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09-03-2017, 09:07 PM | #1 | |||
The future is unwritten
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Sept 4th, 2017: Mason Dixon Line
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In days of old, when knights were bold, the feudal lords held absolute power over everyone on their turf. So when some were granted charters in the new world they carried that tradition and attitude with them. Since none of the Kings making these grants knew jack-shit about the new world and good maps didn’t exist yet, some of the grants… make that all of the grants, were nebulous. Lord Baltimore having been given Maryland brought his Irish cousin George Talbot over as second in command. Talbot was given a huge tract of land extending into William Penn’s Pennsylvania charter of 1681, with the stipulation he import at least 640 immigrants to settle the area. Talbot did that, plus built a series of block houses and a fort with an armed garrison in the disputed territory, to fight hostile Indians and Penn. He even plotted to kidnap Willie Penn. But then Talbot killed a Royal tax collector he was jailed, escaped, hid out in a cave, was convicted of murder, got a King’s pardon, and got outta dodge. The battle in the English courts between Penn and Baltimore dragged on for 80 years, while bloody battles ensued along the border. When a settlement was reached the problem was marking the border. Local surveyors couldn’t cut it and 4,000 sq miles were at stake. Enter Mason and Dixon, two of Britain’s best with the finest equipment available. Quote:
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09-04-2017, 08:22 PM | #2 |
still says videotape
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Fair work.
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09-05-2017, 03:51 PM | #3 | |
We have to go back, Kate!
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Fascinating!
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09-09-2017, 02:44 PM | #4 |
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“Now you’re a good surveyor, Dixon, but I swear you’ll make me mad.
The west will kill us both, you gullible Geordie lad...” (For anyone who doesn't know it) this is an almost heartachingly beautiful song by Mark Knopfler and James Taylor, and one of my favourites: |
09-09-2017, 02:50 PM | #5 | |
We have to go back, Kate!
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'they cut me out for baking bread'
Beautiful
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09-09-2017, 03:00 PM | #6 |
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"they'd cut me out for baking bread
but, I had other dreams instead" People assumed he would be a baker, cuz dad wuz.
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09-09-2017, 03:01 PM | #7 |
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Thank you for posting that, Mr. Putter.
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09-09-2017, 03:24 PM | #8 | |
We have to go back, Kate!
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Yeah - I got the meaning. That's why the line struck me - was a lovely way to say he'd been meant for a baker.
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09-10-2017, 04:19 PM | #9 |
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I misunderstood your understanding.
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