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To: Monkey Face

Thanks for the invite. By my screen name I guess you can tell I'm a history buff (both the Civil War and WW2), so if you have any questions feel free to throw them my way.


6,410 posted on 09/26/2005 7:16:47 PM PDT by Stonewall Jackson ("Those who fail to study history are doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past.")
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To: Stonewall Jackson
Have you heard that the Hunley was preceded by a still earlier version of a submersible craft developed by the South? In New Orleans, of all places.

It beat the Hunley by several years, but it had no significance to the war, since New Orleans was taken out quite early in the conflict.

6,416 posted on 09/26/2005 7:23:44 PM PDT by NicknamedBob (I am impervious to insult, being extraordinarily dense, rather like Superman.)
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To: Stonewall Jackson

Gee...I watch a lot of History Channel and Discovery Channel and even Nature, Nova and The Learning Channel...I am especially interested in history up to and including the Korean War, so I will most certainly keep you in mind when I have a question.

Do you like astronomy? We have a really great observatory, and the library is hugh with lots of series books. Some epople get really stuned when they check things out here because of all the owrk...

And if you have any questions about the castle, SOMEone will answer...whether or not it's correct is beside the point...

Perhaps you could help me arrange the library into a more "user friendly" room? There's a fireplace there, and lots of furs, as well as "room service" so it should be a nice place to visit for you. We've been collecting books for a long time. Let us know what you would like to do here.

:o]



6,418 posted on 09/26/2005 7:26:40 PM PDT by Monkey Face (Do the voices in my head bother you?)
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