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| bio | website | DontHaveOne.com |
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| location | Asia | |
| age | 93 | |
| visits | member for | 1 year, 3 months |
| seen | 14 hours ago | |
| stats | profile views | 28 |
Thank you all for visiting my profile. (As long as you hand no sinister purposes in doing so.)
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May 1 |
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Amount of time an aeroplane could stay in the air during the last stages of WW1 Wow, very nice. |
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Apr 29 |
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Could the Confederates have done better at Gettysburg if they had put cavalry in front of, rather than behind, Pickett's charge? @TomAu, there was a charge of the Heavy Brigade at Balaclava, its just less known: classiclit.about.com/library/bl-etexts/atennyson/… |
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Apr 26 |
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Is speaking Russian a privileged lingual habit in Ukraine nowadays? added 3 characters in body |
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Apr 18 |
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Why China was able to unify and not Europe Removed the long offensive last sentence. |
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Apr 16 |
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Who started/popularized the department store perfume gauntlet? "Forced to walk through the stench." +1 |
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Apr 10 |
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Viking culture: unhygienic use of water bowl I know, don't worry. :) |
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Apr 10 |
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Viking culture: unhygienic use of water bowl I feel sick now. :( |
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Apr 10 |
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Looking for info on an (epicly) failed British Special Forces mission I just read a book on this, but I couldn't remember the name! Great answer by the way. |
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Apr 9 |
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Could the Confederates have done better at Gettysburg if they had put cavalry in front of, rather than behind, Pickett's charge? @T.E.D. How about the Charge of the Heavy Brigade during the Battle of Balaclava? |
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Apr 9 |
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Did Marco Polo really play Weiqi (Go)? I'm sure that he was one of the only western players of go until the 20th century. |
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Mar 19 |
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What incentives are in place for American soldiers to go fight in Iraq? @TomAu, fair point. |
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Mar 19 |
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What incentives are in place for American soldiers to go fight in Iraq? added 28 characters in body |
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Mar 19 |
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What incentives are in place for American soldiers to go fight in Iraq? @TomAu, ah, I get it, for many people who would otherwise have to resort to illegal and dangerous forms of making a living, the Armed Forces is a safer alternative. Well, that has made me change my vote. |
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Mar 19 |
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What is the real story of the Lion of Gripsholm Castle? No one can say that you havent done your research. :) |
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Mar 19 |
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Why have wheat and rice been consumed in different forms? Wheat has been made into noodles... |
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Mar 19 |
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What was the main diet of pre-agricultural Asians? Actually, in the modern day, up in Northern China, rice is not the staple food; they eat noodles and buns, which are usually (there are rice noodles) are made from materials other than rice. |
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Mar 19 |
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What incentives are in place for American soldiers to go fight in Iraq? Are you really arguing that being a soldier is less dangerous that having a civilian job like a programmer or historian? |
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Mar 7 |
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What uniforms did each of the American Civil War regiment wear during First Bull Run / First Manassas Welcome to History.Stackexchange, I'm looking forward to the answer too. |
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Feb 28 |
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How compare the rights and conditions of the American slaves to those of Russian serfs? Well done Wędrychowski. |
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Feb 25 |
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Motivation Behind the USSR Assisting China's Nuclear Program @NathanCooper, I just spent 20 min reading that page. It was quite interesting. :) |
