This Day In History,
#1
Posted 16 December 2005 - 05:51 PM
Juni's history trivia #1: Today, Dec 16. 1941, several strong Soviet Union counterattacks were fended off in Syväri after somewhat easy times. Soviets lost at least 1'000 men, while finns survived with minor casualties.
#2
Posted 16 December 2005 - 05:55 PM
Today on December 16
1770-Composer Ludwig van Beethoven is born at Bonn, Germany
1980-Kentucky Fried Chicken Founder and fast food industry pioneer Harland Sanders, better known as Colonel Sanders, dies at age 90.
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#3
Posted 16 December 2005 - 06:48 PM
#5
Posted 16 December 2005 - 09:30 PM
A. J. Raffles, on Dec 16 2005, 10:27 PM, said:
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also consider this - the turkey *male genital*ula is called little asia on some geographical maps maps.
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#6
Posted 16 December 2005 - 09:42 PM
BeefontheBone, on Dec 16 2005, 09:30 PM, said:
A. J. Raffles, on Dec 16 2005, 10:27 PM, said:
And if you think Austen is dull, you ought to try Richardson...
#7
Posted 18 December 2005 - 08:11 PM
The man who wrote them may well have been skilled in the writing of his other books, but Sherlock Holmes makes him out to be some kind of inarticulate cretin.
No offence to any Sherlockians, of course
#8
Posted 18 December 2005 - 09:29 PM
PrejudiceSucks, on Dec 18 2005, 08:11 PM, said:
The man who wrote them may well have been skilled in the writing of his other books, but Sherlock Holmes makes him out to be some kind of inarticulate cretin.
No offence to any Sherlockians, of course
What exactly don't you like about the stories, by the way? That they're too Victorian?
On topic: Today's the 135th birthday of Saki.
#9
Posted 18 December 2005 - 10:40 PM
Born on this day Rolling Stones Guitarist Keith Richards 1943, filmaker Steven Spielberg, 1947.
1970-The Local authories board orders the annexation of the mill woods area to Edmonton. This will increase the city's size by about 20 square miles (And yet to this day we still call the area mill woods.)
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#10
Posted 19 December 2005 - 07:38 AM
1843 - Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol is first published.
1917 - The first National Hockey League (NHL) games are played.
1998 - US president Bill Clinton is impeached by the House for perjury and obstruction of justice.
Happy Holidays
#11
Posted 19 December 2005 - 02:21 PM
Juni's history trivia #2: In 324AD reign of Valerius Licinianus Licinius, or simply Emperor Licinius, ends. He was well known for limiting christians freedom of speech, movement and gathering. Christian church might easily look a lot different, if Licinius had won his last battle, for his successor, Constantine, his last foe, was the one who legalized christianity and even converted to it in his deathbed.
#12
Posted 19 December 2005 - 03:40 PM
7 year old Jesse Ray Purdy tells his mother if he doesnt get to open his christmas gifts now that he is going to hold his breath untill he dies.
He fails miserably
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#13
Posted 19 December 2005 - 03:45 PM
The Speckled Band, for example.
"Yes, I'll just believe that a doctor can easily keep some animals from India in British weather. Especially a snake, which he feeds milk, trains and indeed can keep locked up in a safe for seemingly a very long time."
Anyway, that's a bit irrelevant to the topic.
#14
Posted 19 December 2005 - 04:40 PM
What you see as inarticulate and simple language was the secret of Doyle's success, actually. The stories were published in one of those literary journals that were mostly read by inarticulate and simple people. Actually it wasn't so much the stories' content or language as their structure that made them influential. It's a far cry from Wilkie Collins, which was the closest thing to English crime fiction before Conan Doyle.
Hmm, I suppose we'd better continue that discussion via PM...
Today's the anniversary of the Battle of Verdun, isn't it?
#15
Posted 19 December 2005 - 06:38 PM
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