I'm starting my next grow real soon. Skuxx, what's new man?
Great to see you Imp! I'm rarely on these days myself.Had my head on the books the last few months. Took some great soil science classes.... Duuude there is so much bunk information on the grow forums here ... Kinda creeped me out for a while ... Is RIU full of narcs giving misinformation on purpose ? Crrrrazy man... Message back Duck, we haven't argued in a while
I trip like once or twice a year these days. It's hard to find time. You?
We only like to remember the good things about our heroes. It's much harder to put humans up on a pedastal when you remember their faults. He was a great politician which by definition means he had to be two faced
A silk stocking filled with shit as Napoleon described de Tallyrand.
Napoleonic history is my favorite . Had he won the battle of Waterloo ... We could all be speaking French ...We only like to remember the good things about our heroes. It's much harder to put humans up on a pedastal when you remember their faults. He was a great politician which by definition means he had to be two faced
Now that dude was impressive. He managed to stay in power from the Bourbons until their restoration.
Quite possible though the Brits at least weren't about to stop fighting him if they'd lost there. It might have resulted in a stalemate but after Trafalgar there was no way to bring the fight to the British.
The code is used to this day... Could you imagine being on the front line of an infantry brigade? The officers were trained to stand with indifference when a grenade landed by your feet ... I think it was a 50-50 chance of it exploding , but a panicked officer could break the ranks. ... i agree there would never have been an invasion of Brittain ... Perhaps there never would have been a Great War 100 years later ... Who knows? I love history
You know. They have a channel for that.
It really boggles the mind. The idea of lining up to shoot each other at 50 paces or so is mind boggling. Experience did make a big difference. Inexperienced troops were known for breaking, especially when charged. Apparently a bunch of guys running at you with spears is scarier than taking a volley of musket fire. It's one of the reasons Napoleon favored column formations instead of lines. Most European armies were inexperienced conscripts who didn't even get much target practice with live ammo. They got to fire an ineffective volley or two that generally went high before the veterans of the Imperial Guard chopped them to bits. The Brits were able to defeat him because they had experienced troops who did practice with live ammo fighting in lines. The volume of firepower directed at a column was much greater and they could actually stop them. At Waterloo they even managed stop the charge of the Imperial Guard which is what turned the battle to a rout. Napoleon was fond of saying that morale is everything in warfare and watching the elite Guard retreat shattered French morale. The cry of "l'guard recule" made them break and run.
At one time they did. Sadly it's just rednecks blowing each other in Alaska and various other states now.
History in the making.
I like to read
Travel back in time? Playing the part of the inconsequential witness to the HD bloodshed while an operatic soundtrack overlays the entire event?
