Why don't we just drop this thread in the interest of native fishes?
BG
----- Original Message -----
From: Jay DeLong <thirdwind_at_att.net>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 2:38 PM
Subject: RE: NANFA-- just 25 days away
> > But Jay, I don't know your statue-battle death question. Sheridan
> > certainly didn't die in battle (ask the Sioux, Cheyenne, Arapaho...).
>
> Yes, even after the war he was brutal towards former Confederates, then
> moved on to the Plains Indians. What I was getting at was that previously
> I'd heard that if a statue of a person on a horse has both front legs in
the
> air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air,
> the person died as a result of battle wounds; if the horse has all four
legs
> on the ground, the person died of natural causes. The Sheridan statue is
> pictured at http://www.netpluscom.com/~pchs/sheridan_monument.htm. Both
> front feet are in the air, so this kind of disputes the statue-battle
death
> thing.
>
> > This is all dangerously off-topic.
>
> Good point. I was being helpful towards you Southern folks going to the
> convention (You might want to think twice about leaving that Confederate
> flag on the back of your pickups.) :-)
>
> --
> Jay DeLong
> Olympia, WA
> "It is horrifying that we have to fight
> our own government to save the environment."
> ~Ansel Adams
>
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