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Cake day: June 15th, 2023

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  • It was a significant event where the good guys won. We like our revolutionary war too but there are fewer Americans victories in it and fewer places touched by it.

    I can go visit civil war forts and battlefields any time I want. There is no other war I can do that to and I think the same is true for a lot of Americans. It touched everyone’s lives at the time and I don’t think there is any other war that so completely affected the mainland states.

    It’s also one where we’re told that the good guys acted like good guys. Apart from Sherman the union behaved nobly and fought for a righteous cause of unification and freedom and after the war was over Lincoln was merciful and gracious in victory. His reward for humbly leading the States through their most trying time? Assassination. It’s a good story.














  • The US is pretty big man and things are different in different regions. England is only as big as Alabama.

    In the cities you can walk to places or take much more limited public transportation.

    Every one outside of the city has a car though. Drive through banks, fast food, pharmacies, and even liquor stores are a real thing.

    My commute to work is ~40 minute drive and some of that is at 129 kph.

    I rarely walk anywhere for anything besides pleasure. There is a restaurant within ~10 minutes walk but most roads don’t even have sidewalks here and people don’t always pay attention while driving