DagwoodIII
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If you want to binge a great documentary, Ken Burns’ The Civil War is phenomenal.
There’s a story that says that a Northern quartermaster didn’t want repeating rifles because he didn’t want his troops wasting bullets.
More likely the repeating rifles were more expensive and heavier.
https://richardpoe.substack.com/p/how-the-british-caused-the-american
I’ve seen this idea from several sources. The British figured that American ‘Manifest Destiny’ would mean annexing Canada eventually. It didn’t cost the Brits a lot to stir up Southern resentments against the North. So they South got played.
https://richardpoe.substack.com/p/how-the-british-caused-the-american
Many people believe that the British government actively pushed the south to secede in order to weaken the US.
Apples and oranges.
Vietnamese had been fighting for twenty years against the French and Japanese. The South thought they would achieve victory with a few battles.
DagwoodIII@piefed.socialto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•What are ways to independently make a few bucks on the side?English11·4 days agoBest wishes.
DagwoodIII@piefed.socialto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•What are ways to independently make a few bucks on the side?English41·4 days agoIt doesn’t matter, because what I enjoyed might sound terrible to you.
Like I said, two different jobs will have a similar skill set, and the book gives you a long list of all types of jobs. It even breaks them down by how much education you need.
DagwoodIII@piefed.socialto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What's a random line from a movie that fans of it will instantly know?English101·5 days ago“Snake Pliskin? I thought he was dead.”
DagwoodIII@piefed.socialto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What's a random line from a movie that fans of it will instantly know?English26·5 days agoIn the script, the author says that the fight between Inigo and Wesley is the second greatest fight in the history of the movies. The final fight is supposed to be the best ever.
DagwoodIII@piefed.socialto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What's a random line from a movie that fans of it will instantly know?English5·5 days agoFrom ‘DC Cab.’
The cabbies are looking for Bruce Lee. Fianlly one spots a drive-in movie showing a movie and the cabbie reports, “I see that Kung-fu mother fucker.”
In the TV version it’s “I see that Kung-fu Master Fighter.”
DagwoodIII@piefed.socialto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•What are ways to independently make a few bucks on the side?English15·5 days ago[off topic]
Get this book. “Discover What You Are Best At” by Linda Gail. It’s a series of self tests that gauge what skills you already have, and then lists the jobs that use those skills. For example, a hair dresser and a nurse both need good social skills and good dexterity; two totally different jobs with a similar skillset.
I spent my whole life thinking I’d never find a job I actually liked, then I got the book and it led me to a career I enjoyed and got a decent salary.
Do yourself a favor. Spend Christmas through New Year’s in the town you’re planning on moving to first.