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Hexyflexy
Sep 2, 2011

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Yvonmukluk posted:

What is it with Roosevelts and the navy, anyway?

Good reason to not trust it very much http://taskandpurpose.com/wwii-naval-ship-unlucky-almost-killed-fdr/. I think that's my favorite ship story ever, the USS William D. Porter is my kinda ship. Awful.

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Hexyflexy
Sep 2, 2011

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HEY GUNS posted:

She is not a warhorse because she's not very fast on her feet, and she isn't nimble. But she's very very strong.

We still have a fair few of these in the UK, you see them at history days and exhibitions and stuff. I love them, nothing spooks them, they don't mind having kids run around them, and they pull a 5 ton load around like a small truck. We call them shire horses here, I bet everywhere has a different name.

They loving love carrots :)

Hexyflexy
Sep 2, 2011

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That's all awesome, what's the book I desperately want to read it.

Hexyflexy
Sep 2, 2011

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HEY GUNS posted:

who the gently caress was the first person to realize that eating a small amount of semtex would get you high

You study soldiers! I would have thought you'd assume someone would try just because it existed.

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