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An excellently done treatment of the French and Indian War, it airs on PBS tonight. Check your local listings, get the beer and pizza laid on, and enjoy. :thumbup:

Sarge

p.s.: yesterday was Benjamin Franklin's birthday, no federal holiday, no marchers waving banners, no mention from the media talking heads, but a great man nonetheless, and one of our country's premiere founding fathers
 
What a pal. Thanks, Sarge. I've seen the teasers and am very interested. I know practically nothing about that war.
 
I'm a clueless Canadian, but don't they make a bit of a deal about Ben Franklin in Philadelphia? But it is odd that your founding fathers aren't as celebrated as they could be. It might even help guide your nation back to what's important.

Queen Victoria spent 3 minutes deciding where to put our capitol and we have fireworks about it over a century later. Her choice sucked BTW.
 
Thanks for the heads-up. Short of James Fenemore Cooper's works, I know little of this period. There is a family legend that an ancestor was taken prisoner and never returned after a fight in the Little Falls, NY area during this War.

DaddyDett
 
Since when is PMS a channel ! L:O:L That sounds interesting . Wouldn,t that be the period that the last of the mohicans was made in ?~
 
I,m watching it right now . Did you see the guy trying to chop his foot off with an ax ? He kept missing and hitting the log beside his foot ! L:O:L
 
Kevin the grey said:
Since when is PMS a channel ! L:O:L That sounds interesting . Wouldn,t that be the period that the last of the mohicans was made in ?~
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An excellently done treatment of the French and Indian War, it airs on PBS tonight. Check your local listings, get the beer and pizza laid on, and enjoy.
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Time for an eye exam?
 
If you ask me, Ben Franklin is by far the most interesting of the founding fathers. If I could meet any of them, he'd be my first choice. (With Washington being a close second.)

He also happens to be the most quotable of all the founding fathers. Whether all of the things attributed to him are actually his or not, all of the quotes are worth reading. Some are downright brilliant.

For your perusal:

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin

Yeah, Wikipedia isn't the most valid source, but they had the best list. Alternately, Google "Benjamin Franklin quotes" and you'll have plenty of links to chase.

Plenty of sigworthy material in there, BTW. If I wasn't quoting Underworld lyrics, I'd be quoting Ben Franklin. :)
 
Dave,

I dont' know.

If I was going heck raising he might have been the one to go with, and certainly a good one to talk too, but if I got to really dig into the mind either Jefferson or Washington himself.
 
Did anyone see the nice saw the gentleman working on the upright was using ? You won,t see anything like that down at Sears ?
 
Kevin, I made a couple of those saws to make the woodworking toolkit I use in medieval reenactment more authentic. One is made to a size that works with coping saw blades, and the other, much larger one, utilizes bowsaw blades. They take a little getting used to, but they're very simple and rugged. I use the little one for cutting out knife handles, spoon blanks, lucets, and such, so regularly that I honestly can't remember where I put my modern coping saw.:D

Sarge
 
I watched the first hour and enjoyed this show. Should have stayed up to see the second hour. My ancestors lived near Braddock's Road during this time (1750-1760) and traveled that path to settle near what was then Fort Necessity. There seems to be a dearth of information about this time period...or at least it isn't easy to find out much about what life was like back then. I was hoping to gain some insights about frontier life.

Young George Washington's role in all of this was new to me as well. Will try to stay awake for next week's show.

Jeff

(is the PBS tape of this presentation for sale???)

Edit to add that PBS does sell this on DVD for $39.99. Thinking about buying...

http://www.shoppbs.org/product/index.jsp?productId=2175915&clickid=main_featured_txt
 
I thoroughly enjoyed the program and look forward to catching part 2 next Wednesday. I felt they portrayed a very accurate coverage of the subject, in an even handed, unbiased, manner. Programming that entertains while educating and broadening one's perspective, is exactly why I'm a huge fan of PBS (especially The Woodwright's Shop, Roy Underhill is the man:D ). 'Course I tend to avoid the political programs, a bunch of old mediaphiles arguing over who said/did what and why just doesn't hold my attention.:grumpy:

Sarge
 
St Roy is the man. I highly suggest his books.

Old Tools list is an interesting place to hang out if you are into galooting.
 
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