[Aktungbby]

Originally Posted by Wolferz

He was a well heeled fellow?

Oh yeah! he was well heeled alright! as in a post above 'it's good to have a woman on the ticket': I give you one of history's greater Ass-kickers: Theodora; "Theodora, empress of the Roman (Byzantine) Empire and the wife of Emperor Justinian I. She was one of the more influential and powerful empresses of Rome. Some sources mention her as empress regnant with Justinian I as her co-regent." During a rebellion known as the Nika Riot she held her ground when Justinian would have booked it..."Unable to control the mob, Justinian and his officials prepared to flee. At a meeting of the government council, Theodora spoke out against leaving the palace and underlined the significance of someone who died as a ruler instead of living as an exile or in hiding, saying, "royal purple is the noblest shroud" Her determined speech convinced them all, including Justinian himself, who had been preparing to run. Justinian never forgot the debt to his wife!....She barked-he heeled<better half of the power couple imho

Originally Posted by ExFishermanBob

1922 Alexander Graham Bell dies

With apologies to Samuel Morse: I imagine he found out first hand: "what hath God wrought" I still prefer the old rotary phones to these 'smart phones'!

1980: AktungBBY marries his better half (^oddly with a degree in communication)...and has been well-heeled ever since.