Comments by "Harry Mills" (@harrymills2770) on "The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered" channel.

  1. Not a great black American. A great American. Full stop.
    61
  2. The Devil's Dictionary is a great work.
    51
  3. Battle of Tsushima was HUGE! I thought everybody knew about it. But then I'm the kind of geek who enjoys The History Guy.
    44
  4. That's good stuff. It's just kind of odd that the whole column's first idea there was trouble was not from scouting, but from the first truck in the convoy.
    38
  5. "Cab stand permit law" is just one of innumerable cases of big companies INVITING regulations to lock out the competition in the guise of providing better standards of service through law. THAT is fascism, right there, on the municipal level. Civil authorities in cahoots with a rich businessman. Corrupt schemes in the guise of virtue.
    11
  6. I bought a used '74 Vega in the early '80s. Maybe it was the Herbie the Lovebug of Vegas, because it ran great. Previous owner treated it gently, as did I. I hate to say that I LIKED the car, in the context of this video, but the guy or gal before me babied it, as did I. In those days, people were used to great big, bulletproof V8s, which in those years were very forgiving of hard use and indifferent maintenance. I liked the way it handled. I loved the fold-down rear seat. I slept in the back of my hatchback many a time. I don't even remember when I sold it or traded it in, but I pretty much went with pickups after that. Not as good to sleep in, but room for all my camping gear!
    7
  7. ​ @yomasane3670  All environments are hostile, with unique advantages and disadvantages. Humans adapt to all climates. Vacuum of inner space is no different. Raw materials in meteoroid belt, free solar energy so abundant you're more worried about heat shielding than having enough energy for any and all purposes.
    5
  8. Effective and versatile. But when they tried to build Tigers around the 88s, they lost their way. Definitely cool-looking.
    5
  9.  @Scorpion-vh8lj  When faced by enemies with such weapons, is it a sin to take up such weapons?
    4
  10. I like this kind of history more than the big events everybody is expected to learn. How folks lived and the innovations that changed the societal landscape.
    2
  11. Good to see and hear your better half. Only criticism is the lighting and how it's reflecting off her glasses. Don't get that from you because of the angles. Something to think about, lighting your studio. Awesome that your wife also writes along with you, because it's all high-grade. And the perfect heroine for her debut. Great piece of history.
    2
  12. Good stuff. Great man. We've come a long way, since. Even done some dumb things (like Affirmative Action) to redress wrongs. All a brother needs is an even break, full accountability, and a color-blind meritocracy to flourish.
    2
  13. I didn't know that wagons had to compete with passenger cars and mini-vans and SUVs came under different rules. They're still more efficient than vans and SUVs. I bet they'd still be selling big if they didn't artificially push people to buy SUVs and vans. In the mid-70s, our family owned a '69 Buick Estate Wagon. When we first got it, I was small enough to fit in that little gap between the rear passenger seat and the rear-facing seats in the VERY back. I was a real runt, and it was GREAT to sit that high up, because I could see everything. I've always preferred wagons or at least hatch-backs, because you could make a nice long bed in back by folding down the back seat. That's too bad. A station wagon still makes sense. A couple I know have two Toyota station wagons. I think they're the last year Toyota made them. They get almost the same gas mileage as a Camry, only there's just WAY more room. SUV's as a separate KIND of station wagon, stretch back a long time, too. Those old Chevy "Hi-Boys" with 4-wheel-drive, were basically the ultimate adventure wagon. Half way between a panel truck and a station wagon. Big, tall captain's seats (but fixed), and you could rig them up for camping. You had to bend at the waist, but you could stand and walk to the back. Went on a geology field trip, and one of the guys drove one of those old 50s or 60s-vintage high boys, and I've always wanted one, since. You could haul just about anything you could put in a pickup, plus you had an extra-big cabin for road trips. He had everything he needed to go off-grid for weeks at a time, back in the '80s.
    1
  14. I'm glad he at least left a baby girl in this world. One of our nation's finest.
    1
  15.  @firingallcylinders2949  The British followed that model in some respects. Lose battles, but the roads keep getting built. The forts commanding the roads keep getting built. Lose every battle and win every war. Hannibal probably could've subdued Rome with support from the idiots back home. At least that's my take.
    1
  16. Mad as a hatter.
    1
  17. I think tank-on-tank comparisons are overrated. I think it's more about logistics and combined arms, infantry, artillery and armor, but not so much tank-vs-tank, even though we hang on all accounts of such encounters. Air also matters, and in the early stages of Barbarossa, the Germans had total air superiority. American industrial might was on full display, despite the head-to-head between tanks. The Allies could afford to take losses, and have as many or more armored units in the field, tomorrow as they had, today. The Soviets were also producing at a high rate, but in addition, already had divisions of armored and infantry divisions waiting on the Eastern side of the Urals. The Germans would defeat the Red Army and there'd be a whole 'nother Red Army opposing them at the NEXT river crossing.
    1
  18. Idaho has a nice dry climate in most places. Rust wasn't much of a problem. I bought a '74 Vega in '80 or '81. It was gutless, but I must've had one of the few good ones, because I had no problems. I don't remember much about it, other than the night I spent sleeping off a drunk in a parking lot. The back seat folded down. It was pretty comfy. I must've dodged a bullet.
    1
  19. Until we gave them hypergolic fuels, they couldn't maneuver in space, because their retro rockets would explode due to fuel build-up before ignition. Hypergolic fuels have 2 parts that ignite on contact with each other, for smooth ignition. But just dumping fuel and igniting a spark made the Soviet retro rockets into gas bombs, if they didn't immediately ignite. Soviet space and nuclear programs stole whatever they needed from the USA. Free people are more creative. Non-free people are better thieves.
    1
  20. So sad.
    1
  21. The real Gatsby. Nice tidbit.
    1
  22. Rockwell > Picasso
    1
  23.  @kaymuldoon3575  Yup. You could die of a small cut or an infected tooth.
    1
  24. Because it contradicts the "legacy of slavery" people are screaming about, 160 years later. Here you have the son of slaves achieving feats of which ANYone of ANY race would be proud. He's not supposed to be able to be so great, according to critical race theory, which is the New Religion.
    1
  25. Never heard chinook being used to describe local mountain effects, like adiabatic warming of descending air. Just that other idea, of warm moist winds from the ocean rolling in in the higher latitudes, due to a kink in the jet stream.
    1
  26.  @oldsguy354  Children of today have parents who were born to prosperity, and so have no understanding of its source.
    1
  27. Crossed their 'T' twice!
    1