January 23, 2010
— Gabriel Malor It's been ages and ages since we had one of these, but since there's no real news doin' and I'm all out of patience for music videos after yesterday's post, take a look at Charleston, South Carolina:
That's the small size. Definitely click over to SHORPY to see the jumbo size with all it's details.
SHORPY says that what you're looking at is the bombed-out remains of the Cathedral of St. John and St. Finbar after the U.S. shelled Charleston. It's dated 1865, which makes me suspect it was taken after Sherman blew past on his way to burning the shit out of Columbia. At that point, the Confederates had already retreated and surrendered the city.
However, I was a little curious about this because after a bunch of poking around I couldn't find a date to put to the bombing. The Cathedral's history page seems to indicate that what we're looking at is not battle-damage, but fire damage:
On December 11, 1861, a fire broke out in a factory on Hasell Street, destroying much of Charleston including the cathedral. Everything was lost.Fund-raising for a new cathedral continued for the next 45 years, and the cornerstone for the present Cathedral of St. John the Baptist was laid in January 1890.
So, dear readers, fire damage, battle damage, or both?
You can also take a look at the Cathedral today. It's currently getting a massive face-lift and all-around restoration. Videos, photos, and articles from the restoration are available here.
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Posted by: good midnight fluffy bunny what fluffs at midnight at January 23, 2010 04:00 PM (SMqnS)
Posted by: GarandFan at January 23, 2010 04:01 PM (ZQBnQ)
Posted by: Ellie light at January 23, 2010 04:01 PM (muUqs)
obtw (oh by the way)...when we were talking about 1985 lastnight...
How could we forget to mention Eddie Murphy's I Want To Party All The Time song?
Posted by: This is lolboner at January 23, 2010 04:02 PM (ouySy)
Posted by: Charles at January 23, 2010 04:04 PM (qWLc4)
Posted by: Darth Nihilus69 at January 23, 2010 04:04 PM (GfYt/)
Posted by: Guy Fawkes at January 23, 2010 04:05 PM (DIYmd)
Some photos will have a location so you can a then and now comparison.
Posted by: YIKES! at January 23, 2010 04:06 PM (jrlj0)
Nah, there's actually detail in it other than bicycle seats and fascist tankers.
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 23, 2010 04:08 PM (otlXg)
Posted by: arhooley at January 23, 2010 04:09 PM (6GjHP)
I tried warning you about the Lady Gaga video, but did you listen?
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 23, 2010 04:09 PM (otlXg)
Posted by: dananjcon at January 23, 2010 04:10 PM (S2ixv)
Posted by: bluesfan at January 23, 2010 04:11 PM (Yy7EH)
Posted by: Jane D'oh! at January 23, 2010 04:11 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: dananjcon at January 23, 2010 04:12 PM (S2ixv)
Any one remember a day or two ago some troll named "Ellie Light" commented that governing is hard and the president can't just wave a wand and fix things?
Well looks like the HQ was visited by an Obama goon:
http://tinyurl.com/y9e58af
Creepy.
Posted by: Jon801 at January 23, 2010 04:12 PM (H8lCv)
E.coli.
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 23, 2010 04:12 PM (otlXg)
Posted by: ac at January 23, 2010 04:14 PM (A51gv)
Malor, I'm real happy for you and imma let you finish, but Richmond, Va. is the only American city burned down by the British twice and the Union once, thats three times.
Three Times !
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 04:15 PM (t72+4)
Posted by: JasonF at January 23, 2010 08:00 PM (DVBE
Heh - first thing I noticed, too.
Posted by: Editor at January 23, 2010 04:15 PM (YX6i/)
22 That is some creepy shit, they are watching us. Quick, put away your white gounds and burning crosses.
Posted by: dananjcon at January 23, 2010 04:18 PM (S2ixv)
Posted by: Did you see me in the NYT yesterday?! at January 23, 2010 04:18 PM (qWLc4)
Posted by: conscious, but incoherent at January 23, 2010 04:19 PM (Vu6sl)
Ms.Jane,
I certainly prefer Savannah over Charleston. I used to live in Hinesville/Ft. Stewart and we used to love going "Downtown" on the river and do the Pub Crawl. We got good at it. Still try to get back for St. Patty's day.
Posted by: Tommy Gunnar at January 23, 2010 04:19 PM (rQTdM)
I love Charleston and the South Carolina lowcountry .
My dads people have been living here for at least 260 years .
Posted by: awkward davies at January 23, 2010 04:20 PM (wb68R)
It is not Detroit!
If it was, there would be a burned out nondescript sedan, as well as a very visible "Obama" sticker in the shot.
/plus, if you have ever driven a car in Detroit, you know that the street in the photo is much nicer.
Posted by: shibumi at January 23, 2010 04:21 PM (OKZrE)
A poor imitation of a Big Mac, which is made with: Two all beef patties,special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions, on a sesame' seed bun
Posted by: Someone Old Enough to Remember the Jingle at January 23, 2010 04:21 PM (qWLc4)
Posted by: Girl Thursday at January 23, 2010 04:21 PM (icR/t)
Posted by: JasonF at January 23, 2010 08:00 PM (DVBE
Try the Hardtack McNuggets with the special Uncle Remus Tar Baby sauce.
It'll really spin your Miniballs.
Posted by: TexasJew at January 23, 2010 04:21 PM (dcKUM)
Posted by: Glen Wishard at January 23, 2010 04:22 PM (xkznO)
Thank God East Germany is no more. You'd be able to see the women's dicks in HD.
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at January 23, 2010 04:23 PM (qWLc4)
Posted by: Jane D'oh! at January 23, 2010 04:24 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Tommy Gunnar at January 23, 2010 04:25 PM (rQTdM)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 23, 2010 04:25 PM (DzIiI)
omg figure skating on HDTV
Thank God East Germany is no more. You'd be able to see the women's dicks in HD.
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at January 23, 2010 08:23 PM (qWLc4)
Please stop. There are only so many times I can choke on my mixed- drinks tonight before you can consider it drowning.
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 04:26 PM (t72+4)
>>Yankee bastards.
You rang?
Merits of the war aside, if I'd been fighting it I'd do the same thing. In fact, my family had - to the Iroquois anyway
Posted by: good midnight fluffy bunny what fluffs at midnight at January 23, 2010 04:26 PM (SMqnS)
Have you seen the cover photo of Klemperer's "I Will Remember?", second volume.
Looks like that.
Which is kind of sobering.
Posted by: Dave in Texas at January 23, 2010 04:26 PM (Wh0W+)
Ms. Jane
Could you give me a little info on that "geechi" (sp, sorry) deal there in the low country?
Posted by: Tommy Gunnar at January 23, 2010 04:26 PM (rQTdM)
I always thought there was something funny about figure skaters...
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 23, 2010 04:27 PM (otlXg)
Do parrots lay eggs?
I mean if I bought a boy parrot and a girl parrot from a pet shop can I expect to find an egg in the cage someday?
Posted by: This is lolboner at January 23, 2010 04:28 PM (ouySy)
Posted by: Ellie Light at January 23, 2010 04:28 PM (muUqs)
Coming to a city near you.
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Heh, not only fixed, but improved.
Posted by: arhooley at January 23, 2010 04:28 PM (6GjHP)
Why do you think we have some brain dead Southerns?
Yankees raped our women and they had half Yankees. It's a curse we live with, like the Germans in Berlin.
Er, so Lindsey who be your daddy?
Posted by: Kemp at January 23, 2010 04:29 PM (2+9Yx)
My wife's family have been in Charleston since before the Civil War and they own the oldest business in South Carolina - they are the largest beer distributors in the state.
How do you kick back after a hard day of being under siege? With a beer, of course!
Posted by: TexasJew at January 23, 2010 04:29 PM (dcKUM)
Posted by: Tommy Gunnar at January 23, 2010 04:29 PM (rQTdM)
Thank God East Germany is no more. You'd be able to see the women's dicks in HD.
Jeez between that and the verbification of 'Brando' this is turning into an ugly night.
Posted by: Dang Straights at January 23, 2010 04:29 PM (ZwCmm)
One of the best places in colonial America to be an observant Jew .
