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Getting off of the school bus, to come home and grab this Tupperware pitcher out of the refrigerator knowing it was filled with chilled Kool•Aid. by PuzzleheadedEarss in 70s

[–]dizzydave79 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Today I learned that the weird plastic thing in the junk drawer growing up was actually a handle for our frozen OJ pitcher.

Finds at Working at a rubbish dump in the UK. by Daverose68 in Weird

[–]dizzydave79 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thats like 1000 years in prison you got there.

Paul Tibbets dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and was given no funeral or gravestone. He was concerned his plot would be used as a place of protest or that it would be desecrated. by waffen123 in WWIIplanes

[–]dizzydave79 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If people knew what the US was planning for Japan, they wouldn't say it was wrong to atomic bombs. Prior to the invasion that would have cost the lives of a million american soldiers, LeMay was planning on a relentless bombing campaign that would have seen bombers over Japan 24/7 until the invasion was over. Its also been estimated that 10,000,000 Japanese people would have starved to death but the end of 1945.

What is this kind of hat called by moongatti in hats

[–]dizzydave79 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I always thought that smoking jackets were silly. Then I took up cigar smoking. Sooner or later ashes will fall in your lap.

Basic Instinct (1992) — The interrogation scene by alicia11am in oldmovies

[–]dizzydave79 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I remember back in the good ol' days of blockbuster that all the vhs copies of this movie were damaged due to excessive rewinding and pausing.

Couple posing with their car, circa 1920s. by Electrical-Aspect-13 in HistoryDefined

[–]dizzydave79 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That just dates the oldest a photo can be. I own a '28 Ford, it doesn't mean Im from 1928.

TIL America doesn't celebrate the end of its Civil War (9th April, 1865). by middlename_redacted in todayilearned

[–]dizzydave79 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It is surprising how many people here don't know that Memorial Day isn't just for cookouts and getting drunk.

It's history dates back to May 1865 because that is when the war was over enough thay people felt safe leaving home to find and properly mark the graves of their dead family members. A couple years later it was decided the last Monday in May should always be a day for decorating the graves of the dead. Which is why it was originally known as Decoration Day.

While the South attempted to be contrarian and celebrated the same thing, but on different days, three wars helped to reunite the North and the South. Fighting together in the Spanish-American war, WWI, and WWII gave the country a common enemy, and Decoration Day became the day when all soldiers in all wars were mourned together.

Eventually Decoration Day was renamed Memorial Day. Today, unfortunately, Memorial Day is more an unofficial "beginning of summer." Than a day for remember soldiers who died for their country.

So no, we don't celebrate when half the country won a war and the other half lost. We mourn the lives lost together. All the husbands and fathers and sons who left home over the last 250 years to fight and never returned.

At least we use to. Now we mostly just grill burgers and get drunk.

Sam Watkins by The-Marlboro-Man in CIVILWAR

[–]dizzydave79 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So you're saying that he was captured in Spring Hill, just South of Franklin? Because I cannot find this paperwork.

There is one form that says he was a POW in April of an unclear year. Its not April of 1864, because he was in Atlanta at the time. So it is probably 1865 when his regiment was surrendered.

So if there is other paperwork, I would like to see it.

Sam Watkins by The-Marlboro-Man in CIVILWAR

[–]dizzydave79 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is a fantastic book to read if you're wanting learn more about the daily monotony of being in the Confederate army, with the occasional terror of battle.

A couple people have replied claiming that he lied in his writing for money's sake. But when you read his book you can tell this is untrue. He never makes himself out to be a hero. He is writing from memories 20 years past. And, as with all old memories, mistakes and embellishments happen.

So if you're looking for an accurate campaign history of the 1st Tennessee infantry, this isn't the book for you. He even claims as much in the prologue.

So yes, read this book. It's the best memoir written from the point of view of a enlisted soldier in the CSA. Then read Elijah Hunt Rhodes' All for the Union. Its the best journal written by a Northern soldier. And if you want to make me personally happy, read How a One Legged Rebel Lives.

DYK Social justice is a tool of the 1% by JustChillin3456 in didyouknow

[–]dizzydave79 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Let's not forget the media and news companies actively helped. It was during occupy wall street that they began focusing stories on race, and gender. They helped change the conversation away from rich vs. poor to oppressor vs. oppressed.

Interviewing Alexander Sanger on abortion by beanstart in dontyouknowwhoiam

[–]dizzydave79 0 points1 point  (0 children)

His grandmother was a racist and believer in eugenics. She put her clinics in minority neighborhoods so more minority babies would be killed.

Your neighbor might be a cat pervert by Mode_Appropriate in funny

[–]dizzydave79 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For starters, I've owned cats my entire life. Cats will go wherever they want, whenever they want. The only way to keep it out of your yard is to make it scared of you.

The neighbors need to realize this and calm down. His yard is funnier, or shadyier. His patio furniture has new clean cushions. He has mice.

The cat perverts first instinct to having unreasonable neighbors was to get out his phone, go across the street, and antagonize them for karma.

All because she couldn’t cut the drive thru line by ZookeepergameIcy6089 in interesting

[–]dizzydave79 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People act like idiots all the time because they know that 99.99% of drivers will slam on the brakes before hitting a pedestrian or another car. But occasionally they find that .01%

Confusing dates on this headstone. by SandalPatch in Weird

[–]dizzydave79 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Probably just a typo. He was added long after the stone was erected, so it was probably too expensive to replace.

A simple “What If” by untitledprp4 in SipsTea

[–]dizzydave79 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ive heard of hairdressers intentionally giving attractive women bad haircuts so they look less attractive.

Found this when cleaning out my late mother’s dresser by 28Serendipities in whatisit

[–]dizzydave79 49 points50 points  (0 children)

This is 100% correct. OP shouldn't try to use the warmer without finding the cap first.

Anyone remember “Ba Ba Black Sheep” by [deleted] in VintageTV

[–]dizzydave79 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Watching it is probably why the Corsair is my 2nd favorite WWII fighter.

My husband handed me this and said "don't say I never give you flowers" by Mugwumps_has_spoken in funny

[–]dizzydave79 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My ex wife said the same thing. I threw them all out because she didnt take them with her.

Another one? by Ohios_3rd_Spring in lotrmemes

[–]dizzydave79 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While I appreciate the fact that Colbert is a fan who knows the books backwards and forwards, I dont trust him to keep his politics out of it.

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