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Camel Attack at the Jefferson Davis Home
05-15-2017, 01:57 PM
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Camel Attack at the Jefferson Davis Home
What can I say, it's a slow news day here on the forum

http://www.nola.com/pets/index.ssf/2017/...n_sue.html

With all the anti Confederate feelings now days, Sir Camelot might want to tread softly or he may be the new attraction in the cafeteria.
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So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in?
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05-15-2017, 05:04 PM
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RE: Camel Attack at the Jefferson Davis Home
It's not even Wednesday and it made the news

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05-15-2017, 09:08 PM
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RE: Camel Attack at the Jefferson Davis Home
She "... was basically just walking across the grounds and this camel charged at her, stampeded her, and ended up biting her..."

Guess she wasn't walking a mile for a camel.

Only us old-timers might understand the comment...

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05-16-2017, 03:55 AM
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RE: Camel Attack at the Jefferson Davis Home
Seems I'm an old-timer...(and I don't even smoke. But I love camels, especially dromedaries!).
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05-16-2017, 04:59 AM
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RE: Camel Attack at the Jefferson Davis Home
Eva, here is a c.1949 ad for Camel cigarettes:

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05-16-2017, 06:55 AM
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RE: Camel Attack at the Jefferson Davis Home
Camel brand cigarettes still exist, right? I don't know because I don't smoke.

Is the camel at the Davis sight a throw-back nod to his idea of using them in the military when he was Secretary of War?

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05-16-2017, 07:56 AM (This post was last modified: 05-16-2017 07:58 AM by Gene C.)
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RE: Camel Attack at the Jefferson Davis Home
(05-16-2017 06:55 AM)LincolnMan Wrote:  Is the camel at the Davis sight a throw-back nod to his idea of using them in the military when he was Secretary of War?

I believe so.
Camels were also imported to Australia, where the population of certain types of Camels today is fairly high when compared to the rest of the world.

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05-16-2017, 08:53 AM
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RE: Camel Attack at the Jefferson Davis Home
Here are a couple of articles about the animals and Beauvoir.

http://www.sunherald.com/latest-news/art...73200.html

and

http://www.sunherald.com/news/local/coun...96477.html
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06-20-2017, 10:28 PM
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RE: Camel Attack at the Jefferson Davis Home
(05-16-2017 06:55 AM)LincolnMan Wrote:  Camel brand cigarettes still exist, right? I don't know because I don't smoke.

Is the camel at the Davis sight a throw-back nod to his idea of using them in the military when he was Secretary of War?


Yes, the cigarettes are still manufactured. I remember my grandfather smoked Camels because they did not have a filter. I've never smoked, and the idea of an unfiltered cigarette seems rather gross.
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