"Oh how white they look"

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Durango Flinthart

July 25, 2015, 09:50:29 AM
139 years ago today Lt. Col. G.A. Custer, officers and men of troops C,E,F,I & L rode into the Valley of the Little Big Horn never to be seen alive again.
When the cambrian measures were forming they promised purpetual peace. They swore if we gave up our weapons the wars of the tribes, they would cease, but when we disarmed they enslaved us and delivered us bound to our foe and the Gods of the copybook headings said, "Stick to the devil you know." Kipling

Durango Flinthart

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July 25, 2015, 10:47:14 AM
Sorry I've been sedated for a month,
When the cambrian measures were forming they promised purpetual peace. They swore if we gave up our weapons the wars of the tribes, they would cease, but when we disarmed they enslaved us and delivered us bound to our foe and the Gods of the copybook headings said, "Stick to the devil you know." Kipling

River City John

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July 25, 2015, 12:33:31 PM
That's OK, Durango.

(On a side note, I wonder how many history thesis's have been written comparing Little Big Horn and Islandlwana?)
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ColonelFlashman

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July 26, 2015, 01:22:50 PM
One was a Reserve Armed Camp w/ Major Defensive Forces that were poorly commanded, that were attacked by a Superior Mobile Force who knew the terrain well & the other was a poorly commanded, Small Mobile Force, bent on attacking a Large Armed Camp over unknown terrain.
Colonel Sir Harry Paget Flashman VC KCB KCIE USMH;
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Fox Creek Kid

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July 26, 2015, 04:12:10 PM
And we're off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  ;)

Professor Marvel

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August 19, 2015, 11:18:46 PM
Ha ha! You fool!
You fell victim to one of the classic blunders -
The most famous of which is "never get involved in a land war in Asia"...
quote from The Princess Bride

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August 20, 2015, 05:20:30 PM
Inconceivable!   ;D

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August 20, 2015, 11:37:06 PM
Quote from: Mogorilla on August 20, 2015, 05:20:30 PM
Inconceivable!   ;D

I do not think that means
What you think it means....

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October 03, 2015, 06:47:33 PM
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