General Discussion Thread

[Guest]

An idea just occured to me-why don't we have a general discussion thread on GT!?
Ya can talk about anything, from how your day's going to the weather!

Who wants to start off?

[Jayo Cluxton]

An idea just occured to me-why don't we have a general discussion thread on GT!?
Ya can talk about anything, from how your day's going to the weather!

Who wants to start off?

You just have ...............

[Guest]

An idea just occured to me-why don't we have a general discussion thread on GT!?
Ya can talk about anything, from how your day's going to the weather!

Who wants to start off?

You just have ...............

Nope I haven't Jayo, Ive just set out the purpose of this thread:D

Anywho, I have 5 days off next week!

[Jayo Cluxton]

Oh its a general discussion thread?? Right here's a bit about Stonewall Jackson ...

Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson died in an outbuilding on the Chandler plantation in the rural community of Guniea Station. Today, the Jackson Shrine is part of Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park.
Born in what is now the state of West Virginia, in the town of Clarksburg, Thomas Jonathan Jackson possessed a strong military background at the outbreak of the Civil War. His training in the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, recognition as a hero in the Mexican War, and his experience as an instructor at the Virginia Military Institute justified Jackson's rank of brigadier general at the first major battle of the Civil War near Manassas, Virginia. Upon that field, General Bernard E. Bee proclaimed, "There is Jackson standing like a stone wall," and a legend as well as a nickname was born.
Jackson's military feats had elevated him to near mythical proportions, in both North and South, when in the midst of one of his most brilliant maneuvers, he was mistakenly shot by his own men on the night of May 2, 1863 at the The Battle of Chancellorsville. Confederate army commander Robert E. Lee decided that his indispensable and most capable subordinate should recuperate in a safe place well behind friendly lines. He selected this area, Guinea Station, as the best location for Jackson because of its proximity to the railroad to Richmond and its familiarity to the wounded general.
The "Stonewall" Jackson Shrine is the plantation office building where General Jackson died. The office was one of several outbuildings on Thomas C. Chandler's 740-acre plantation named "Fairfield." This typical frame structure saw use primarily by the men for recreation as well as for work. Chandler kept records in the office and one of his sons once practiced medicine there, but with three of the Chandler boys away serving in the Confederate Army, the building no longer witnessed its ante-bellum level of activity.
The office stood bare, except for a few items in storage, when Jackson's ambulance arrived. Although offered the use of the Chandler house, Jackson's doctor and staff officers chose the quiet and private outbuilding as the best place for Jackson to rest after his long ambulance ride. I all went well, the general would soon board a train at Guinea Station and resume his trip to Richmond and the medical expertise available there.
Today, the office is the only plantation structure remaining. The Chandler house burned at some point after the Civil War, and its shell was dismantled in the early 1900's. Once established as an historic "shrine," the office underwent restorations in the 1920's and the 1960's, and still retains about 45% original fabric. The National Park Service has augmented some of the items used during Jackson's stay with other pieces from the era, along with a few reproductions, to recreate the scene of those tragic last days of his life.

[RMDrive]

He was your man Penalty's brother wasn't he?

[Boxtyeater]

This legendary commentator died on Tuesday. Up there with the very,very best of them. Commentators like Michéal O'Hehir, Sir Peter O'Sullevan, Harry Carpenter and Willie Hegarty of Shannonside/Northern Sound....A good informative broadcaster..RIP.

[Guest]

Wasn't it around this time last year Obama entered office? I remember staying up until the breacadh an lae watching the results that November before!I'm not a supporter of his at all, due to his pro-abortion views, this new Health Reform bill etc. And a Nobel Peace Prize-Come on! Seriously, this fella has done little or nothing in the past year.

[Boxtyeater]

Wasn't it around this time last year Obama entered office? I remember staying up until the breacadh an lae watching the results that November before!I'm not a supporter of his at all, due to his pro-abortion views, this new Health Reform bill etc. And a Nobel Peace Prize-Come on! Seriously, this fella has done little or nothing in the past year.

Much indeed like Conor Mortimer.....

[mullins]

This legendary commentator died on Tuesday. Up there with the very,very best of them. Commentators like Michéal O'Hehir, Sir Peter O'Sullevan, Harry Carpenter and Willie Hegarty of Shannonside/Northern Sound....A good informative broadcaster..RIP.

1 Of the greats

[Guest]

Wasn't it around this time last year Obama entered office? I remember staying up until the breacadh an lae watching the results that November before!I'm not a supporter of his at all, due to his pro-abortion views, this new Health Reform bill etc. And a Nobel Peace Prize-Come on! Seriously, this fella has done little or nothing in the past year.

Much indeed like Conor Mortimer.....

In all fairness Boxty, He didn't start alot of games! And the goal in the Connaught Final?

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