Admiral Lord Nelson was killed at the 1805 Battle of Trafalgar by a French sharpshooter aboard his flagship, HMS Victory, despite having been begged by his aides to not wear his dress uniform with its conspicuous medals and decorations.
Lord Nelson’s dying final words at the Battle of Trafalgar are variously recorded as “Kiss me, Hardy”; “Kismet, Hardy”, “Thank God I have done my duty”, and “God and my country”.
There is debate as to whether he could have said “Kismet, Hardy” since the word Kismet is not recorded as being in use in English until 1830, 25 years after Nelson’s death.
[del]In 1848, firearms designer Christian Sharps patented his rifle that was known for long-range accuracy. The Sharps Rifle was manufactured in Hartford CT, at the Sharps Rifle Manufacturing Company. Contrary to popular belief, the term sharpshooter does not come from snipers shooting accurately with a Sharps Rifle. ‘Sharpshooter’ had its origin in English from at least 1801 from the German term scharfschütze, meaning sniper.[/del]
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Emily Brontë’s only novel was Wuthering Heights, published in 1847 when she was 29. On the cover was a painting of Emma, Lady Hamilton. Emma, Lady Hamilton was married at 26 to Sir William Hamilton who was in his 50s and more than twice her age. When Emma, Lady Hamilton was 28, she met Lord Nelson who at the time was 35. And married. They fell in love and had a daughter, Horatia.
Image of Emma, Lady Hamilton: https://www.google.com/search?q=emma+lady+hamilton&client=safari&hl=en-us&prmd=ivn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiQzp_a-OnOAhUGKiYKHZTcB8gQ_AUIBygB&biw=1024&bih=672#imgrc=GqxQK1OThhOeBM%3A
A study from 1997 found that human farts vary in volume from lady poots of approximately 17 milliliters (about the size of a bottle of nail polish) to manly morning thunder of approximately 375 milliliters (about the size of a can of beer).
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On October 21, 1805, Lord Nelson led Royal Navy forces to victory over Pierre-Charles Villeneuve and his combined French–Spanish navy off the coast of Spain’s Cape Trafalgar (the Battle of Trafalgar with cannon thunder).
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In the Royal Navy, tapping the admiral was the practice of sucking liquor from a cask through a straw. Following his victory at the Battle of Trafalgar, Horatio Nelson’s body was preserved in a cask of brandy, or rum, to allow transport back to England. Upon arrival, however, the story goes that the cask was opened and found to be empty of brandy/rum. The pickled body was removed and, upon inspection, it was discovered that the sailors had drilled a hole in the bottom of the cask and drunk all the brandy/rum.
Lord Horatio Nelson was only 12 years old when he joined the navy. He suffered from chronic seasickness throughout his life.
Motion sickness, also called seasickness, is a common disturbance of the inner ear. This is the area of the body that affects your sense of balance and equilibrium. Motion sickness happens when your brain receives conflicting messages about motion and your body’s position in space. The conflicting messages are delivered from your inner ear, your eyes, your skin receptors, and muscle and joint sensors. For example, you might become airsick because your eyes cannot see the turbulence that is tossing the plane from side to side. Motion sickness can occur with any mode of travel: ship, plane, train, bus, or car.
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Old joke:
From the crow’s nest:
Sir, on the horizon—four French frigates!
Lord Nelson:
Bring me my red trousers
First Mate:
Your red trousers, Sir?
Lord Nelson:
There may be bloodshed and I don’t want the sailors to become disheartened.
From the crow’s nest:
Sir, in the area of the horizon—forty-four French frigates!
Lord Nelson:
Bring me my brown trousers.
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Borrowing from panache (eyes) and izzy (brown)
In humans, brown eyes result from a relatively high concentration of melanin in the stroma of the iris, which causes light of both shorter and longer wavelengths to be absorbed. The majority of people in the world overall have dark brown eyes.
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Herbal precautionary treatments for motion sickness include ginger, and peppermint, and black horehound.
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Ginger (Zingiber officinale): 250 mg, 3 times daily as needed, for symptoms of nausea. Ginger is a traditional remedy for nausea, and some studies show it may help with motion sickness. Other studies have found it does not work, however. Ginger may increase the risk of bleeding, especially if you also take blood-thinners such warfarin (Coumadin), clopidogrel (Plavix), or aspirin. If you have a heart condition, talk to your doctor before taking ginger.
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Peppermint (Mentha piperita): 1 enteric-coated tablet, 2 to 3 times daily as needed. You may also make a tea from the leaf. Peppermint can interact with some medications. Ask your doctor before taking it.
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Black horehound (Ballotta nigra): 1 to 2 ml as a tincture or 1 to 2 tsp. of leaves steeped as a tea, taken 3 times per day. This is a traditional remedy for motion sickness, but no scientific studies have been done to see if it works. Black horehound can interact with Parkinson medications, and may be harmful to some people with Parkinson or Schizophrenia.
Some companies make chewy, dried, sugared ginger candy. Trader Joe’s is one, and just south of the Bay Area another one is Casa de Fruta out of Hollister.
The stuff isn’t bad, that ginger candy. ETA - ninja’d, so am adding that the ginger candy is light brown in color.
Hawaiian white ginger (Hedychium coronarium) originated in India, was distributed eastward through Polynesia and introduced to the islands in the canoes of early settlers. It is known for its fragrant white blooms.
The leaves and leaf stalks, which are also fragrant, were used in baking in the imu, underground oven, to enhance the flavor of pork and fish as they cooked. Traditionally, the aromatic underground roots/rhizomes were sliced, dried and pounded to a powder, then added to the folds of stored kapa/tapa cloth. The spicy-smelling fresh roots were pounded and used as medicine for indigestion and other ailments.
Actress Tina Louise starred in the movie The Stepford Wives (1975). She is best known for her role as Ginger Grant on Gilligan’s Island which aired for three seasons, from 1964 to 1967.
Ira Levin’s The Stepford Wives is the basis for the word “stepford” meaning robotic, extremely conformist and non-controversial; i.e. the phrase “Stepford student” coined in 2014 by the journalist Brendan O’Neill to describe university students who are perceived to take a heavy-handed approach to avoiding causing offence, for example through “no-platform” policies.
The fictional town of Stepford CT was the location of the movie (and book), The Stepford Wives. Stepford CT was based on the real town of Wilton CT, which was the home of the book’s author, Ira Levin, in the 1960s. Wilton is just “a step” away from Stamford CT, a major city about 15 minutes away from Wilton.
Ira Levin’s Rosemary’s Baby was written during the whole debate on legal abortion. Rosemary Wodehouse, a lapsed Catholic, is drugged, raped, and pregnant with a very deformed, evil baby that is threatening her health . Depsite all this, she states in the book “I will not have an abortion.”
According to studentsForLife.org, a pro life site, there are 1.1 million U.S. abortions each year, nearly 1 in 4 (22%) pregnancies end in abortion, and the U.S. abortion rate is among the highest of developed countries.
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For 2016, Kawasaki motorcycles sells the Ninja sport bike in 3 sizes, 1,000 CCs, 650 CCs, and 300 CCs. Kawasaki has been selling the Ninja ever since the 1984 GPZ900R.
