cedar Rapids.

>>Teleprompter.

Are you sure that's not 'Toaster'?

Looks great....

Until you realize that minimum wage was $0.75 per hour!

At $0.75 per hour, you had to work 32 minutes to buy that $0.40 Ham Sandwich.

At today's minimum wage is $7.25 per hour, 32 minutes would get you $3.87, which is about what a Ham Sandwich costs at Hardee’s or Arby’s.

The more things change, the more they stay the same!!

"The 29-year-old woman, identified only as Yu, was a waitress when she met the businessman at a restaurant in the coastal city of Qingdao in 2000.

At the time, the businessman, identified only by his last name -- Fan -- was married and had four other mistresses, according to the Peninsula Metropolis Daily newspaper in Qingdao."

I'm not a big Fan of adultry, but see what Yu get when Yu mess around?

She should have made a Yu turn.

If the library is full of Communist party case studies, you can’t chose them either.

If it is full of ONLY Communist party cases, then they have already REMOVED books.

If it is full of Communist party cases AND all other books, then I CAN chose. And I might want to chose some Communist party books so I can better understand how they think and how to defeat them.

>>There are a gazillion books in this world. Those who CHOOSE the books that are on the shelves are more powerful than hose who REMOVE the books from the shelves.

If the books have been REMOVED, then you can't very well CHOOSE them.

I visited Chattanooga for the first time last summer to see my sister.

I was very impressed with their downtown and riverfront. The Delta Queen will only add to that.

How do they know it was a suicide bomber?

The truck was parked in what looked like a ‘who cares’ location?

It may be the Grumman F6F Hellcat

I thought that for awhile, but the air intake just behind the props isn't right for the Grumman.

tanknetter set me straight that the SB2C-1 version had a three-blade prop.

Your tip was a major help. I had been doing searches using only 'SB2C'. When I searched on 'SB2C-1' I found pics of the three-blade prop Helldiver.

>>I have VB-15 flying from Essex under the command of Lt. Cdr J.H. Mini with -1Cs during the Marianas Campaign, then with -3s at Leyte three/four months later.

Are you saying you served on the Essex?