GDG- Red River and ISusquehanna River
John Lawrence
jlawrence at kc.rr.com
Wed Jan 25 20:31:35 CST 2012
Twenty miles inland with huge fish bring pushed up at a current of fifteen knots?
Regards,
Jack
What dies the Susquehanna do?
L
CWMHTours at aol.com wrote:
>Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>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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