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re: Civil War nicknames for SEC states..
Posted on 6/24/12 at 6:23 pm to semotruman
Posted on 6/24/12 at 6:23 pm to semotruman
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Posted on 6/24/12 at 6:24 pm to semotruman
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The more you know about kU, the more you hate them. Truth. Cheating, whining bunch of prima-donnas.
They're also fun to laugh at. How can you not laugh at football players who get into a fight with the basketball team and lose?
I have a good friend who's a Kansas graduate. When it comes to their athletic program, he does a lot of boasting, but mostly, he's just full of shite.
Posted on 6/24/12 at 6:27 pm to FairhopeTider
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FairhopeTider
That video never gets old. Never.
Posted on 6/24/12 at 6:29 pm to Porky
Arkansas Toothpick.
My BIL collects historic knives and he has a couple.
Very fine steel for its time.
Posted on 6/24/12 at 6:31 pm to bingo
also bored so I looked up some more on gopher tortoises
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During the Great Depression, Gopher tortoise was known as the “Hoover Chicken” because they were eaten by poor people out of work.
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The gopher tortoise is seen as a keystone species because it digs burrows that provide shelter for 360 other animal species.
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Gopher tortoises are known as a keystone species. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission states the gopher tortoise provides refuge for as many as 350 to 400 species. The burrows are used for feeding, resting, reproduction, and protection from temperature extremes, moisture loss, and predators. These species include gopher frogs (Rana capito), several species of snake, such as the eastern indigo snake (Drymarchon corais couperi), small invertebrates, and burrowing owls (Athene cunicularia). Therefore, conservation efforts focused on the gopher tortoise aid these species as well.
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Gopher tortoises have been kept as pets, preventing them from reproducing in their local populations. Captured gopher tortoises can be raced in tortoise races. This practice was banned in Florida in 1989.
LINK to Wiki
Posted on 6/24/12 at 6:33 pm to TheCheshireHog
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Toothpicks is a reference to the Bowie Knife and its association with Arkansas.
Yes the ol' Arkansas Toothpick!!!
Posted on 6/24/12 at 6:35 pm to Dr RC
In south Georgia and north Florida alot of people call any species of turtle or tortoise a gopher.
Posted on 6/24/12 at 6:39 pm to gwilging
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As far as the Missouri and Kansas history, I've never been a big American history buff, but this thread makes American history seem pretty cool and interesting. Btw, why is Tennessee the "Hog Drivers"?
The Border War is really interesting, and had some of the most violent acts in the Civil War. Including the burning of Lawrence, kansas. The jayhawks would raid in Missouri and take everything they stole to Lawrence for storage and to sell it off for profit. Furniture, clothing, linens, tools, whatever they could haul away. It got old after several years. So Quantrill's raiders attacked Lawrence and burned most of the city to the ground; they also killed about 200 or so men and boys big enough to fight. The Border War was vicious.
I wondered about the "hog drivers" of Tennessee too!
This post was edited on 6/24/12 at 6:44 pm
Posted on 6/24/12 at 6:41 pm to gwilging
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What's the significance of "Yaller Hammer" to Alabama?
a long time ago, ua had a school magazine called the yellowhammer. the yellowhammer is also alabama's state bird.
Posted on 6/24/12 at 6:41 pm to semotruman
Josey Wales: When I get to likin' someone, they ain't around long.
Lone Watie: I notice when you get to DIS-likin' someone they ain't around for long neither.
Posted on 6/24/12 at 6:42 pm to deltaland
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It's almost like football was created to channel those feelings for both sides, without the loss of life
Interdasting.
Ya know football was first played in 1869 only a few years after the end of the Civil War. I don't recognize the first true game until 1875 when it was 11 on 11, with tackling to end plays, and the oval shaped ball.
Posted on 6/24/12 at 6:42 pm to dawgfan1979
Those knives are great as collectibles. I'd be willing to bet that there's a lot of that type of thing lying around the property of some old homesteads, just waiting to be found. Interesting stuff.
ETA: In the area I grew up, there were some old Confederate fortifications remaining from the Civil War. When I was a kid, I found several small war artifacts in the area before it became "protected", which btw, is a good thing.
ETA: In the area I grew up, there were some old Confederate fortifications remaining from the Civil War. When I was a kid, I found several small war artifacts in the area before it became "protected", which btw, is a good thing.
This post was edited on 6/24/12 at 6:47 pm
Posted on 6/24/12 at 6:43 pm to dawgfan1979
A guy I know uses a knife just like that one to kill big boars. He says it's the best knife to get through the shoulder plate that basically acts as like pads for them when fighting. I prefer the .300 mag.
Posted on 6/24/12 at 6:52 pm to plazadweller
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A guy I know uses a knife just like that one to kill big boars. He says it's the best knife to get through the shoulder plate that basically acts as like pads for them when fighting. I prefer the .300 mag.
Remember, some of us are "Hog" fans.
Seriously, I had to kill a big boar one time and all I had was a Browning .22 auto. Took a full magazine of hollow points. They are tough.
Posted on 6/24/12 at 6:54 pm to Stripes314
Here are some "Cow Boys" from the cavalry.
Posted on 6/24/12 at 6:56 pm to KaiserSoze99
That's a rough looking bunch. For a second, I thought one of them was playing with another one's leg, but it was his own.
Notice the single star? Wonder if that relates to the "Lone Star".
Notice the single star? Wonder if that relates to the "Lone Star".
This post was edited on 6/24/12 at 7:02 pm
Posted on 6/24/12 at 6:58 pm to bingo
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a long time ago, ua had a school magazine called the yellowhammer. the yellowhammer is also alabama's state bird.
Confederate troops from Alabama were called Yellowhammers after the bird. During one of the big battles during the war Alabama troops were having to fall back. They had just gone through a pretty rough fight. As troops from other Confederate States were rushed forward they met the Alabamians retreating and they started to yell "Flicker! Flicker!"(sound that a yellowhammer makes) at the boys from Alabama. The Alabama troops were chided and embarrassed pretty badly for running and retreating by their fellow Southern troops.
Posted on 6/24/12 at 6:59 pm to AU86
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the yellowhammer is also alabama's state bird.
...and I thought it was the War Eagle.
This post was edited on 6/24/12 at 7:00 pm
Posted on 6/24/12 at 7:01 pm to Porky
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Seriously, I had to kill a big boar one time and all I had was a Browning .22 auto. Took a full magazine of hollow points. They are tough.
I imagine you'd have to shoot your entire load.
Posted on 6/24/12 at 7:04 pm to plazadweller
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I imagine you'd have to shoot your entire load
I hear ya.
It did. 
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