Posted by: awkward davies at January 23, 2010 04:30 PM (wb68R)
Our President is working hard to fix this nations problems. It took us 8 years to get into this mess, it's going to take time to get out. Please support the President and John McClain in their efforts to fix America. God bless.
Posted by: Ellie Light at January 23, 2010 08:28 PM (muUqs)
Yippie Kay Ay Beyotch, I'll support John McClane in all of his efforts, Barry Obama, not so much.
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 04:30 PM (t72+4)
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Let me just say, I don't blame you one bit for asking us instead of some sober, knowledgeable person in a petshop.
Posted by: arhooley at January 23, 2010 04:30 PM (6GjHP)
Posted by: Dang Straights at January 23, 2010 08:29 PM (ZwCmm)
I am here to save the day!
Posted by: Wally Cox at January 23, 2010 04:31 PM (dcKUM)
Posted by: dananjcon at January 23, 2010 04:31 PM (S2ixv)
Posted by: SpecialEd at January 23, 2010 04:32 PM (rdFBV)
OK. That cracked my worthless ass up.
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at January 23, 2010 04:32 PM (qWLc4)
Do parrots lay eggs?
I mean if I bought a boy parrot and a girl parrot from a pet shop can I expect to find an egg in the cage someday?
Posted by: This is lolboner at January 23, 2010 08:28 PM (ouySy)
You know how mant parrot eggs it takes to make a decent omelet?
Posted by: Jim in San Diego at January 23, 2010 04:33 PM (F09Uo)
First, check the perch for nails...
Posted by: Zimriel at January 23, 2010 04:34 PM (VGYe3)
I'm curious if the pet shop Parrots have egg-laying capabilities.
Because I never heard a parrot owner say, "Yeah, I got a new baby parrot from my Fred & Ethel, my male and female parrots."
But you always hear cat owners talking about their new kittens, and dog owners talking about their new puppies all the time.
Posted by: This is lolboner at January 23, 2010 04:34 PM (ouySy)
Posted by: Tommy Gunnar at January 23, 2010 04:34 PM (rQTdM)
Savannah claims to have the oldest synagogue in the U.S., and the first golf club. Same with Charleston. I give credit to Charleston for the golf club, but the synagogue here is really old and oddly enough, designed as a Catholic church with a nave. Really weird, but really beautiful.
Posted by: Jane D'oh, travel guide at January 23, 2010 04:35 PM (UOM48)
One of the best places in colonial America to be an observant Jew .
Posted by: awkward davies at January 23, 2010 08:30 PM (wb68R)
And later on as well. My wife's dad's family have belonged to the Temple there since the 1840's.
Posted by: TexasJew at January 23, 2010 04:35 PM (dcKUM)
Jeez between that and the verbification of 'Brando' this is turning into an ugly night.
Posted by: Dang Straights at January 23, 2010 08:29 PM (ZwCmm)
Heres the emergency brain-bleach I left on the last thread just in case anyone needs to dive head-first into it.
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 04:36 PM (t72+4)
Posted by: Guy Fawkes at January 23, 2010 04:36 PM (DIYmd)
Posted by: Tommy Gunnar at January 23, 2010 04:37 PM (rQTdM)
Of course not. That's what pet shops are for.
Posted by: Answer Guy at January 23, 2010 04:37 PM (qWLc4)
Posted by: Vic at January 23, 2010 04:37 PM (QrA9E)
Posted by: Jane D'oh, travel guide at January 23, 2010 04:38 PM (UOM48)
Jon Stewart tears Keith Olberman a new asshole. http://tinyurl.com/yac2gab
Posted by: hlno@msn.com at January 23, 2010 04:38 PM (rurh0)
Posted by: arhooley at January 23, 2010 08:30 PM (6GjHP)
LOL
Posted by: Unclefacts, Summoner At Large at January 23, 2010 04:38 PM (erIg9)
bit.ly/5GPZp4
Posted by: bullwinkle at January 23, 2010 04:38 PM (vXagV)
Posted by: Tommy Gunnar at January 23, 2010 04:38 PM (rQTdM)
Really, I've seen more baby pandas than baby parrots.
Iknowright?
Has anybody ever seen a baby parrot?
