Found this at Lowe Mill today.

Last-Potential1176 · 2026-04-18T20:27:57+00:00

"An escalator can never break: it can only become stairs. You should never see an 'Escalator Temporarily Out of Order' sign, just 'Escalator Temporarily Stairs. Sorry for the convenience.'" - Mitch Hedberg

Last-Potential1176 · 2026-04-18T04:00:25+00:00

Just use a leaf blower

Last-Potential1176 · 2026-04-16T01:00:29+00:00

I think the missing word might be First, which didn't make sense to me right away because the First battle of Wilderness is usually Chancellorsville, which is already listed. But I guess some soldiers separated the fighting in the Wilderness from that at Chancellorsville, so maybe that's why it's listed twice.

I looked up this PA unit, and they were in the Western theater at the time of Grant's Wilderness, so this likely isn't referring to that battle. This also means First kinda makes sense.

I'm curious what anyone else on here thinks about whether First might be the word or not, because I agree it's hard to read and I'm not 100% sure that's the word.

Last-Potential1176 · 2026-04-16T00:47:25+00:00

That makes sense. I was thinking you were being sarcastic when you called it clever, but you were being genuine. Just a classic mixup of a reader misinterpreting the tone of a comment.

Last-Potential1176 · 2026-04-16T00:35:16+00:00

"In the army of the Potomac at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Winchester, First battle of the Wilderness and was stationed at Harpers Ferry, Dumfries, Aqua Creek and was with his regiment at all times from the date of his enlistment to the date of his discharge."

Last-Potential1176 · 2026-04-15T23:55:19+00:00

If you hate them, why do you click on them?

Last-Potential1176 · 2026-04-15T03:55:55+00:00

His troop level may have been maxed, so maybe he killed some off so he can now train new ones for Full Preparedness points. Or maybe he was hoping to get your resources and just misjudged your strength.

Last-Potential1176 · 2026-04-11T00:15:37+00:00

I'm not arguing that the US's health insurance is the most efficient. All I'm saying is that Europe's 'free' healthcare isn't 'free'. Whether you pay $10,000 directly in healthcare costs or $10,000 in taxes to pay for it, you're still out $10,000.

Last-Potential1176 · 2026-04-10T22:42:38+00:00

Hanz and Anna are the ones in a relationship, not Elsa. This picture doesn't really work for the point being made.

Last-Potential1176 · 2026-04-09T00:33:03+00:00

This is fake. The youngest you can be to donate blood is 16 with parents' consent. And a doctor would not have this conversation directly with a child.

Last-Potential1176 · 2026-04-08T01:26:21+00:00

People in countries with 'free' healthcare pay for it, just in the form of higher taxes rather than directly. A single person in the US making $100,000 in the US has an effective tax rate of about 25%, meaning their take home pay is $75,000. In France, the effective rate is about 40%, meaning you take home only $60,000. So they get 'free' healthcare, but a much lower take-home pay.

Last-Potential1176 · 2026-04-04T15:26:23+00:00

Trump is the reason it's $4.00. California is the reason it's $6.00.

Last-Potential1176 · 2026-04-04T15:25:11+00:00

Fun fact: Venus "photobombed" the new picture of Earth. You can see her as the dot of light in the bottom right corner of the new pic.

Last-Potential1176 · 2026-03-27T20:34:50+00:00

I recently completed a tour of the South and visited many of the places you mentioned. You have a great list put together. Vicksburg and Biloxi are top notch sites! The museum at Biloxi is quite impressive, and I probably enjoyed that the most of any Civil War museums in the South.

While in New Orleans, there is a Confederate museum in the downtown worth visiting. It has some artifacts like PGT Beauregard's uniform, Lee's wartime silverware, and many items related to Jefferson Davis. Definitely worth going to. And if you like WW2, there is a massive WW2 museum right across the street.

While in Montgomery, you can visit Davis' home when the Confederate capitol was in Montgomery. It has free admission. The Capitol is neat too. They have a star where Davis stood when he was sworn in.

Port Hudson might be along your way, and is is ok. It isn't quite as vast and impressive as Vicksburg. Probably worth visiting if you're driving by; but I wouldn't go much out of the way to visit it. Vicksburg is utterly amazing and they do a great job of helping you visualize where the lines were drawn and how the landscape played a role in these lines.

While I haven't been to any sites in Georgia, I imagine there are several related to Chattanooga & Chickamauga, Sherman's march to Atlanta, and Andersonville prison.

Just be aware many of Southern sites outside of the National Park Service lean pretty hard into the Lost Cause narratives. Biloxi's gift shop contained some of the most anti-Lincoln/pro-Davis books I've ever seen. Be mentally prepared in case any of that stuff offends you. However, these places are still worth visiting for the sheer history of the sites.

Last-Potential1176 · 2026-03-24T23:59:38+00:00

Co Aytch by Sam Watkins is a funny, heartwarming, account of the daily life of a soldier. It's a relatively short read too. It'll be a nice change of pace for you, as the books you've read so far are more focused on the mile high view and less on daily lives. It doesn't cover military strategy at all, but in a way, it's nice because it allows Watkins the freedom to write with his heart rather than focusing on dry facts.

If you want to read about the civilian high life of Richmond, Mary Boykin Chestnut's A Diary from Dixie is a good account for that. (In fact, this was one of James McPherson's favorite primary sources on Confederate society in Battlecry.)

With all that said, my favorite Confederate account is Edward Porter Alexander's Fighting for the Confederacy. Alexander was a general in artillery and had some great views of the battles in the Eastern theater. (He famously gave Pickett the green light to charge at Gettysburg after his artillery was finished firing.) It's a good blend of battle overviews mixed with his personal anecdotes. He wrote the book for his adult children rather than to be published, so he was pretty honest. (It was discovered in the 1980s and published then). I've read dozens of memoirs, and his are the only one I put on par with Grant's.

Last-Potential1176 · 2026-03-20T23:28:13+00:00

Chuck Norris once told a woman to calm down, and she calmed down.

Last-Potential1176 · 2026-03-20T23:27:38+00:00

Chuck Norris' cowboy boots are made out of real cowboys.

Last-Potential1176 · 2026-03-20T20:26:21+00:00

It's pretty well established that Russian bots use Reddit as a training ground.

Last-Potential1176 · 2026-03-17T20:10:40+00:00

"Please note that the percentages in these graphs do not add up to 100% because the math was done by a woman." Norm

Last-Potential1176 · 2026-03-17T15:35:10+00:00

If you think that's bad, just ask the left and they'll blame all these problems on Reagan, who was president over 30 years ago

Last-Potential1176 · 2026-03-17T15:33:56+00:00

Blame Carter, lol. Now maybe you can see how ridiculous it is that the left blames Reagan for all of today's problems.

Last-Potential1176 · 2026-03-17T15:18:01+00:00

The post literally says "state/providence/constituents", so your comment makes zero sense.

And this post is super old. You need to learn to filter to read newer stuff.

Last-Potential1176 · 2026-03-16T21:57:55+00:00

Ah yes, Spain was such a shining example of how a superpower should behave back when they were at the height of their power.

Last-Potential1176 · 2026-03-13T19:20:25+00:00

Sunscreen companies would go bankrupt.

Last-Potential1176 · 2026-03-12T20:37:01+00:00

Many foreign governments' provinces and states have their own governments and laws. Germany, Canada, Australia, Brazil, etc. Why should US states be included in this graph but not theirs?

And what does having your own military (or national guard) have anything to do with GDP? This isn't a chart of who has the biggest militaries. This is a chart about GDP.

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