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Two weekends ago? I think so.
Two weekends ago? I think so.
my memory is so bad well because this past weekend was f1 so i think it was the previous weekend yeah so yeah so well i guess this well yeah okay i see your point yeah anyway uh we were there and we found uh grant and lee commemorative colt 1851 navies yep Percussion revolvers, too. Yeah, percussion, like, with the cap and ball ammunition. And they came with, like, the actual bullet contraption.
my memory is so bad well because this past weekend was f1 so i think it was the previous weekend yeah so yeah so well i guess this well yeah okay i see your point yeah anyway uh we were there and we found uh grant and lee commemorative colt 1851 navies yep Percussion revolvers, too. Yeah, percussion, like, with the cap and ball ammunition. And they came with, like, the actual bullet contraption.
Yeah, the little thing where you melt the lead and you can squeeze it into a ball, kind of like from the Patriot.
Yeah, the little thing where you melt the lead and you can squeeze it into a ball, kind of like from the Patriot.
Patriot, yeah. So we agreed that since we can use those as decorations for the lodge, if they're there next time we go... we're going to buy them. Yes. And then not only that, but for Patreon, we're going to duel with them. Yes. To find out who really won the Civil War. I've claimed the Grant one because I've always been really interested in Grant.
Patriot, yeah. So we agreed that since we can use those as decorations for the lodge, if they're there next time we go... we're going to buy them. Yes. And then not only that, but for Patreon, we're going to duel with them. Yes. To find out who really won the Civil War. I've claimed the Grant one because I've always been really interested in Grant.
And I have claimed the Lee one because I'm racist.
And I have claimed the Lee one because I'm racist.
no no i i there was just two revolvers and he he called dibs on grant so i got lee uh well also you were like it's a bad rap too he was he was the thing is when we were there you were like because i'm a historian i can get away with this and it was actually a really like good tactician that gets overlooked because yeah because of the side he fought on yeah so it kind of makes a lot more sense for you to have that yeah yeah you can't
no no i i there was just two revolvers and he he called dibs on grant so i got lee uh well also you were like it's a bad rap too he was he was the thing is when we were there you were like because i'm a historian i can get away with this and it was actually a really like good tactician that gets overlooked because yeah because of the side he fought on yeah so it kind of makes a lot more sense for you to have that yeah yeah you can't
You can't be all rah-rah about Washington and Jefferson and then be mad at Lee for owning slaves.
You can't be all rah-rah about Washington and Jefferson and then be mad at Lee for owning slaves.
Yeah, because then you're just a hypocrite.
Yeah, because then you're just a hypocrite.
Yeah. I don't agree with the side Lee fought for, just to be clear. I think, but I understand, given the historical context of at the time, most people saw themselves as Virginian or Pennsylvanian or whatever people from Maine call themselves. Those things. That's a great question. Yeah, New Yorkers, like they saw themselves as their state before being American. Mainlanders, maybe?
Yeah. I don't agree with the side Lee fought for, just to be clear. I think, but I understand, given the historical context of at the time, most people saw themselves as Virginian or Pennsylvanian or whatever people from Maine call themselves. Those things. That's a great question. Yeah, New Yorkers, like they saw themselves as their state before being American. Mainlanders, maybe?
Maybe, but yeah. So for him, it was like, well, Virginia is my homeland. I'm not going to fight against my homeland. Yeah.
Maybe, but yeah. So for him, it was like, well, Virginia is my homeland. I'm not going to fight against my homeland. Yeah.