tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post4631384114292241728..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: The world turned upside-down...Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-56566509444498947592012-11-18T20:41:45.085-05:002012-11-18T20:41:45.085-05:00Steve C: And just a few years ago, the federal gov...Steve C: And just a few years ago, the federal government was still paying pensions to the widows of Civil War Union soldiers. Of course, those widows were gold-d - I mean generous young women who married octagenarian veterans in the 1920's.markmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-55611906310208895342012-11-16T16:27:35.756-05:002012-11-16T16:27:35.756-05:00I remember something similar in an edition of Popu...I remember something similar in an edition of Popular Photography from 1976 as well.<br />I might even still have the magazine (A paper collection of pieces of paper longer than wide, fastened on one edge, published at intervals).Windy Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01951254236693386401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-64518048475341651752012-11-15T22:03:48.557-05:002012-11-15T22:03:48.557-05:00thank you
thank you<br />doug galecawitznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-68952704142648980722012-11-15T12:49:28.068-05:002012-11-15T12:49:28.068-05:00yrro,
Would be kind of rough to fight to create a ...yrro,<br /><i>Would be kind of rough to fight to create a country and then have see it falling apart in your last days.<br /></i><br />It's hard enough to have been brought up learning about that country and believing in it and now watching it slip away.marinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03435598676103731157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-42650737371050703092012-11-15T00:14:22.830-05:002012-11-15T00:14:22.830-05:00Nat Geo is actually still pretty cool. And they gi...Nat Geo is actually still pretty cool. And they give away a ton of privately funded research money to scientists in all fields. Which, considering most of us have to suckle the public teet for funding, is even more awesome. <br /><br />But yes...the 2076 issue probably will have a weeping willow, being nut kicked by Uncle Sam. <br /><br />-Rob<br />RevolverRobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-2659173033001172212012-11-14T16:30:07.218-05:002012-11-14T16:30:07.218-05:00One of my favorite trivia to show how young this c...One of my favorite trivia to show how young this country is the fact that the grandson of President Tyler is still alive. He was President 20 years before Lincoln!Steve Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-21603142581298726932012-11-14T15:48:50.985-05:002012-11-14T15:48:50.985-05:00It's possible that by 2076, the Left of that p...It's possible that by 2076, the Left of that period will find a way to blame environmentalism on conservatives.Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04720409839023747889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-18601025696817946302012-11-14T15:36:21.473-05:002012-11-14T15:36:21.473-05:00"BEHOLD THE GENOCIDAL RAPERS OF GAIA!"
...<em>"BEHOLD THE GENOCIDAL RAPERS OF GAIA!"</em><br /><br />Now, that is totally unfair.<br /><br />Bush was the one that started killing the natives and stripping the forests. I mean, the British. Sorry.Brad K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18378344866487206569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-89854385575429188082012-11-14T15:21:13.090-05:002012-11-14T15:21:13.090-05:00This made me laugh: "Bless your body, we had ...This made me laugh: "Bless your body, we had gentlemen to fight with in those days. When they was whipped they gave up. It isn't so now." Nothing changes, does it? I wonder if he followed it up with "Now get off my lawn, you whipper-snapper!"Rob Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15604826633798229422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-40327285234136455012012-11-14T13:13:07.593-05:002012-11-14T13:13:07.593-05:00That is awesome.That is awesome.Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780425923108876647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-31297102524369815612012-11-14T11:41:55.113-05:002012-11-14T11:41:55.113-05:00Old NFO: I would bet most of them lied about their...Old NFO: I would bet most of them lied about their ages in order to enlist.<br /><br />But even if they padded a few years on, they certainly did live to a surprising old age.Kristophrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08370888276707569365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-22340510675335453472012-11-14T11:03:21.648-05:002012-11-14T11:03:21.648-05:00NFO -- It's not that 40 was terribly old, per ...NFO -- It's not that 40 was terribly old, <i>per se</i>.<br /><br />It's that so many people died before they were 12 years old. Likewise, disease and injury were more often lethal then, because of an inability to treat them adequately.<br /><br />But, you didn't age twice as fast (although, without moisturizers, sunblock, and plastic surgery, you may well LOOK twice as old. {grin}<br /><br />If you made it to 20 years old, your maximum lifespan was pretty similar to today's.Geodkythttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17340718574781403778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-9883677558078703292012-11-14T10:18:51.732-05:002012-11-14T10:18:51.732-05:00Youtube has a film of the funeral of Hyram Conk, t...Youtube has a film of the funeral of Hyram Conk, the last veteran of the War of 1812. They made one of the new fangled moving pictures of his funeral procession.Borepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-51917668985291252022012-11-14T09:54:25.563-05:002012-11-14T09:54:25.563-05:00My 4G Grandfather fought at Kings Mountain and liv...My 4G Grandfather fought at Kings Mountain and lived to be 106, but was slightly older than these guys while the fighting was going on. Musta just barely missed him.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02996122023499439670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-16349718399811363762012-11-14T09:01:50.659-05:002012-11-14T09:01:50.659-05:00Thanks for the link. It is rather mind-blowing th...Thanks for the link. It is rather mind-blowing that we can view the men who helped forge the country. Even more so that thanks to the internet, future generations of Americans can do the same. <br /><br />And I feel privileged to have spoken with a number of WWII and a few WWI vets in my day.Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16207808793722026516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-79601663671336756292012-11-14T08:58:34.351-05:002012-11-14T08:58:34.351-05:00I feel pretty sad for the guy who didn't live ...I feel pretty sad for the guy who didn't live to see the end of the civil war. Would be kind of rough to fight to create a country and then have see it falling apart in your last days.Yrrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05533533699684806728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-24754630692376518812012-11-14T08:42:37.029-05:002012-11-14T08:42:37.029-05:00Yep, in all probability... sigh... And amazing lif...Yep, in all probability... sigh... And amazing life spans for that period, considering 40 was considered OLD!Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-82066480608442780042012-11-14T08:17:42.451-05:002012-11-14T08:17:42.451-05:00Enjoy as you will:
http://www.seacoastnh.com/arts...Enjoy as you will:<br /><br />http://www.seacoastnh.com/arts/please112402.htmlNMBigfoot02https://www.blogger.com/profile/14062811446421483935noreply@blogger.com