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Tidgy's Dad

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I watched the vlog that was uploaded the day that he passed. He was laughing and acting like himself. It's such a shock. :( I didn't know him personally but I almost felt like I did.
Just awful.
It's like on here, you get to know and care about the people, even though you may never even see their photograph.
So we're sad if you're sad and so on.
 

Tidgy's Dad

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Half way and into the top 15 for September in The Cold Dark Room.
15th, carrying 16 points to carry on to the end of the year's total is ..............Angel.
@Angel Carrion Hi, been missing you recently, hope everything is well with you and yours.
Hope to chat soon:)
 

Tidgy's Dad

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Military?
Native workers?
Slaves?
Everyone?
Well, everyone else!
The British were the first Imperial power to overcome diarrhea.
Up until the 18th Century, almost every invading army, anywhere in the world was constantly laid low with bad tummies, as many nations kept their excrement next to, or in the case of the French sometimes, in the kitchens. Nobody thought this was a bad idea. The French also buried the bodies of dead sailors in the bilge water at the base of the ship.
A guy called Pringle for the army and another called Lind, for the navy decided it was a bad idea to have toilets and kitchens so close, because they believed (wrongly) that it was the smell that made people ill.
Pringle laid down rules how far all the pooh and anything to do with it was to be kept from food and as a result we suffered far less from diarrhea than any other force.
Lind decided sailors should eat lemons because of scurvy, though the vitamin c link wasn't proven til much later.
The only navies that came close were the forces around the Caribbean who ate limes, though our lemons had double the amount of vitamin C.
So the British should be known as Lemonys, not Limeys.
There is a strong historical argument that the Battle of El Alamein was won by the Allies as the Germans had more than 50% of their forces down with diarrhea , and Rommel himself was in hospital with it when the battle began.
 

Lyn W

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Well, everyone else!
The British were the first Imperial power to overcome diarrhea.
Up until the 18th Century, almost every invading army, anywhere in the world was constantly laid low with bad tummies, as many nations kept their excrement next to, or in the case of the French sometimes, in the kitchens. Nobody thought this was a bad idea. The French also buried the bodies of dead sailors in the bilge water at the base of the ship.
A guy called Pringle for the army and another called Lind, for the navy decided it was a bad idea to have toilets and kitchens so close, because they believed (wrongly) that it was the smell that made people ill.
Pringle laid down rules how far all the pooh and anything to do with it was to be kept from food and as a result we suffered far less from diarrhea than any other force.
Lind decided sailors should eat lemons because of scurvy, though the vitamin c link wasn't proven til much later.
The only navies that came close were the forces around the Caribbean who ate limes, though our lemons had double the amount of vitamin C.
So the British should be known as Lemonys, not Limeys.
There is a strong historical argument that the Battle of El Alamein was won by the Allies as the Germans had more than 50% of their forces down with diarrhea , and Rommel himself was in hospital with it when the battle began.
It must have been a dreadful feeling knowing you lost a war just because your men had the trots.
Must have felt like the world was falling out of your bottom.
 

Cowboy_Ken

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Hello good people!
How are all of you doing?

Today, my 80 year old father was gifted a car. I am so bothered by this it is not even funny! In June, he got into a car accident and totaled his car, the accident was caused by him and he is still in denial about that.... We decided he will no longer be driving, he decided this with me. Now, he's tired of not having his freedom anymore and just doesn't care. I'm scared and worried and I don't know how to stop this or if I can even stop this. What would you all do?
*Sigh*
Wait one minute here! You're my daughter? What happened to you for my Father's Day steak dinner as promised? I ended up eating day old oatmeal with no sugar you know…
 

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