Posted by: This is lolboner at January 23, 2010 04:38 PM (ouySy)
http://tinyurl.com/y9e58af
Posted by: Jon801 at January 23, 2010 08:36 PM (WS3/u)
If I have to copy and paste to my browser, it probably came from a pet shop.
Posted by: Answer Guy at January 23, 2010 04:38 PM (qWLc4)
Posted by: This is lolboner at January 23, 2010 08:38 PM (ouySy)
Of course not. They don't arrive at the pet shop until they're adults.
Posted by: Answer Guy at January 23, 2010 04:40 PM (qWLc4)
@93
I've seen one, once, but it looked more like a baby Tyrantosaur than a bird. Ugly little fucker, too.
Posted by: Tommy Gunnar at January 23, 2010 04:40 PM (rQTdM)
Posted by: Anasazi at January 23, 2010 04:41 PM (fujpy)
Posted by: Jon801 at January 23, 2010 04:41 PM (WS3/u)
Posted by: trainer at January 23, 2010 04:42 PM (yCWYQ)
I wanna give a shout-out to shorpy.com. If you're interested in social history it's a great site. The great majority of images are from original plates, and the detail they record is just staggering.
I go there once a month to see the new stuff they've put up. I'm never disappointed.
Oh, and they have a lot of shots of women in those ugly but clingy old-fashioned swimsuits, so many morons will no doubt find reason to press their noses onto their monitors.
Posted by: effinayright at January 23, 2010 04:43 PM (lQRmV)
Jane, the oldest is the Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island, but the Charleston and Savannah ones are not far behind.
Here's a Wiki:
In 1790, the Touro synagogue's warden, Moses Seixas, wrote to George Washington, expressing his support for Washington's administration and good wishes for him. Washington sent a letter in response, which read in part:
...the Government of the United States...gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance...May the children of the Stock of Abraham, who dwell in this land, continue to merit and enjoy the good will of the other Inhabitants; while every one shall sit in safety under his own vine and figtree, and there shall be none to make him afraid. May the father of all mercies scatter light and not darkness in our paths, and make us all in our several vocations useful here, and in his own due time and way everlastingly happy."That was when Presidents actually believed in Freedom of (and not from) Religion.
Posted by: TexasJew at January 23, 2010 04:43 PM (dcKUM)
Posted by: Jane D'oh, travel guide at January 23, 2010 04:44 PM (UOM48)
They don't arrive at the pet shop until they're adults.
Okay, so where do they come from? Where do baby parrots come from?
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Remember the episode of The Simpsons with Bart trying to con Milhous into looking for his dog and Milhous said, "Bart, remember the time your dog ate my goldfish and you said I never had any goldfish? Then why did I have the bowl, Bart? Why. Did. I. Have. The. Bowl?"
Posted by: This is lolboner at January 23, 2010 04:44 PM (ouySy)
Has anybody ever seen a baby parrot?
Posted by: This is lolboner at January 23, 2010 08:38 PM (ouySy)
No, but I have seen an extremely featherless and morbidly obese Parrot named Robert Gibbs come on my t.v. once in a while. I wonder if thats where "Parroting talking points" comes from?
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 04:44 PM (t72+4)
A question for all the morons. Are there any Arab/Muslim nations helping out in Haiti? (And yes, I already know the answer.)
Posted by: Jane D'oh, travel guide at January 23, 2010 04:46 PM (UOM48)
Ms. Jane, I heard there was a Saudi aircraft carrier on its way. They promised, ya know.
Posted by: Tommy Gunnar at January 23, 2010 04:47 PM (rQTdM)
(It was stoopid of R.E.L. to used armored knights in that muddy terrain...)
Posted by: Warthog at January 23, 2010 04:48 PM (0Hsp7)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 04:48 PM (gofDd)
A question for all the morons. Are there any Arab/Muslim nations helping out in Haiti? (And yes, I already know the answer.)
Posted by: Jane D'oh, travel guide at January 23, 2010 08:46 PM (UOM4
I'm sure AQ has a man on the street trying to exploit and recruit the disenfranchised and illiterate in Haiti as we speak.
