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Just don't touch a tuning fork to your front tooth. A kid in middle school did it. I don't know about moving rocks but is sure moved that tooth.
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Seriously though, all of a sudden the battle plan for taking Jerico doesn't sound ridiculous.
MRSA almost did me in...I was in the hospital for almost 3 weeks
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Tacoma Narrows Bridge. Bridge Resonance - YouTube
Can't remember if I've mentioned this one or not.
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As far as we know, the Clotilda was the last slave ship to unload human cargo on US soil. Importing slaves was already illegal at the time, although ownership was not. Timothy Meaher, a prominent Mobilian, bet, "a thousand dollars that inside two years I myself can bring a shipful of (censored) right into Mobile Bay under the officers' noses." He made good on the bet by building a ship, hiring a captain, and smuggling 124 Africans between the ages of 5 and 23 years old into Mobile Bay. They were offloaded onto 12 Mile Island (excellent hog hunting there in the present day, been many times) while the ship was burned and sank to eliminate evidence. They were left there for several days to avoid suspicion, then retrieved and either sold off or put to work on the Meaher estate.
After slavery was abolished, they were able to purchase some land and make a community called Africatown. They did fairly well for themselves by most accounts since they were not born into slavery, but remembered life as free men and women.
Sadly, the state built highway 98 right up Africatown's main street several decades back, taking out the motel and several restaurants and other businesses, which began the rapid and severe deterioration of the community. The city of Mobile also zoned the surrounding area for heavy industrial use. Residents' backyards, schools, and cemeteries back right up against paper mills, coal piles, oil storage tanks, and other hazards.
Meanwhile, we have a state park and several streets with the Meaher name, and Timothy's great-great's have been involved in several lawsuits regarding whether or not they can keep fishermen out of Big and Little Chippewa Lakes, which (for now, according to the courts) are somehow not navigable because they aren't subject to tidal influence, even though I'm on the same latitude line and the water in my backyard is definitely subject to tidal influence, and I could access the lakes just fine until they blocked the channel...
For more unknown and very sad history, the heart of Africatown is maybe a mile or two away from Michael Donald Avenue, named after a young man the KKK lynched in 1981 in response to a black man in Birmingham, AL being acquitted of the murder of a police officer. If there's a silver lining to a story like that, it's that his mother sued the Klan and was awarded a very large settlement, which many historian consider to have been a nail in the coffin with regards to the Klan being an active political force.
The 'Clotilda,' the Last Known Slave Ship to Arrive in the U.S., Is Found
The discovery carries intense personal meaning for an Alabama community of descendants of the ship's survivors
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Clotilda (slave ship) - Wikipedia
Timothy Meaher - Wikipedia
As far as we know, the Clotilda was the last slave ship to unload human cargo on US soil. Importing slaves was already illegal at the time, although ownership was not. Timothy Meaher, a prominent Mobilian, bet, "a thousand dollars that inside two years I myself can bring a shipful of (censored) right into Mobile Bay under the officers' noses." He made good on the bet by building a ship, hiring a captain, and smuggling 124 Africans between the ages of 5 and 23 years old into Mobile Bay. They were offloaded onto 12 Mile Island (excellent hog hunting there in the present day, been many times) while the ship was burned and sank to eliminate evidence. They were left there for several days to avoid suspicion, then retrieved and either sold off or put to work on the Meaher estate.
After slavery was abolished, they were able to purchase some land and make a community called Africatown. They did fairly well for themselves by most accounts since they were not born into slavery, but remembered life as free men and women.
Sadly, the state built highway 98 right up Africatown's main street several decades back, taking out the motel and several restaurants and other businesses, which began the rapid and severe deterioration of the community. The city of Mobile also zoned the surrounding area for heavy industrial use. Residents' backyards, schools, and cemeteries back right up against paper mills, coal piles, oil storage tanks, and other hazards.
