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She had them eating cubes from her hand an hour after unloading

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Thats Awesome !! Corrientes usually have a spirited mind of their own she's got a gift if they warmed up to her that fast.

Morning All

Good morning

Today in History: September 1

1807
Aaron Burr is arrested in Mississippi for complicity in a plot to establish a Southern empire in Louisiana and Mexico.

1821
William Becknell leads a group of traders from Independence, Mo., toward Santa Fe on what would become the Santa Fe Trail.

1864
Confederate forces under General John Bell Hood evacuate Atlanta in anticipation of the arrival of Union General William T. Sherman's troops.

1882
The first Labor Day is observed in New York City by the Carpenters and Joiners Union.

1894
By an act of Congress, Labor Day is declared a national holiday.

1904
Helen Keller graduates with honors from Radcliffe College.

1905
Alberta and Saskatchewan become Canadian provinces.

1923
An earthquake levels the Japanese cities of Tokyo and Yokohama, killing 300,000.

1939
Germany invades Poland, beginning World War II in Europe.

1942
A federal judge in Sacramento, Cal., upholds the government's detention of Japanese-Americans and Japanese nationals as a war measure.

1951
Australia, New Zealand and the United States sign the ANZUS Treaty, a mutual defense pact.

1972
America’s Bobby Fischer beats Russia’s Boris Spassky in Reykjavik, Iceland, to become world chess champion.

1985
The wreck of the Titanic found by Dr. Robert Ballard and Jean Louis Michel in a joint U.S. and French expedition.

2022
China locks down the economically important city of Chengdu with 21 million people, after 700 COVID-19 cases discovered in last few days

2022
US President Joe Biden warns of 'threats to democracy' from MAGA Republican extremism in prime-time address in front of Philadelphia’s Independence Hall

Today in History: Born on September 1

1875
Edgar Rice Burroughs, novelist who created Tarzan, the Ape Man.

1923
Rocky Marciano, world heavyweight boxing champion who retired undefeated.

1939
Lily Tomlin, multiple-award-winning actress, comedian, writer, producer (Laugh-In, Nashville, The Magic School Bus).

JOTD
A man accepts a job in a village with no women

Once there, he asks a local:

-There are really no women here?

-None.

-So... What do you guys do when you need to have sex?

-There is a donkey close to the river for that.

The man tries to ignore that and goes home, from where he can see the river and therefore, the donkey. After months in that village, every day the donkey seems a little more attractive, so one day when a few other men ask him if he'd like to go to the donkey with them, he accepts. When he is close to the donkey, the man pulls down his pants and one of the other locals yells:

-What are you doing!?

-Aren't we...you know? Going to do the donkey thing?

-We going to ride the donkey across the river so we can get to the other village where we can meet women.

Morning all

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31 BC
Battle of Actium: decisive naval battle that effectively ends the Roman Republic. Octavian's forces defeat those under Mark Antony and Cleopatra off the western coast of Greece.

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When people think of Rome they think of the mighty Roman army, but it was the Roman navy that effectively handed Rome control of the Mediterranean.

Rome's navy, to be honest, was tiny at best for quite some time. As shocking as this will sound to people who think of the Romans as living in opulence, the Romans were cheap bastards. Yes, a country that was at war for 493 years out of 500 was cheap. A navy, on the other hand is expensive. All the time. Besides, for a long time Rome had a perfectly fine navy, it just happened to belong to their close allies, the Carthaginians.

Ah, you may ask, but what happens if Rome and Carthage go to war? In that case, Rome needs a navy, and it needs a navy fast. So they built one. In true Roman fashion, having realized they needed a navy, they promptly set out to build the biggest and most powerful navy in the history of the world.

Once they had that navy the rest of the Mediterranean basin was on the clock as far being independent of Rome. The Romans could go anywhere with impunity, which meant landing troops and supplies on every shoreline. Within a few decades, sometimes unwillingly, Rome had conquered everything with a shoreline or forced them into vassalage.

As for conquered unwillingly, believe it or not, Rome wanted no part of ruling Greece. They were sucked into it gradually to stop the vicious infighting among the Greek city states.

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Within a few decades Rome had conquered everything with a shoreline

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I've recently been watching this guy's videos, and this is a pretty good one to digest over a few sessions:



The Carthage/Sicily part starts around 30 minutes in, but I'd recommend the whole thing if anyone is interested.

That is a fantastic channel.

For people who want to know more about, say, World War II might I suggest the World War II channel by Time Wars where they covered the war... week by week.

It is one thing to hear about, oh, this happened at Guadalcanal, and seeing a week by week version of it.

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fternoon All

Sucks not having any football on till Friday.

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How has the recent rain impacted your hay production (words I never thought I would say)? I know you have to get in what you can before winter.

Good morning