The year is 2007. As you watch the final seconds of Super Bowl XLI wind down, Tony Dungy get drenched with Gatorade, and Peyton Manning hold the Lombardi Trophy, your mom tells you that school is cancelled the next day.
Life is simple. Life is good.
For those asking who is “revving it up” today for Game 3 of Pacers-Celtics, I’ve been told that it’s a “surprise” and the information is being withheld.
So…we’ll have to wait and see who it is. But for the fun of it, what is your best guest for who it is?
Sounds like left handed people could’ve assaulted castles way easier using the stairs in Medieval times. I could’ve been a castle raider if I was born in the right generation
Ever wonder why most staircases in medieval castles were built to be extremely narrow and spiraling in a clockwise direction? Since medieval castles were built mainly as fortifications, staircases were designed to make it extremely difficult for enemy combatants to fight their way up.
Since most soldiers were right-handed, they would need to round each curve of the inner wall before attempting to strike, inevitably exposing themselves in the process. The clockwise spiral staircase also allowed the defenders to use the inner wall as a partial shield and easily allow them to swing their weapon without being hindered by the curvature of the outer wall.
The stairs were also intentionally poorly lit and built to be uneven, making it even more difficult for the attackers to gain any sort of balance or momentum during their fight up to capture the castle.
Corporal Jackie was a baboon in the South African army during World War I. He was the official mascot of the 3rd Transvaal Regimen when his owner, Albert Marr was drafted into war, and would not leave Jackie at home. He asked his superiors if Jackie, too, could join the army and they said yes.
So Jackie was given an official style uniform with a cap, a ration set, and his own pay book. Jackie would salute to superior officers and light soldiers' cigarettes. He would even stand at ease in the style of a trained soldier.
Due to his heightened senses, Jackie was useful to sentries on duty at night. The baboon would be the first to know when an attack was coming or enemy soldiers were moving around nearby.
Jackie and Marr survived a battle where the casualty rate was 80%, in Delville Wood, early in the Somme Campaign.
When Marr was serving in Egypt he was shot in the shoulder at the Battle of Agagia, 26 February 1916, while Jackie was with him, licking the wound as they awaited help.
Jackie was given his own rations while with the army, and ate them with his own knife and fork, as well as his own washing basin.
When the regiment was drilled and marched, Jackie would be with them.
Jackie spent time in the trenches in France where he tried to build a wall around himself during extreme enemy fire, but a piece of shrapnel from an explosion flew over the wall hitting Jackie in the leg and arm.
When stretcher bearers tried to take Jackie away he refused, desperate to finish his wall and hide. Doctors treated Jackie's wounds, but they decided his leg had to be amputated and were surprised that he even survived.
Jackie was awarded a Medal of Valor for the event of his injuries, and promoted from private to corporal. After the war was over, Jackie was discharged with papers and went back to South Africa. He tragically died in a house fire in 1921.
Here are the Pacers 4Q scoring plays from 8:07 timeout - game end
Haliburton 2
Haliburton 3
Turner 2
Haliburton AST Nesmith 2
Turner 2+1
Haliburton FT
Haliburton FT
Haliburton 3
Haliburton 2
Haliburton 2
Haliburton FT
Haliburton FT
Haliburton FT
Turner FT
Turner FT
Haliburton FT
My dad drives for Toyota of Seattle and works with these guys in the service center. This was caught on camera Saturday when the M’s finished off that comeback. (Wait for the guy at the end 😂)
Marvel… please drop a mini series revolving around Spiderman. Here’s the thing tho… he’s trying to solve a very gruesome murder and he second guesses his “spidey sense.” I want great action, mind-bending instincts, and a dark storyline. Make this happen…
This weekend marks two years since the release of #GhostOfTsushima! We are blown away by all of the support since then and so grateful for all of you! Thank you to everyone who has played and shared this journey with us!
Here are just some of the amazing stats since launch: