I spent most of a day at the WWI museum in KC once...fascinating. I agree with your post about the lack of movies covering WWI and I'll add that the US wasn't a major player until the end so we didn't even do much in the grand scheme of the war. That translates to less awareness of it generations later. Meanwhile, US-ran film industry never passes at an opportunity fir self-congratulation for defeating Nazism.
Ironically, though, the USA made a lot more difference to the defeat of Germany in WWI than in WWII, despite much shorter involvement. The USA came in when Germany had just gone from fighting a two-front war to a single front one and essentially stopped the momentum of the last German offensive (which had been taking quite a bit of territory, compared to the previous few years). The main difference the USA made in Europe in WWII was shortening the war, and our involvement resulted in a lot less of Europe being in the eastern bloc after WWII than otherwise would have been.
Hell we used to get -40 or lower in chicago with the wind... Its not all about latitude.
Indeed. Some of the brutal weather in the USA is actually in the Dakotas. Coastal areas tend to experience less severe winters than inland areas, for the reason mentioned... the ocean tends to act as an insulator of a sort.
I'm not big on European history, but if anyone wants to discuss the social constructs of the Incan empire I'm your guy.
Awesome.
I wanted to write a concept of Mayan history, then Xibalba came out. Some of the rituals make the Egyptian ones look like wimp stuff.
Egyptian religion was not particularly bloodthirsty compared to other ancient religious practices (even if they did practice ritual masochism and scarification). Then again, in the ancient world, Egypt was kind of an ideal type of area, as at least at the time, the Nile was very predictable in its patterns, usually flooding the same amount every year, so agriculture was relatively easy and natural disasters were few... so, among ancient deities, the Egyptian ones tend to be mostly pretty chill, at least compared to Minoan ones (which demanded ritual human sacrifice and cannibalism), the Mesopotamian ones, or the later Greek ones. Or, with the Americas, the Mayan or Aztec deities.
The history of the new world is one of the most depressing topics I've ever read.
Strictly for its brevity and lack of depth.
As many unique cultures as Europe and the middle East with little to no surviving knowledge.
My predecessors suck.
Yeah.
A continent spanning epidemic that wipes out 90% of people living there will do that.
Somehow I skimmed over talk of a SCPB. I have now caught up and GAS re ignited. Also picked up quite a haul this weekend. Picked up a late 60's gibson humbucker for cheap, a tiesco bass for a bud and snagged a tech 21 RBI on the cheap. I need to start dumping some stuff. Wish they would put that dang train I from where I love to chicago so I can go bass shopping for real.
I want a single coil P-bass with the pickup moved a couple inches towards the bridge.
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Oh wow, lol. That's amazing.
I hate smug basturds that quote old PA myths. I can just see the hawaiian shirt and blues lawyer rig.
Ugh. Where is this thread of people being stupid?
That thread is tiresome. I just can't let the idiocy go.
They can keep posting crap and I'll keep responding with insolent quips.
"I may be beneath you, but nothing is beneath me."
Who are these people?
No. just dumbasses quoting the need for 1.5-2.5x your cabs power rating needed to run it properly.
1.5-2.5?
What the shag for? I'd prefer about that ratio... in the other direction. As in, a cab with a power rating about 2.5 times the output of my head.