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  1. 2 hours ago, Walden Ponderer said:

    October 7, 1780, militia troops from the Carolinas and Georgia routed Tory militia under the command of British Major Patrick Ferguson of the 71st Foot. Ferguson arrived in North Carolina in early September 1780 to recruit for the Loyalist militia with the mission of protecting the southern flank of Lord Cornwallis' main army of British regulars in North Carolina. Ferguson issued a bold proclamation that the rebels "lay down your arms or suffer the consequences."

    Nine miles south of the present day town of Kings Mountain, North Carolina (just across the border in South Carolina, in fact) the American militia showed Ferguson the folly of his boastful warning. Patriot losses were 29 killed, 58 wounded out of a total force of around 900 men who were so informally thrown together, they could hardly be called an army.

    Loyalist losses were 290 killed, 163 wounded, 668 captured. The Loyalists started with 1,300 men, most of whom had either served in the British regulars before, or had been drilled as volunteers in Loyalist militia units for years beforehand -- they lost 86% of these “seasoned” volunteers.

    Revolutionary War buffs are quite familiar with the name "Kings Mountain" but it never quite gets the publicity of other battles from that war; it was fought at the furthest expanses of the colonies, after all, where population density was lowest, and printing presses were fewest and furthest between.

    We do hear it in hushed tones, however, as it was the birthplace of “Tarleton’s Quarter” – the habit of some Southern Rebel militia units not allowing British loyalists to surrender, killing them under their white flags in much the same way British Dragoon Colonel Banastre Tarleton (inspiration for the villain in Mel Gibson’s “The Patriot”) had done on numerous southern battlefields. Probably true, but we tend not to want to hear about it.

    My fifth great grand-uncle, Aaron Biggerstaff, was mortally wounded at the Battle of King's Mountain.  He died a few days later at Union Court House in Union Co, SC.  He was an officer in the Loyalist militia.  The Moores and Biggerstaffs of Rutherford Co, NC were mostly loyalists.

  2. From the '60s:

    Long time story that "Bicycle Annie" was an Indian Princess.  Debunked here, but with interesting background:

    https://jeffeepalmer.com/2011/07/21/zelma-for-president/

    Also, there was supposedly a guy who had been a student for 10 or so years, changing majors to continue in school just to party.  His parties were supposedly very popular.  I wasn't, so I wan't invited.  Don't remember his name, though.  May be true or legend.

  3. 6 hours ago, DougO said:

    I also had a "beat it" joke in my head, but she looks kinda young. So I won't say it.

    That's Maddie Rice - she's about 25.  She's the guitarist for Jon Batiste and Stay Human, the Late Show with Stephen Colbert house band.

    We don't usually hear her solos, played during commercial breaks.

  4. 19 hours ago, Zepol87 said:

    I made out with my first chick at traildust. I lived in PG and her Colleyville. In 7th grade we couldn't make long distance work

    Not to mention living in two different worlds, Colleyville and the grove.  Connor or Hood Jr. High?

  5. 3 hours ago, El Diablo said:

    On July 26, 1845—173 years ago today—the U.S. flag flew over Texas for the first time when troops under the command of Gen. Zachary Taylor were sent to defend St. Joseph Island, a sand barrier island in present day Aransas County. The troops were dispatched to Texas to protect the state from interference from Mexico after annexation.

    St. Joseph's Island (aka St. Joe's Island) is the island the north jetty runs along on the other side of the entrance to the inter-coastal waterway at Port Aransas. It's unoccupied, but a jetty boat takes fishermen across to fish from the north jetty several times a day.

  6. 15 hours ago, BigDHornfan said:

    Just had dinner at Kody’s. Meh.
    Although the crab stuffed avocados and jalapenos were on point.

    Wife likes their fried shrimp and I like their fried oysters.  Not fans of the garlic fish so many rave about.  Differences in taste, I guess.

    Agree on their stuffed avacados.

  7. 2 hours ago, idigTexas said:

    This is a pretty solid list.  I will add La Playa for the great table side guac alone.  For an entree, order anything with seafood in it. 

    Second the rec for La Playa.  Great food.

    Be sure to have cash - they don't do cards.  They do have an ATM, but I don't know the charge.

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    Maybe friends or relatives?

  9. 15 hours ago, BoomMF said:

    The highlight of my Paris trip was visiting Pere Lachaise cemetery. So many illuminaries are buried there - Chopin, Rossinni, Gericault, Oscar Wilde, De Balzac, etc. - But you can easily find Morrison because the biggest crowd will be gathered around his grave. Biggest by a long shot.

     

     

    Certainly one of the highlights of my trip also.  Well worth the journey to the outskirts of town.  And don't forget Maria Callas, Edith Piaf, and Mezz Mezzrow. We could have spent all day, but had to get back.

    No crowd at Morrison's when we went, but that was in the fall of 2002.  He'd only been dead 30 years.

     

  10. We generally do cereal every other day, alternating with a cooked breakfast.  Wife does most of the cooking, so I'm good with whatever she wants.  We usually doctor it up with fruit, fresh strawberries or peaches, frozen blueberries from Sam's, etc.  In Winter, we often have instant oatmeal, to which we add apples or other fruit. 

    I love a good breakfast of sausage and eggs, breakfast tacos, pancakes, or mcmuffin type breakfast sandwiches, but the quick and easy cereal is good. When we have grandkids over (often during summer) they always get a cooked breakfast, so I eat less cereal.

    I would probably eat more cereal if I was doing the cooking.

  11. 15 hours ago, Updawg said:

    No idea. I was in a similar situation the other week, ended up buying the part off of Amazon for a dishwasher There used to be a good place off oltorf where abgb is but it's long gone it looks like

    That was Harrell's.  That and Deutchman's on S. First are greatly missed by fix it yourself guys. We are a throw away society.

  12. 3 hours ago, kevwun said:

    Blake Muirhead in Rockport is a good one.  We are heading down to Port A after work today.  First time down since Harvey.

    Hope you're not staying on ground level. Looks like a lot of water went through there.

  13. 40 minutes ago, kevwun said:

    Cancun Grill and Cantina is open again, correct?  We are going in a couple of weeks because our friend's place is ready and we like to get breakfast at Cancun.

    Yep. Had breakfast at Cancun a week ago today.  Pretty crowded, but good to see a lot of people on the island (other than contractors.)

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  14. Called both grandmothers Mommee (both syllables same accent, not first like Mommy). Have no idea where that came from, but all the other cousins used the same, and had much older cousins on both sides.  I was raised in Dallas, but parents, aunts, and uncles raised in Sherman, where my grandparents lived until they died.  Maternal grandfather was Grandad, paternal was Poppy.  Called step grandfather and step grandmother by their first names, Arthur and Frankie.

    Wife is Granma. DIL wanted something different for me. Oldest grandchild born about when Sean Combs changed his name from Puff Daddy to P Diddy, so she started the granddaughter to using G-Daddy. That's evolved to Gee.  All grandkids use that for me.

    As a side note about adults using childish monikers, my dad and his sister called and referred to each other as Bubba and Baby until their deaths (age 82 and 90)  Grandmother (Mommie Reynolds) called them that until her death, in her eighties.

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