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“Experience keeps a dear school but fools will learn in no other”
-Benjamin Franklin
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Adolf Metzger’s Bugle
I heard the story of Adolf Metzger when I was young – but it is only recently I encountered photographs of his bugle – discovered about 20 years after bugler Metzger wound up using it as his weapon at the Fetterman massacre (or, in Lakota terms, the battle of a hundred in the hand). I’ve Read more
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Governor visited Trego Resident Mary Louise Peters
Mary Louise Peters had an interesting visitor recently- the Governor stopped by to present the Spirit of Montana Award. Previous award winners include a police department (Lewistown), a “sewing and vaccuum” company from eastern Montana, a fire department rescue team, several high school students, a construction crew and a basketball coach, among others. But go Read more
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Thinking of Fire
The ability to fight fire effectively is based on substitution of technology for human muscle power. A bucket brigade takes a lot more people and moves less water than a pumper. National Humanities Center describes how, in 1880, the Census included fires – now we’d call them incidents – and provides this map: Causes of Read more
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The Unabomer Screwed Up One Day For Me
As I read of Ted Kaczynski’s death, my thoughts went back to the many journalists who called me after his arrest. It’s not like Ted had a personal grudge against me (though it turned out I did have friends on his Christmas card list). My screwed up day was basically collateral damage – Ted got Read more
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Looking at Car Depreciation
It’s been a long time since I was a teenager in a $150 car. Part of it is inflation. But there are still ways to get a handle on depreciation. Ramseysolutions provides charts that give a handle on the topic: Initial Car Value $30,000 New Car Value After . . . 1 minute $27,000 1 Read more
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The Wit and Wisdom of Lavrentiy Beria
Given a short time with a psycho-politician you can alter forever the loyalty of a soldier in our hands or a statesman or a leader in his own country, or you can destroy his mind. He who is not blind sees that our party, during its difficult days, is closing its ranks still more closely, Read more
Trego's Mountain Ear 