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 04:48 PM (t72+4)
Heh. New guy called me a "Cockwallet". He'll do fine.
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at January 23, 2010 04:50 PM (qWLc4)
Posted by: Retired Geezer at January 23, 2010 04:51 PM (Q3VfP)
The last thing we need is the wahhabists radicalizing Haiti.
Posted by: Dang Straights at January 23, 2010 08:48 PM (ZwCmm)
They prey on suffering and ignorance world-wide. Its their calling card.
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 04:51 PM (t72+4)
Posted by: Jane D'oh, travel guide at January 23, 2010 04:51 PM (UOM48)
The last thing we need is the wahhabists radicalizing Haiti.
It's Haiti.
Everyone who wants to be radicalized is already involved in voodoo.
If the wahhabists come knocking we all know what will happen. Just watch "Live and Let Die."
Posted by: shibumi at January 23, 2010 04:52 PM (OKZrE)
Charleston's called the holy city because of all the downtown churches/spires. Savannah had the larger Jewish community. Congregation Mikve Israel is the oldest congregation in the south, 3rd oldest in the country.
Posted by: Velociman at January 23, 2010 04:52 PM (jYNxH)
Do baby pigeons actually exist?
Posted by: TexasJew at January 23, 2010 08:51 PM (dcKUM)
They're called "squab". Serve with wild rice.
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at January 23, 2010 04:52 PM (qWLc4)
Talk of parrots and no one's referenced the Monty Python sketch? For shame!
I knew the parrot talk would make you materialize on this thread.
Posted by: This is lolboner at January 23, 2010 04:53 PM (ouySy)
Maybe the Haitians will make voodoo dolls of Mohammed.
Those sales will sure help their economy!
Posted by: TexasJew at January 23, 2010 04:53 PM (dcKUM)
Do baby pigeons actually exist?
Posted by: TexasJew at January 23, 2010 08:51 PM (dcKUM)
TJ, you're going for irony over-load tonight I see. Just remember, you were pumping iron while I was pumping irony............
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 04:53 PM (t72+4)
Posted by: awkward davies at January 23, 2010 04:54 PM (wb68R)
The last thing we need is the wahhabists radicalizing Haiti.
And recruiting their armies of zombies.
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 23, 2010 04:54 PM (otlXg)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 23, 2010 04:54 PM (DzIiI)
And recruiting their armies of zombies.
No shit. My 8 year old beat me on Deanimator. Total Papa fail.
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at January 23, 2010 04:55 PM (qWLc4)
If the wahhabists come knocking we all know what will happen. Just watch "Live and Let Die."
Posted by: shibumi at January 23, 2010 08:52 PM (OKZrE)
.....Or The Serpent And The Rainbow.
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 04:56 PM (t72+4)
Posted by: Tommy Gunnar at January 23, 2010 04:56 PM (rQTdM)
Posted by: TexasJew at January 23, 2010 04:56 PM (dcKUM)
I knew the parrot talk would make you materialize on this thread.
It was like the thread called to me...
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 04:56 PM (gofDd)
Live and let die...young Jane Seymour...discuss.
Posted by: Tommy Gunnar at January 23, 2010 08:56 PM (rQTdM)
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Hottie
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 04:57 PM (t72+4)
And recruiting their armies of zombies.
Zombies or suicide bombers. Suicide bomber zombies?
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 04:57 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 08:56 PM (gofDd)
Uh, actually that was me praying for more gam pics.
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at January 23, 2010 04:58 PM (qWLc4)
I read that book. True story
Very scary.
Do not eat the fugu.
And DO NOT LET THEM BURY YOU RIGHT AWAY!!11!!
Posted by: shibumi at January 23, 2010 04:58 PM (OKZrE)
How about Jane Seymour in Wedding Crashers? MILF, yes or no?
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 04:58 PM (gofDd)
My grandfather died in his early forties, and so none of us knew him. He never once spoke even to my dad about the war. Even when a newspaper attempted to interview him.
I'm so stunned we found this little booklet. We were about to allow a cousin to discard the trunk.
Posted by: Jane D'oh, travel guide at January 23, 2010 04:59 PM (UOM48)
Uh, actually that was me praying for more gam pics.
