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Re: LTE 2.0
Posted: August 6th, 2009, 12:40 am
by Bostondevil
Was it post 1066 for you?
Re: LTE 2.0
Posted: August 6th, 2009, 12:42 am
by wilson
Bostondevil wrote:wilson wrote:It's the chick from suburban Atlanta in the pink red sox hat who doesn't know who Ted Williams or Carl Yastrzemski or even Roger Clemens is whose sox fanhood I loathe. In fact, I flatly reject the very notion of that kind of person's red sox fanhood.
But I still refuse to capitalize "red sox." ;)
*Edit: This is my Battle of Hastings post.
I wouldn't call them fans either.
If you ever do come to Boston, I'll show you my replica Ted Williams jersey. Yes, I have one. Not some cheap polyester replica, it's made from vintage baseball uniform material circa 1939. I kid you not. They were made of wool flannel back then. I can't imagine playing a game in August in one of those. I find it too itchy to actually wear it much so it's in great condition. I got it for my birthday about 20 years ago.
That's fuckin' awesome. I love it.
Love it.
Bostondevil wrote:Hmmm, I don't quite get the Battle of Hastings bit unless . . .
That was post #1066 for me. The Battle of Hastings occurred in the year 1066. That's all.
Re: LTE 2.0
Posted: August 6th, 2009, 12:43 am
by Bostondevil
Sure you know the year, but do you know the day?
Re: LTE 2.0
Posted: August 6th, 2009, 12:43 am
by Bostondevil
(I do, BTW)
Re: LTE 2.0
Posted: August 6th, 2009, 12:44 am
by Bostondevil
It's not October 25. That's St. Crispin's Day.
Re: LTE 2.0
Posted: August 6th, 2009, 12:44 am
by Bostondevil
Which should make you think of another famous British battle.
Re: LTE 2.0
Posted: August 6th, 2009, 12:47 am
by wilson
Bostondevil wrote:Which should make you think of another famous British battle.
Agincourt, right?
Re: LTE 2.0
Posted: August 6th, 2009, 12:47 am
by wilson
Bostondevil wrote:Sure you know the year, but do you know the day?
I don't know the date of the Battle of Hastings, but I thought it was sometime in October too?
Re: LTE 2.0
Posted: August 6th, 2009, 12:47 am
by Bostondevil
colchar wrote:
I haven't even read that site in ages. Has it really changed all that much?
If you watch 'Lost' there are a couple of wicked awesome threads going on. Right Ozzie? ;)
Re: LTE 2.0
Posted: August 6th, 2009, 12:48 am
by Bostondevil
wilson wrote:Bostondevil wrote:Sure you know the year, but do you know the day?
I don't know the date of the Battle of Hastings, but I thought it was sometime in October too?
Yep, October 14 also known as BD's birthday.
Re: LTE 2.0
Posted: August 6th, 2009, 12:48 am
by wilson
Hell, at this rate, I'll make it to my Magna Carta post before I go to sleep.
Re: LTE 2.0
Posted: August 6th, 2009, 12:49 am
by Bostondevil
wilson wrote:Bostondevil wrote:Which should make you think of another famous British battle.
Agincourt, right?
You got it.
Re: LTE 2.0
Posted: August 6th, 2009, 12:49 am
by Bostondevil
wilson wrote:Hell, at this rate, I'll make it to my Magna Carta post before I go to sleep.
We should probably both be asleep.
Re: LTE 2.0
Posted: August 6th, 2009, 12:50 am
by wilson
Bostondevil wrote:wilson wrote:Bostondevil wrote:Which should make you think of another famous British battle.
Agincourt, right?
You got it.
Not bad, eh? And I don't even do Med/Ren.
Re: LTE 2.0
Posted: August 6th, 2009, 12:51 am
by wilson
wilson wrote:
Not bad, eh? And I don't even do
Med/Ren.
That would be insiders' jargon (love that word) for medieval & Renaissance history.
Re: LTE 2.0
Posted: August 6th, 2009, 12:51 am
by wilson
Bostondevil wrote:
We should probably both be asleep.
Definitely.
Re: LTE 2.0
Posted: August 6th, 2009, 12:59 am
by Bostondevil
wilson wrote:wilson wrote:
Not bad, eh? And I don't even do
Med/Ren.
That would be insiders' jargon (love that word) for medieval & Renaissance history.
Med/Ren is a hobby of mine. Although at Harvard it really is the MRS degree - Medieval and Rennaissance Studies. You can major in it. Did they have one of those at Duke? Or was it just called history?
I also know a lot more about military history than I think I should. I'm very much a pacifist. I abhor war. But I know an awful lot about primarily European military campaigns throughout the ages (for a non-historian).
Re: LTE 2.0
Posted: August 6th, 2009, 1:01 am
by wilson
Bostondevil wrote:wilson wrote:wilson wrote:
Not bad, eh? And I don't even do
Med/Ren.
That would be insiders' jargon (love that word) for medieval & Renaissance history.
Med/Ren is a hobby of mine. Although at Harvard it really is the MRS degree - Medieval and Rennaissance Studies. You can major in it. Did they have one of those at Duke? Or was it just called history?
I also know a lot more about military history than I think I should. I'm very much a pacifist. I abhor war. But I know an awful lot about primarily European military campaigns throughout the ages (for a non-historian).
I think they still have Med/Ren at Duke. I'm almost positive they had it when I was there. One of the best history courses I took at Duke was an early British Isles history course with a Med/Ren specialist who is still at Duke as a special assistant to the VP or something like that.
She was pretty cute too. :oops:
Re: LTE 2.0
Posted: August 6th, 2009, 1:03 am
by Bostondevil
Well, not quite Med/Ren but I'll leave you with a quote.
"And so to bed."
Re: LTE 2.0
Posted: August 6th, 2009, 1:09 am
by wilson
Bostondevil wrote:Well, not quite Med/Ren but I'll leave you with a quote.
"And so to bed."
Yeah, me too.
G'night to you too, Sue, since I suspect(/hope) you'll be here soon.