Comments by "Colorme Dubious" (@colormedubious4747) on "The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered" channel.

  1. When a ship's designer tells you how best to save that ship, you should really pay attention!
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  2. This was certainly an interesting intersection of historic events: a comet, an epic earthquake, and the first-ever steamboat transit of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers - aboard the "New Orleans" with Nicholas Roosevelt in charge (the vessel handled the quake itself like a champ but encountered some navigational "challenges" after the quake rearranged the river). I am VERY surprised that you didn't mention that! Perhaps it's a topic that deserves to be remembered in its own video?
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  3. Loose udders sink rudders, am I right?
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  4.  @TheHistoryGuyChannel  Fair enough, sir! Thank you for taking the time to explain. Perhaps a short video about the New Orleans' somewhat forgotten seminal voyage and its long-term impact on trade and settlement would be of interest to your loyal audience. Have a wonderful evening! :)
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  5.  @glenchapman3899  There are two sides to every coin. :)
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  6. Titanium-ception!
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  7.  @MrFlatage  The USN has that record because the USA has the largest and most active navy. It's just math!
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  8. Part 91 rules don't really apply to the military.
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  9. Read "The Mask of the Sun" by Fred Saberhagen for an interesting take on that alternate timeline. It's a fun read with some entertainingly disturbing implications.
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  10. There's a restaurant in Canyon, Texas named "Wrong Way Feldman's Diner." They cater the optional chuck wagon dinner at the Texas! musical in Palo Duro Canyon. I've eaten at both the diner and the show and it's delicious.
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  11. We don't get paid until YOU get paid!
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  12. "Somehow" = "internal conflict." Easy Mode enabled.
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  13.  @RCAvhstape  No, but wouldn't that have made for one HELL of an awesome photo!
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  14.  @ronniewall492  Three what?
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  15. Although the uninterrupted US 66 no longer exists, it wasn't "scrapped." Segments of it remain in use to this day. Some segments became one side or the other of I-40. What appears as "Business 40" on maps is, in many towns from OK to CA, signed as "Historic US 66." The main drag in Tucumcari is 66. Albuquerque's Central Avenue is also 66. You might need to get out more. :)
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  16. Corps.
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  17. More of a poopedo.
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  18. The Hudson's site in downtown Detroit is currently being redeveloped into a mixed-use high-rise by Bedrock. They've repurposed several historic buildings in Detroit while preserving their character, like the Book Tower and the Detroit Free Press building.
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  19. You missed some key factors. Malls are exceptionally cannibalistic. Malls killed Main Street retail throughout the United States. Ironically, the primary killer of older malls has been newer malls. Lose the nostalgia goggles, people. A gigantic box of stores floating in the midst of a sea of asphalt is NOT a "town center." It is a brutal insult to the built environment. You cannot even safely walk or bike to most malls. They have outlived their usefulness, and the highest and best use is to recycle them into mixed-use neighborhoods like The Crossings or walkable shopping districts like Winter Park Village and The Streets of Woodfield. Another common redevelopment tactic is to repurpose them into office and/or educational complexes, residential loft apartments, or a mix of the above. Like the song says, let it go!
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  20.  @johnopalko5223  I believe you have a valid point, there!
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  21.  @MrFlatage  You know, you're ri--oh, I don't care!
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  22. I think Drach did that.
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  23. Those are completely different things and that magnificent beast of an airplane gets HORRIBLE mileage. By the way, Mr. Bunny, there are quite a few cars that get better than 40 mpg now.
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  24. Hopefully, in the next video, you'll check out all the tourist traps that the Griswolds visited or discussed!
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  25. The incorrectly-named "Inca" (That was just the title of the top guy. The actual empire was known as Tawantinsuyu) was probably the most advanced civilization in the New World. They had no written language in the Old World sense but they did have an extensive communications network that used runners who carried messages composed of knotted strings (known as quipu, iirc). It was like the Pony Express, with way stations, inns, and relief runners along all the major roads/routes. They certainly had markets and trade. It was said, during the heyday of Tawantinsuyu, that it was perfectly safe for an unescorted woman to walk from one end of the empire to the other.
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