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Using the Way Way Back machine, I dug up this forum thread from January, 1806:
Velma
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Username: Velma
Post Number: 29
Registered: 10-1805
Posted January 10, 1806
Pray, what are everyone’s opinions of this new mayor, Solomon Sibley? Any thoughts?
Ndavies
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Username: I Ndavies
Post Number: 223
Registered: 10-1805
Posted January 10, 1806
Damn thee for a fool, Miss Velma. This topic has already been posted.
Rasputin
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Username: Rasputin
Post Number: 134
Registered: 10-1805
Posted January 10, 1806
Sibley can waltz his hindparts back to whence he came! If ye Negroes had the vote, Elijah Brush would have been swept into office.
Townshiplover
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Username: Townshiplover
Post Number: 39
Registered: 10-1805
Posted January 10, 1806
Bah. What care I about the mayor of Detroit? It is a two day ride from Ann Arbor.
Fnemecek
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Username: Fnemecek
Post Number: 59
Registered: 10-1805
Posted January 10, 1806
Sibley pledged to demolish Fort Pontchartrain without benefit of a public hearing. Tis troubling news.
Kathleen
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Username: Kathleen
Post Number: 9
Registered: 10-1805
Posted January 10, 1806
Fort Pontchartrain is to be razed? Tis tragic indeed. I recall as a little girl my father taking us for rides past it. And of course, every year we’d all get dressed up and go celebrate Bastille Day at the Pontch. Of course Fort Pontchartrain was simply the only place for Detroit society to witness beheadings. I hate seeing it boarded up like that.
Royce
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Username: Royce
Post Number: 943
Registered: 10-1805
Posted January 10, 1806
Fort Pontchartrain was poorly planned and would not have withstood a British attack. In my plan, it would have been located on Hog Island, and thus less susceptible to invasion. I also would not have built it with the pine lumber common to the area. Indeed I would have imported hard maple from the east.
Super_d
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Username: Super_d
Post Number: 2
Registered: 10-1805
Posted January 10, 1806
Why should we pay taxes to support a symbol of French authority in Detroit? Detroit is now British, but the French still act like they want to run things. Tear that shyte down.
Super d [[horsedetroit)
HamtramckSteve
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Username: HamtramckSteve
Post Number: 74
Registered: 10-1805
Posted January 10, 1806
Fort Pontchartrain contributed so much to the history and culture of Detroit. We destroy a piece of ourselves when we destroy our past.
Skulker
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Username: Skulker
Post Number: 3259
Registered: 10-1805
Posted January 10, 1806
Ignoramuses! Unpleasant fellows! In 1795, the King granted us 100 pounds sterling for the demolition of Fort Pontchartrain. 11 years have passed and the Fort just sits there without public benefit. How much longer shall we let that hulking wreck simply sit there? It would cost the Township 15 pounds per year to maintain the building, with no foreseeable use. That money could be better spent shoveling manure off the streets.
Mikem
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Username: Mikem
Post Number: 8
Registered: 10-1805
Posted January 10, 1806
Here is a picture of Fort Pontchartrain that I drew.
http://atdetroit.net/forum/messages/6790/63051.gif
Supersport
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Username: Supersport
Post Number: 7845
Registered: 10-1805
Posted January 10, 1806
I, too, wish that Fort Pontchartrain were removed. It blocks the route whence I walk from my home to the tavern. Although of late it has become a gathering place for whores. I shall miss that. Tis all about maintaining the authenticity, my friend. Maintaining the authenticity.
Jelk
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Username: Jelk
Post Number: 953
Registered: 10-1805
Posted January 10, 1806
As a lad my little friends and I would play cricket on Fort Pontchartrain’s lawns. Pleasant memories.
Marcnbyr
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Username: Marcnbyr
Post Number: 455
Registered: 10-1805
Posted January 10, 1806
Did you play in the English style? English batsmen are afraid to use their feet against spinners for fear of being left stranded down the pitch and they rely heavily on the sweep shot.
Jelk
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Username: Jelk
Post Number: 954
Registered: 10-1805
Posted January 10, 1806
If the orthodox sweep is partially premeditated, the much-maligned reverse sweep is wholly so.
Marcnbyr
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Username: Marcnbyr
Post Number: 456
Registered: 10-1805
Posted January 10, 1806
Chap! Tis totally interesting to see how a batsman’s initial setup has changed over time. One of the most attacking shots in the batsman's armoury, the pull, not to be confused with the hook, is a back-foot shot played at a ball around waist height.
Eric_D
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Username: Erik_D
Post Number: 357
Registered: 10-1805
Posted January 10, 1806
The first thing any batsman does when he arrives at the wicket is take his guard, or 'line himself up' across the crease so that he knows where he is standing in relation to the stumps.
Zuluwarrior
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Username: Zuluwarrior
Post Number: 85
Registered: 10-1805
Posted January 10, 1806
Stance and backlift are everything. Opening batsmen have to face a continuous onslaught of aggressive fast bowling, often at different heights and angles. There is a good incentive for tail-enders to hang around at the crease. They're under no pressure, so any extra runs are a bonus and will be received enthusiastically.
Itsjeff
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Username: Itsjeff
Post Number: 3687
Registered: 10-1805
Posted January 10, 1806
I condemn thee! You are boring the britches off my bodkin. Pray turn the conversation to a topic other than athletics.
I see that Mistress Lurker is wearing a new bodice, tightly wound around her ample bosom. I am escorting her to the gala dance at the public square tomorrow night, so that I will not be thought the poofter.
Supersport
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Username: Supersport
Post Number: 4259
Registered: 10-1805
Posted January 10, 1806
I regret that I cannot attend the dance. I have tickets to see 50 Pence on Piety Hill with yon wenches. Still maintaining the authenticity, I am.
Jjaba
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Username: Jjaba
Post Number: 298
Registered: 10-1805
Posted January 10, 1806
Supersport is lucky that he can see events on Piety Hill. As a lad, jjaba was not allowed entry to that most Protestant of areas on the east side.
Jjaba, riding his ass back to the west side.
