**Official History thread* Sports, Wars, Politics, Religion ,Technology, Movies, Music, Science, etc...

[flyingillini]

This thread is long overdue. I know we have some real intelligent people here. I love talking about wars with @Brock Landers . I have never met anyone in my personal life that is more knowledgable than him on that topic. Lets get this thread going here.

 

[flyingillini]

Anyone here have some in-depth conversation about Gulf of Tonkin or Battle of Dien Bien Phu? Looking forward to some responses. @Brock Landers , or anyone?

 

[DiggityDaggityDo]

Love history.

 

[Brock Landers]

I'll put up my knowledge on history vs anyone

 

[flyingillini]

I'll put up my knowledge on history vs anyone

I am not joking "for once" I have never met anyone that is more knowledgable tnan you regarding wars, movies, politics , hollywood and music. You should be on a gameshow.

 

[Brock Landers]

History and sports combined

Bad news for the Philadelphia Eagles ..no NFC team has gone back to the SB the next year after losing the previous SB, since the 1974 Minnesota Vikings (New England did it in the AFC more recently)

 

[Brock Landers]

I am not joking "for once" I have never met anyone that is more knowledgable tnan you regarding wars, movies, politics , hollywood and music. You should be on a gameshow.

I tried for jeopardy in college, didn't make it, harder to get on the show than the show itself

 

[flyingillini]

History and sports combined

Bad news for the Philadelphia Eagles ..no NFC team has gone back to the SB the next year after losing the previous SB, since the 1974 Minnesota Vikings (New England did it in the AFC more recently)

Great post, Landers!

 

[DiggityDaggityDo]

I'll put up my knowledge on history vs anyone

Brock, do you have any wild facts about the moon landing that most of us have no idea about?

 

[Tanko]

Brock, do you have any wild facts about the moon landing that most of us have no idea about?

Diggity, It was fake.

 

[flyingillini]

Brock, do you have any wild facts about the moon landing that most of us have no idea about?

Diggity aka the new Dad, just wait until Landers starts to give us his knowledge on wars and Kissinger, he is an expert. never seen anything like it. Don't even get him started on Lincoln, Kennedy and the Civil War, he will take us all to school.

 

[flyingillini]

Diggity, It was fake.

Tankster, do you have proof that Bigfoot is roaming around New Hampshire these days?

 

[chuckythegoat2]

Anyone here have some in-depth conversation about Gulf of Tonkin or Battle of Dien Bien Phu? Looking forward to some responses. @Brock Landers , or anyone?

Illini, the Gulf of Tonkin incident is a great one. One has to think about the motivations.

Gulf of Tonkin incident - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

So many things happened in the 1960s. It's all inter-connected. Just a matter of connecting the dots.

 

[BMR Genie]

Anything and everything under the heat of the sun?

 

[Tanko]

Tankster, do you have proof that Bigfoot is roaming around New Hampshire these days?

No proof of Bigfoot in Texas but I have seen a Chupacabra while campling. Fed it some chicken right out of my hand.


Chupacabra means "goat sucker" in Spanish, and according to reports, the creature acts much like a vampire, killing animals by sucking their blood. Though similar stories date back several decades, the first major wave of alleged chupacabra sightings came from farmers in Puerto Rico in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

 

[Brock Landers]

Union Oyster House, in BOSTON, open to diners since 1826, is amongst the oldest operating restaurants in the United States, and the oldest known that has been continuously operating since being opened.

 

[Tanko]

Union Oyster House, in BOSTON, open to diners since 1826, is amongst the oldest operating restaurants in the United States, and the oldest known that has been continuously operating since being opened.

Still original owners?


Have you been there Brock?

 

[Brock Landers]

Still original owners?


Have you been there Brock?

Yes, in 2000

 

[flyingillini]

Landers, any truth to Springfield Il being the Chili capitol of America? Is there better Chili than Springfield, I have always been under the impression it's the most famous place for Chili.

 

[Brock Landers]

Landers, any truth to Springfield Il being the Chili capitol of America? Is there better Chili than Springfield, I have always been under the impression it's the most famous place for Chili.

Absolutely true. Cincinnati chili is a total joke vs Springfield IL chili with world renowned chili parlors. I just had a bowl on Saturday!

Chili (‘chilli’) in Springfield

Springfield’s idiosyncratic two-L spelling of the dish that goes elsewhere by the spelling “chili” was institutionalized when Joe Bockelmann and Thomas McNerney opened The Dew Chi…

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