To: Tax-chick
... and read a biography of Charles Gordon (”of Khartoum”). Should be a good read. It has everything; guns, steel, and even germs!
1,028 posted on
03/12/2009 5:27:13 PM PDT by
NicknamedBob
("Of what possible use is it to BE a genius, if you can't even get a bottle of beer open?" NnB to Tn1)
To: NicknamedBob
Lots of germs, including that global sensation, cholera. I made it through the Taiping Rebellion before I fell asleep.
1,036 posted on
03/13/2009 3:35:40 AM PDT by
Tax-chick
("There are more enjoyable ways of going to Hell." ~ St. Bernard)
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