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To: Neocon who wrote (56833)	7/16/1999 3:40:00 PM
From: Johannes Pilch	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

>Our seasonal preferences are the same....< Good man. >, although lately I have become more sensitive to the shortness of the days in winter...< Hmmm. Hasn't gotten me yet. I just keep on truckin' no matter how dark it gets. >, and feel more put upon when it is very snowy...< Heck. I do snowmobile. I'm researching a fantastic looking snow sport called Snowboarding. This winter, I will DEFINEY learn how. I'm collecting all the info now. >On the other hand, there is the Christmas season...< Ain't it dang lovely??? >, and then we got married in February< Yup we did too. >...followed by my sons birthday in early March.< I have a son born March 8. (grin - funny. Gotta run pal)

To: Neocon who wrote (56833)	7/16/1999 4:00:00 PM
From: Tom Clarke	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

I wasn't gonna mention this, but now I'm in the mood to be nit-picky: "In the early dawn of Jan. 9, 1861, the first shot of the War Between the States was fired from Morris Island by Citadel cadets, and the defense of the South became real." So reads a plaque at the Citadel in South Carolina. According to folks at the Citadel, after South Carolina seceded, federal troops in Charleston moved from a land fort to the safer redoubt at Fort Sumter. Charleston officials responded by posting militiamen to the beaches and islands ringing the harbor. Among them was a detachment of Citadel cadets. A few weeks later, a Northern steamer called Star of the West left Brooklyn with supplies for the Sumter garrison. A Southern sympathizer in New York telegraphed Charleston. When the Star of the West tried to enter Charleston harbor at dawn on January 9, 1861, it was a Citadel cadet who sounded the alarm. He and three classmates then fired across the ship's bow. Several other guns also opened fire. Three balls struck the ship's side and the captain prudently steamed back to New York. These kids beat Beauregard to the punch by three months. FWIW