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at January 23, 2010 08:58 PM (qWLc4)
Actually, I was praying for pics of other things but gams will do for now.
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 04:59 PM (t72+4)
A casual acquaintance of mine actually worked with her once. Had no idea who she was, said she was the nicest, most down to earth person.
Posted by: shibumi at January 23, 2010 05:00 PM (OKZrE)
BTW. Savannah can't hold a candle to Charleston. The women are sooooo much better looking up here.
Posted by: Tim Down South at January 23, 2010 05:00 PM (sOCES)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 05:00 PM (gofDd)
TJ, you're going for irony over-load tonight I see. Just remember, you were pumping iron while I was pumping irony............
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 08:53 PM (t72+4)
I'm going to the frozen hell-tundra of northwestern North Dakota next week. I'm just trying to strengthen my dry Norwegian irony factor.
Posted by: TexasJew at January 23, 2010 05:00 PM (dcKUM)
Posted by: awkward davies at January 23, 2010 05:00 PM (wb68R)
Posted by: mrp at January 23, 2010 05:00 PM (HjPtV)
Posted by: Jon801 at January 23, 2010 05:01 PM (WS3/u)
How about Jane Seymour in Wedding Crashers? MILF, yes or no?
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 08:58 PM (gofDd)
Jane Seymour in the original Battlestar Galactica.
Brrrrrrrrrr-chica-wow-wow !
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 05:01 PM (t72+4)
Posted by: Tommy Gunnar at January 23, 2010 05:03 PM (rQTdM)
I have giveng thousands of examples of ways to get green jobs to work. Make a wish! Shit can happen! It depends on all.
When one is all, and all is one 1111
I won
Posted by: let me be clear at January 23, 2010 05:03 PM (Yy7EH)
sorry, jus had ta say it.
Posted by: str8 outta monongahela at January 23, 2010 05:03 PM (SlvZ2)
Posted by: Jane D'oh, travel guide at January 23, 2010 08:59 PM (UOM4
We have my grandfather's diary from WWI. Argonne, Marne, Somme, St. Michelle, etc. Have almost all the correspondence between him and his parents from the time he went in, too. Served in the first dedicated AA machine gun unit in US history. Dudes were itching for aircraft in range.
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at January 23, 2010 05:04 PM (qWLc4)
Posted by: Tommy Gunnar at January 23, 2010 05:05 PM (rQTdM)
I'm going to the frozen hell-tundra of northwestern North Dakota next week. I'm just trying to strengthen my dry Norwegian irony factor.
Posted by: TexasJew at January 23, 2010 09:00 PM (dcKUM)
Bundle up and take something warm to nip on. Consider it anti-freeze for the body.
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 05:05 PM (t72+4)
Posted by: Dr. Ornithology at January 23, 2010 05:07 PM (dcKUM)
Posted by: newser at January 23, 2010 05:07 PM (OBUuM)
Uh, thanks, sport. Charleston men don't hold a candle to Savannah men. Ours have much better manners. So there.
/snit
Posted by: Jane D'oh, travel guide at January 23, 2010 05:08 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Dr. Ornithology at January 23, 2010 09:07 PM (dcKUM)
Pics of your tits or it didn't happen.
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at January 23, 2010 05:08 PM (qWLc4)
@170
Thanks for that, Jane cause that would've sounded really weird coming from this 6'-3" 240 lb redneck (Hi, Rum!).
Posted by: Tommy Gunnar at January 23, 2010 05:10 PM (rQTdM)
Pics of your tits or it didn't happen.
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at January 23, 2010 09:08 PM (qWLc4)
The closest I can get with :Vulture" and "Tits":
http://tinyurl.com/yg6js6z
Posted by: Dr. Ornithology at January 23, 2010 05:12 PM (dcKUM)
Remember that prick tony hawk skateboarding around the Whitehouse last year?
Posted by: Dang Straights at January 23, 2010 09:11 PM (ZwCmm)
I wish you wouldnt have reminded me. How about the Mao/tranny Christmas tree or sending the bust of Churchill back? I swear, I would love too choke.....I'll just stop right here for the sake of decorum.
