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We were down in Battery Park yesterday.....

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...where the Staten Island ferry is....

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...I tell you, I dont know how big those ferries were in 1941....

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...but unless they were significantly larger than the ones they have now....

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...the USS Long Island must have been a very tiny CV.

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Come to think.....

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Did the LI even have a hangar deck?

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I'm not at all sure where theyd put one on a ship that small.

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Anyway. I'm too tired to spam. [>:]

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Year 7:

The Illyrians revolt against Roman rule.

Pannonians revolt with Dalmatians and Illyrian tribes against Roman rule.

Roman Emperor Caesar Augustus dismisses the Judean ethnarch Herod Archelaus.

Publius Quinctilius Varus is appointed governor of Germany.

Tiberius Quinctilius Varus, legate, is charged with organizing Germany between the Rhine and Elba rivers. He carries out a census, devises tributes and recruits soldiers, all of which create dissension among the Germans.

Abgarus of Edessa is deposed as king of Osroene.
Construction of the Temple of Concordia begins.

Vonones I of the Arsacid Dynasty becomes ruler of Parthia

Zhai Yi, Governor of the Commandery of Dong (modern Puyang, Henan) declares Liu Zin, Marquess of Yang Xiang (modern Tai'an, Shandong emperor. This proves to be the largest of the rebellions against Emperor Ruzi of Han.

Wang Mang puts down the rebellion during the winter.

Zhai is captured and executed while Liu Xin escapes.

Strabo writes Geographia (some claimed around AD 18).
Livy is appointed to tutor Claudius in history. Claudius begins writing and researching a history of the Civil Wars which is critical of Augustus. Livia and Antonia Minor force him to stop his work destroying any opportunity for political advancement.

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And yet another thunderstorm blows up- knocking the satellite signal off the air... [8|]

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That's like the third storm today...

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Oh good, more history time!! [:D]

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Year 8:

August 3 - Roman general Tiberius defeats Dalmatians on the river Bathinus. (The spotted dogs were defeated after being decoyed by felines which were cat-a-paulted into their lines...[:'(])

Vipsania Julia is exiled. Lucius Aemilius Paullus and his family are disgraced. Augustus breaks off engagement of Claudius to Paullus' daughter Aemilia Lepida.

Effort is made to betrothe Claudius to Livia Medullina

Marcus Furius Camillus, Sextus Nonius Quinctilianus, suff. Lucius Apronius become Roman Consuls.

Roman poet Ovid is banished from Rome and exiled to the Black Sea near Tomis (present-day Constanţa).

Tincomarus, deposed king of the Atrebates, flees Britain for Rome; Eppillus becomes king.

Vonones I becomes king of Parthia.

Start of Chushi era of the Chinese Han Dynasty.
Wang Mang seizes power in China and establishes the short-lived Xin Dynasty.

China invents paper, which is first used by the military.

Ovid begins the Fasti (Festivals), 6 books that detail the first 6 months of the year and provide valuable insights into the Roman Calender.

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Hey, any of you guys experiencing a drought are welcome to come down here and soak up some rain... i think i've had about enough for a while!! [:(]

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All these folks are seen lurking on The Thread... hmmm.. i wonder if they even notice what is happening...

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The Q-42 is out of action, i think... surely someone would stop a faber attempt in the middle of the evening!! [X(]

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Niceguy is on... but maybe he is doing the turn...

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Ah finally...my Guadalcanal scenario is done and posted on Spooky's site. 6+ months of work. yikes. Time for a beer. (and wonder if anyone will ever play it!) [:D]

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Yava is also around, but probably all his neural circuits have been Chomskyized... [:D]