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@cicerone imposter,

cicerone imposter wrote:

Did you know words such as month, orange, silver and purple doesn't have a rhyme word in English?

they do, just not exact rhyming.

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Did you know the word 'set' has more definitions in the dictionary than any other word in the English language? Look it up. In some dictionaries the entry runs for a couple of pages.

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@realjohnboy,

It was found that only ten percent of the muskets during the Civil War was actually used to shoot at their enemy. Later investigations found that about 90% of soldiers never shoot to kill.

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@cicerone imposter,

As you know, Tak, this thread discourages linking and sourcing is not required amongst the honorable folks who play here. Nonetheless, I don't quite understand your factoid. Could you restate what you said? Thank you.

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@cicerone imposter,

It was shown that only about ten percent of soldiers actually shoot to kill their enemy in war. The majority of soldiers may shoot their guns, but do not shoot to kill. It was found that only ten percent of the rifles used during the Civil War was actually used, and the other rifles still had their bullets in their rifles.

A study was done by a Colonel (I forgot his name) in the US Army, and he found through his investigation that even during WWII and subsequent wars, the majority of soldiers never shot their rifles to kill the enemy even though they were "trained" to kill.

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@cicerone imposter,

Actually, the number is 25%. This is the only link I found on the net that confirms what I heard on the radio a couple of months ago.

I though it justified to include this link, because of its subject matter and importance. http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/jscope/kilner00.htm

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@cicerone imposter,

Well, I am still not clear on what you are saying, Tak, but in the skirmish at Rio Mill (my back yard) Union troops under Col Custer stumbled across Confederate troops. Quite by accident. Guns were fired. And when the smoke cleared, one Confederate mule had been killed. In my field.
Hardly comparable to Antietem or Chancellorsville or Gettysburg.

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@realjohnboy,

rjb, Sorry I was unable to explain this in a way you could understand it. It was my fault for trying to recall something I heard on the radio a couple of months ago, and trying to skew my way into explaining the major issues about soldiers and killing in wars.

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Did you know that the most leaning tower in the world, known as the Leaning Tower of Suurhusen, stands (leans) in Germany?
(Suurhusen is a village north of Emden in the German region of East Frisia. It has about 1200 inhabitants and is administered by the municipality of Hinte.)

Pisa's tower leans at an angle of 3.97 degrees, Suurhusen's at 5.19

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@Walter Hinteler,

I know my knowledge in physics is small to none, but I'd say that the height and "independence" of the Tower of Pisa has a huge disadvantage. LOL

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@cicerone imposter,

And I was not at all trying to be critical or disrespectful, Tak. I reckon I was thinking that in the Civil War, pretty much every soldier was on the front line. Fighting. When I was in VN we spoke derisively of the REMF's (rear echelon mother F*) - the clerks, cooks, PX club managers etc, who had weapons but never had to shoulder them. 25%? I could see it then. But in the Civil War.? Your statistic caused me pause. That is all.
Move on to leaning buildings.

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when you hear the word "eldorado" , you no doubt think of the magical place in south-america - famed for its gold treasures .
in fact , "eldorado" is only about an hour's drive from here - right here in ontario .
in 1866 the "eldorado" goldrush occured and miners rushed here from as far as british-columbia to stake their claims and become rich .
but it didn't last long ... the vein was rather small and the miners left .
the name , however , remained ; "eldorado" is a just a crossroads now , but it's making one of the finest cheddar cheeses in ontario : GOLDEN CHEESE !
it is also the only ontario dairy making "cholov yisrael kosher cheese" - it's "mehadrin kosher" approved - even for passover !
that's the ONTARIO'S ELDORADO !
hbg

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I heard today that the oldest known tree in my state of Virginia has been declared dead. Deep in the mountains; dead at the age of perhaps 1000 years. 36' in circumferance and 123' tall. It survived fires and logging but fell victim to old age.

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@realjohnboy,

We were told while in Tunisia that an olive tree we saw was 1,000 years old, and still living.

I found the following on the internet:

Quote:

The great mass of the fields of olive-trees have conquested the people of large blue.

It should be said that the olive-tree is a tree to which Mediterranean climate, Tunisian in first, is appropriate perfectly : soft winters, rainy autumns or springs, summer heats and dry, great luminosity.
In Tunisia, country of olive, par excellence, the thousand-year-old tree marks out the landscape and makes its reputation.
In time, the women called olives " the black pearls ". The olive-trees were the sure value in which one invested his saving. Tunisian exchanged the jewels and their dowries against these trees which were for them an insurance on the future and the image of a certain independence.

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@cicerone imposter,

C.I. did you know that the dogwood is Virginia's state tree?

Here is the legend:

http://www.promiseofgod.com/dogwood/

RJB need to tell us what tree has died of old age.

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Did you know that sparrow-brains pie was a really posh delicacy in the 18th century. It makes Steak Diane look positively plebian.

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@cicerone imposter,

did you know that most of the "italian" olive oil comes from tunisia ?
one of tunisia's biggest exports is olive oil in bulk .
out tunisian travel guide told us that the italians are the biggest buyer .
they fill the tunesian bulk olive oil into bottles in italy ... and it becomes "made in italy" .
i have noticed that the labels never say "italian olive oil" or "from olives grown italy" - just "made in italy" .
so our guide may very well have been right .
hbg

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