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 05:14 PM (t72+4)
Incidentally, I've never seen a single letter or anything he wrote. Found a ton of letters my dad wrote from college and flight school in the Army Air Corps. And a pic of his girlfriend in L.A. Weird all the stuff you find out when people are gone. It's like I'm learning about my late dad and his family just now.
Anywho, the Marine leaves for MCT Monday. Too soon.
Posted by: Jane D'oh, travel guide at January 23, 2010 05:15 PM (UOM48)
Cool, I'm picking up a San Antonio station with SG: Atlantis showing. Time to be a nerd.
With what, your tin foil hat?
Posted by: This is lolboner at January 23, 2010 05:16 PM (ouySy)
Posted by: Mike N. at January 23, 2010 05:17 PM (M+5qR)
Just remember, Charleston didn't roll over to Sherman like a certain city to the south of us I could name.
Posted by: Mike N. at January 23, 2010 09:17 PM (M+5qR)
Neither did Richmond. They burned it down themselves rather than hand it over.
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 05:18 PM (t72+4)
Posted by: Jane D'oh, travel guide at January 23, 2010 05:20 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Tommy Gunnar at January 23, 2010 05:21 PM (rQTdM)
lemme guess, Doc...
a pic of the long duck penis?
Posted by: This is lolboner at January 23, 2010 09:20 PM (ouySy)
Who are you, Marlon Brando?
Posted by: TexasJew at January 23, 2010 05:21 PM (dcKUM)
A family friend's father died recently and he was kind of like a grandfather to me. I had no idea he'd served in WWII. Well, not quite. He joined the army to fight and they discharged him because of a medical condition within a few months. Boy, was he disappointed, too. He was the only one of his 3 brothers to live past 40 (he died at 90). He looked very handsome in his Army uniform however. In his later years he used to wear a cowboy hat and bolo tie. That's how I always remember him.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 05:22 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Jane D'oh, travel guide at January 23, 2010 05:23 PM (UOM48)
Hey, Mike N. I'm a South Carolina girl. So I agree.
Posted by: Jane D'oh, travel guide at January 23, 2010 09:20 PM (UOM4
Thats South Cackalacky girl for the rest of you morons.
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 05:23 PM (t72+4)
Born and raised in the frozen hell tundra of northern Minnesota, been all over the world except North Dakota. Let me know if I missed anything.
Posted by: Packy East at January 23, 2010 05:25 PM (CKW49)
Posted by: mrp at January 23, 2010 05:25 PM (HjPtV)
Posted by: Tommy Gunnar at January 23, 2010 05:28 PM (rQTdM)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 05:28 PM (gofDd)
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Hey, Mike N. I'm a South Carolina girl. So I agree.
Posted by: Jane D'oh, travel guide at January 23, 2010 09:20 PM (UOM4
My wife started college at the University of South Carolina for her first two years. She joined a sorority and her "Big Sister" was Leeza Gibbons.
Leeza was not even the best-looking girl in that sorority. Unbelievably gorgeous girls.
Posted by: TexasJew at January 23, 2010 05:29 PM (dcKUM)
Actually I'm sure they can. Dad's side, for example, was still in Ireland in the 1860s and didn't come over to Tir n'a 'og until the 1880s. Mom's side, tho, was spread across the southern Indiana counties on the North, and the northern Kentucky counties in the South. Brother against brother indeed, or at least cousin against cousin.
Posted by: trainer at January 23, 2010 05:32 PM (yCWYQ)
My Marine wanted to visit my mom's grave, since she died the week after he arrived at P.I. and he wasn't allowed to attend her funeral. He got up yesterday morning at the hotel, put on his full dress blues, and we drove to the cemetary, where he stood and saluted my dad's grave, and kissed my mom's headstone. It was the most moving and beautiful thing I've seen him do. He wrote to us he wanted to do that before graduation. Damn, my parents would be (are) so proud!
Posted by: Jane D'oh, travel guide at January 23, 2010 05:32 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Girl Thursday at January 23, 2010 05:34 PM (icR/t)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 05:34 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Tommy Gunnar at January 23, 2010 05:38 PM (rQTdM)
Naww Tommy, it's gotta be more like "rum, how YOU doin'?" with a head nod at the same time and a cheesy grin.
