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[nikimcbee]

I had to think about who that was between Ford and Reagan.

[Betonov]

Ha, it was a Yugoslav weather control project started by Tito in 1971 and was based in Macedonia.
But the Macedonians have a way for taking their sweet time

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by August

You British have way cooler leaders than we do.

Well, to be fair, you guys had this chap who makes up for all of that:

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

I had to think about who that was between Ford and Reagan.

You didn't recognize all of them instantly? For shame.

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

You didn't recognize all of them instantly? For shame.

I have to confess, I did not recognize the first one.

[Oberon]

It took me a little while with the first one, but since I recognised Ike I just backtracked. I wouldn't have got Ford if nik hadn't mentioned Jimmy who I knew was after Nixon but before Reagan. Amazing how similar H.W is to W and how different he looked when he was president.

[Aktungbby]

Originally Posted by Oberon

It took me a little while with the first one, but since I recognised Ike I just backtracked. I wouldn't have got Ford if nik hadn't mentioned Jimmy who I knew was after Nixon but before Reagan. Amazing how similar H.W is to W and how different he looked when he was president.

Actually he was a captain in the artillery in WWI which probably gave him the necessary insight to use the bomb on Hiroshima as another form of artillery which can be non discriminating in its effects; the next step down was the British Tallboy... otherwise known as the "cookie' over Berlin. But the coolest one is still old George Washington who started one war at Ohio and ended another at Yorktown and managed to get sworn in wearing his Masons apron. THey hadn't invented the Medal of Honor nor the Nobel Prize as with Teddy R. for whom the ubiquitous bear IS named. BULLY!

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Platapus

I have to confess, I did not recognize the first one.

I hope he gives you hell!

[Aktungbby]

Nice atavar of Adm. Kidd of the Arizona Platapus! Awarded the Medal of Honor for his ten minutes on Dec 7.

[August]

Actually only 12 of the 43 Presidents never served in the military.

Of the 31 who did serve there were:
12ea Generals
5ea Colonels
2ea Navy Commanders (=Lt. Colonels)
4ea Majors/Navy Lt. Commanders
6ea Captains/Navy Lieutenants
1ea 1st Lieutenant
1ea Private

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

Nice atavar of Adm. Kidd of the Arizona Platapus! Awarded the Medal of Honor for his ten minutes on Dec 7.

I am afraid I did not pick out that avatar. It is one of Subsim's standard ones given to people who don't have a real life.

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by August

Actually only 12 of the 43 Presidents never served in the military.


1ea Private

Buchanan. But, if we are considering their final rants, we could include Lincoln as he ended his military service as a Private.

I guess it comes down to Highest Rank or Final Rank.

[Aktungbby]

Lincoln indeed ended his career in the Blackhawk war of 1832 as a private; but initially he was an elected captain of the 31st Regiment of Militia and then 4th Regiment of Mounted Volunteers. When these were musterd out he reupped as a private. In 1852 by act of Congress he received 40 acres of land for this service and in 1856, another 120 acres; altogether a considerable holding. He made much political hay of his service in later years. He participated in no battles in the slow paced but vicious war, arriving at the battles of Stillman's Run and Kellogg's Grove to help bury the scalped dead militiamen. Black Hawk's thousand man foray into Illinois must have made a lasting impression... as any native Minnesotan knows, Lincoln ordered the largest mass-execution (by hanging) in American history at New Ulm MN when the Santee Sioux rampaged, not without cause, in 1860 under Inkpadutah and Shokopee.