Meanwhile, we have a state park and several streets with the Meaher name, and Timothy's great-great's have been involved in several lawsuits regarding whether or not they can keep fishermen out of Big and Little Chippewa Lakes, which (for now, according to the courts) are somehow not navigable because they aren't subject to tidal influence, even though I'm on the same latitude line and the water in my backyard is definitely subject to tidal influence, and I could access the lakes just fine until they blocked the channel...
For more unknown and very sad history, the heart of Africatown is maybe a mile or two away from Michael Donald Avenue, named after a young man the KKK lynched in 1981 in response to a black man in Birmingham, AL being acquitted of the murder of a police officer. If there's a silver lining to a story like that, it's that his mother sued the Klan and was awarded a very large settlement, which many historian consider to have been a nail in the coffin with regards to the Klan being an active political force.
There's also a documentary out there on Netflix that was co-produced by one of my college history professors: Kern Jackson. Cool dude. Made money on the side as a bartender for weddings and stuff like that.
This chick has some really good videos
Saving the Hogs of Ossabaw Island
An eccentric heiress, a daring mission, and the fight for North America’s most unusual pig.
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tailgunner
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The Zephyr Skate Team / Raymond Corral
TWS Legend Award: Jay Adams - TransWorld SKATEboarding / Transworld Skateboarding
TWS Legend Award: Jay Adams - TransWorld SKATEboarding / Transworld Skateboarding
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Hall17
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You guys are making me want to pull out all my old VHS skate tapes hahaha
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Not me… I’m way too old and poor balanced for all that these day
Hall17
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Watching not doing haha. Too old anymore for that even though I’d love to get back on itNot me… I’m way too old and poor balanced for all that these day
I found a pic of my first 1...not my pic but that's the first board I got 
Sipsey
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Back in the 60s I read an article about an airgun that Lewis & Clark carried with them on their expedition. Bout 10 years ago I researched enough for a magazine article.
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Airguns For Deer Hunting | Great Days Outdoors
Airguns have developed into a powerful weapon, but can hunters use the airgun in Alabama to harvest deer? Clutching my BB gun tightly, I crouched, lay down, and scooted under the bottom strand of the barbed wire fence. All the things I had been told not to shoot were running through my head...
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The Miracle on the Vistula
In 1920, Lenin and his Bolsheviks were pushing towards Warsaw, Poland to seize the capital almost guaranteeing a victory for Boleshivism in Europe pushing further westward. However, General Pilsudski of Poland had a trick up his sleeve. His cryptologists cracked the Soviet signal code and Pilsudski knew in advance the Soviet movements and was able to plus up his severely outmanned and outgunned forces in the correct locations. But the Poles weren't just listening into the Soviet radio communications--they were also sending out messages of their own. In fact, they were reciting the Book of Genesis from the Bible across the radiowaves in Latin and Polish. This caused a Soviet Army moving north to miss instructions to flank westward and encircle Warsaw. The 35,000+ Bolshevik troops were taken prisoner in Lithuania shortly thereafter. This victory at Warsaw in 1920 is one of the most significant victories in history. It stopped the spread of Bolshevism in Europe, created the Polish Military Intelligence Corps, and was a David (Poland) vs Goliath (Russia) type of victory, known today as the Miracle on the Vistula.
One key battle, the Battle of Ossow on the outskirts of town saw boys from a Catholic Secondary School, many 16-18 years old take up volunteer arms. With only 2 weeks of formal military training they took up arms and halted a Soviet advance--just long enough for proper infantry reinforcements to arrive. Many of them laid down their lives for the defense of Warsaw, including their Chaplain Father Ignacy Skorupka who became a hero and martyr of the war. There are two varying accounts of his death: one has him leading a charge of his pupils forward on the battlefield, crucifix in hand and being cut down by machine gun fire, the second, has him taking a bullet while administering last rights to a fallen comrade. His sacrifice strengthened the resolve of the Polish Forces.