Posted by: Dang Straights at January 23, 2010 05:38 PM (ZwCmm)
Posted by: Tommy Gunnar at January 23, 2010 05:39 PM (rQTdM)
Dang, I knew I could count on you for tips. Being the Southern Gentleman I am, maybe I should call her Ms. Rum, ma'm, from the get go with the extra cheesy grin.
Posted by: Tommy Gunnar at January 23, 2010 05:42 PM (rQTdM)
One evening we looked out and my palomino was going nuts in the pasture, running like mad. A few minutes later we had a minor earthquake (tremor). Oh, and our beagle was whining for a couple of minutes prior as well.
Posted by: Jane D'oh, travel guide at January 23, 2010 05:42 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at January 23, 2010 05:42 PM (OkT2m)
Posted by: Jane D'oh, travel guide at January 23, 2010 05:43 PM (UOM48)
maybe I should call her Ms. Rum, ma'm, from the get go with the extra cheesy grin.
Ohh, good angle, make sure and work that southern charm in Vegas.
Posted by: Dang Straights at January 23, 2010 05:44 PM (ZwCmm)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at January 23, 2010 05:44 PM (OkT2m)
He got up yesterday morning at the hotel, put on his full dress blues, and we drove to the cemetary
The Marine dress uniform is awesome. Army greens look like.. ugly green suits in comparison.
Posted by: Dang Straights at January 23, 2010 05:46 PM (ZwCmm)
Posted by: Jane D'oh, travel guide at January 23, 2010 05:47 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Tommy Gunnar at January 23, 2010 05:47 PM (rQTdM)
Ok, I want my next boyfriend to be a Southern moron. Can't go wrong there, right?
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 05:49 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Tommy Gunnar at January 23, 2010 05:53 PM (rQTdM)
Jane,
Tell your marine to stay safe. We:ll keep fighting tyranny at home.
Prayers for all Marines.
Posted by: space rock at January 23, 2010 05:59 PM (AGZeF)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 05:59 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Mike N. at January 23, 2010 06:06 PM (M+5qR)
Hello thar, ma'am. Oh wait.
Posted by: Gabriel Malor at January 23, 2010 06:07 PM (Mi2wf)
Posted by: Dang at January 23, 2010 06:22 PM (UA4gE)
221 That Shorpy place gives me the heebee-jeebees. Everyone, I mean almost everyone, in those photos is, well... they're dead.
Well, if that's how you feel you better not watch any movies made before 1940.
Posted by: effinayright at January 23, 2010 06:50 PM (lQRmV)
Posted by: TDB at January 23, 2010 07:36 PM (GeEqr)
Posted by: Gen. Sir Harry Flashman, VC at January 23, 2010 08:03 PM (Vb0sM)
Posted by: MinstrelBoy at January 23, 2010 08:24 PM (IPQrz)
#226
YES Sherman was a great General, and YES, he was before his time in total war theory and practice.
Just understand there are many in the south who cannot wait to share the experience of rape, plunder, waste, and pillage on you assholes in the north (PS this time we have the guns)
Posted by: Gerry Owen at January 23, 2010 10:19 PM (4Hy88)
Posted by: MinstrelBoy at January 23, 2010 10:51 PM (IPQrz)
Posted by: Bender at January 23, 2010 10:55 PM (802+s)
Posted by: Warren Bonesteel at January 24, 2010 03:18 AM (NYoCw)
Posted by: Richard McEnroe at January 24, 2010 08:30 AM (oxMVR)
And remember the movie "Glory"? The finale was at a fort on the south end of the bay. The federals had setup batteries near there that could and did reach the city proper.
As to Sherman, he liked Southerners well enough. He was the first and founding president of what became Louisiana State University but left to join the Union. However, he knew that the only way to permanent piece was to change the Southern elites. I recommend reading his Memoirs - a darn good war story.
As to "charleston really is a nice city....still doesnt beat pittsburgh though lol"
In my book, Pittsburgh is my favorite wurst!
Actually, P'burgh isn't bad at all.
Posted by: Whitehall at January 24, 2010 03:19 PM (UTSWD)
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