GDG- Red River and ISusquehanna River
CWMHTours at aol.com
CWMHTours at aol.com
Wed Jan 25 19:20:19 CST 2012
Actually at high tide the Potomac runs backwards.
A Loyal Neo-Anti Unionist,
Peter
In a message dated 1/25/2012 7:21:44 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
jlawrence at kc.rr.com writes:
Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
Actually, there is a tidal bore in Montcon, NB where a tidal bore off the
Bay of Fundy actually does cause the river to run backwards.
We saw it about twelve years ago.
Regards,
Jack
CWMHTours at aol.com wrote:
>Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>George-
>
>My Esteemed Friend-
>
>I think you and Jack are fun to watch.
>
>And did you know that his rivers flow backwards?
>
>I think that'ws way cool.
>
>A Loyal Neo-Anti Unionist,
>Peter
>
>
>In a message dated 1/25/2012 2:08:42 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>georgeconnell at me.com writes:
>
>Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>Jack drives me nuts, but in a good way!
>
>Regards,
>
>George
>
>On Jan 25, 2012, at 12:31 PM, Jeff Burk <jlb4tlb at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>> right you are you are George, Its real sad when you show a person a
map
>proving your point and still said person doesn't give up.
>>
>>
>>
>> Namaste
>>
>> Jeff Burk
>>
>>
>>> ________________________________
>>> From: George Connell <georgeconnell at me.com>
>>> To: GDG <gettysburg at arthes.com>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 9:20 AM
>>> Subject: Re: GDG- Red River and ISusquehanna River
>>>
>>> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>>> This may be the silliest conversation yet in this esteemed group, but
I
>have to say Jack is a fighter. The words "I am wrong" will never pass
his
>lips. We should all just give up now!
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> George
>>>
>>> On Jan 25, 2012, at 12:34 AM, John Lawrence <jlawrence at kc.rr.com>
>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>>>> And it goes east
>>>>
>>>> Am I. The only one who sees the irony in defending Bobby Lee by
>defining the course of the Susquehanna?
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Jack
>>>>
>>>> Jeff Burk <jlb4tlb at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>>>>> You can always find a bend in a river to prove what you say. But
you
>are wrong. Here is a map showing the path of the river please show me a
>e-w flow below Harrisburg.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Susq.png
>>>>>
>>>>> Namaste
>>>>>
>>>>> Jeff Burk
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> ________________________________
>>>>>> From: Jack Lawrence <jlawrence at kc.rr.com>
>>>>>> To: GDG <gettysburg at arthes.com>
>>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 12:10 AM
>>>>>> Subject: GDG- Red River and ISusquehanna River
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>>>>>> I was in Fargo a few years ago in a small building that had only
one
>conference room.
>>>>>> So when one side had to present their case the other side had to
go
>out back and sit at a picknik table.
>>>>>> It wasn't bad. We are sitting in July on the banks of the Red
River
>(obviously not the Texas/Oklahoma one) watching the folks swim on the
>Minnesota side. At that point, the Red River flows south to north as it
is in
>the Hudson Bay watershed (as are the Tetons). It turned out to be a
pleasant
>afternoon. The point is that the locals (as all of we locals are want
when
>out of towners are around) were more than happy to talk about the locale.
>>>>>> They pointed out, (even the bad guys) that the Red River was the
>only south to north river in the country.
>>>>>> I pointed out that the Tennesse River flows north to south from
>Nashville along Waldens Ridge to Chattanooga, where it flows east to
west to
>below Memphis until it flows NORTH to the Mississippi. So, I said, the
>Tennesee flows NORTH also.
>>>>>> No, they said. A rivers course is determined by the direction of
the
>flow from the headwaters to where it empties. The Tennesee river flows
>east to west.
>>>>>> A couple of years later I ran into a geographer on another issue
who
>told me they were correct.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So the Susquehanna flows east to west.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Harrisburg may be east of the river, but it is on the north bank.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And when I drive from Gettysburg to pick up a game at the
>Meadowlands, I go north, and somewhere in there I cross the river before
I head east.
>>>>>> This is not to patronize anyone.
>>>>>> Now that we have cleared that up, Bill, what do you think Lee was
>going to do with those two shot up corp up north, could and tired and
all
>alone? Still 500 miles away from home?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> regards,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> jack
>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Richardson"
><general.jackson at yahoo.com>
>>>>>> To: "GDG" <gettysburg at arthes.com>
>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 10:36 PM
>>>>>> Subject: Re: GDG- ISusquehanna River
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> From: Jeff Burk <jlb4tlb at yahoo.com>
>>>>>>> To: GDG <gettysburg at arthes.com>
>>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 10:33 PM
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: GDG- ISusquehanna River
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>>>>>>> Jack, you are holding the map sideways, the Sus, flows almost
flat
>out N-S
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Namaste
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Jeff Burk
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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>----------------------------------------
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> No, now leave Jack alone he is as RIGHT about this as he is with
>everything else. Surely ole Jack can't be wrong. :)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Respectfully,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> William Richardson
>>>>>>> Mount Gilead, North Carolina
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Pro-Excuser: People who can’t understand how The Confederate
States
>Of America, out-manned, and under supplied, could kick their butts for
>four long years. Who resort to all kinds of finger pointing and avenues
of
>denial.
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