Some Americans also fought in the defense of Warsaw as volunteer pilots. Poland has been one of America's strongest allies since the birth of the United States. The Kosciusko Squadron was made up of volunteer American pilots who felt it honorable to return the favor in fighting for Poland's independence, as Taddeus Kosciusko had done for the Americans during the Revolution. The most forward US Military Garrison in Poland today, resides at Camp Kosciusko in Poznan, Poland. I know so, because I'm laying here on my cot in an Army barracks at this very moment. The Kosciusko Squadron also fought in the Battle of Britain in World War 2 some years later. One of the pilots, Merian C. Cooper, went on to direct and produce the Hollywood Hit King Kong after the war in 1933.
In 1920, Lenin and his Bolsheviks were pushing towards Warsaw, Poland to seize the capital almost guaranteeing a victory for Boleshivism in Europe pushing further westward. However, General Pilsudski of Poland had a trick up his sleeve. His cryptologists cracked the Soviet signal code and Pilsudski knew in advance the Soviet movements and was able to plus up his severely outmanned and outgunned forces in the correct locations. But the Poles weren't just listening into the Soviet radio communications--they were also sending out messages of their own. In fact, they were reciting the Book of Genesis from the Bible across the radiowaves in Latin and Polish. This caused a Soviet Army moving north to miss instructions to flank westward and encircle Warsaw. The 35,000+ Bolshevik troops were taken prisoner in Lithuania shortly thereafter. This victory at Warsaw in 1920 is one of the most significant victories in history. It stopped the spread of Bolshevism in Europe, created the Polish Military Intelligence Corps, and was a David (Poland) vs Goliath (Russia) type of victory, known today as the Miracle on the Vistula.
One key battle, the Battle of Ossow on the outskirts of town saw boys from a Catholic Secondary School, many 16-18 years old take up volunteer arms. With only 2 weeks of formal military training they took up arms and halted a Soviet advance--just long enough for proper infantry reinforcements to arrive. Many of them laid down their lives for the defense of Warsaw, including their Chaplain Father Ignacy Skorupka who became a hero and martyr of the war. There are two varying accounts of his death: one has him leading a charge of his pupils forward on the battlefield, crucifix in hand and being cut down by machine gun fire, the second, has him taking a bullet while administering last rights to a fallen comrade. His sacrifice strengthened the resolve of the Polish Forces.
Some Americans also fought in the defense of Warsaw as volunteer pilots. Poland has been one of America's strongest allies since the birth of the United States. The Kosciusko Squadron was made up of volunteer American pilots who felt it honorable to return the favor in fighting for Poland's independence, as Taddeus Kosciusko had done for the Americans during the Revolution. The most forward US Military Garrison in Poland today, resides at Camp Kosciusko in Poznan, Poland. I know so, because I'm laying here on my cot in an Army barracks at this very moment. The Kosciusko Squadron also fought in the Battle of Britain in World War 2 some years later. One of the pilots, Merian C. Cooper, went on to direct and produce the Hollywood Hit King Kong after the war in 1933.
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I knew the Lewis and Clark Expedition used an air rifle but I did not know how far back air rifles were invented and certainly didn’t realize how early large bore air rifles were utilized. I always assumed the higher velocities were much more recent than what your research suggests. Very interesting.Back in the 60s I read an article about an airgun that Lewis & Clark carried with them on their expedition. Bout 10 years ago I researched enough for a magazine article.
Airguns For Deer Hunting | Great Days Outdoors
Airguns have developed into a powerful weapon, but can hunters use the airgun in Alabama to harvest deer? Clutching my BB gun tightly, I crouched, lay down, and scooted under the bottom strand of the barbed wire fence. All the things I had been told not to shoot were running through my head...
My first air gun was a combo pellet/bb gun made by Crosman then of Rochester NY it was the Model 760. I got it for Christmas when I was 10. I wreaked havoc on the local chipmunks with that thing but it proved useless on anything bigger. I was given a restored Benjamin/Sheridan Silver Streak in 5mm .20 cal. Which I still use and have in my shop for pesky squirrels and other vermin that seem to like my back deck. Finally, I have a Crosman .177 spring piston air gun that is also quite powerful. It will do a nice job on Crows and squirrels. Probably a woodchuck in the head just right. The Silver streak seems much more lethal however with the heavier and larger diameter pellet.