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Michael Woudenberg's avatar

If you want a fantastic history of water rights in the west, read Cadillac Desert: https://amzn.to/3TSDBG9

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Daniel Nest's avatar

Trench warfare may go back a long time, but trench *coat* warfare was first introduced in 1999 by Neo in The Matrix. I'm not a historian, however, so don't quote me on that.

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Andrew Smith's avatar

Fair. Trench coats weren't super common at my high school, but this was pre-Columbine and there wasn't that sort of stigma - but a trenchcoat definitely meant you were not going to be hanging out with the football players or cheerleaders any time soon.

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David Perlmutter's avatar

"Final stand has a similar meaning..." So does "last stand", memorably applied to George Custer and company at Little Big Horn in 1876.

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Andrew Smith's avatar

That's way better than where my brain went, and the other readers are fortunate they never heard me bring up Bon Jovi's "Blaze of Glory", where he describes making his final stand.

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Andrew Sniderman 🕷️'s avatar

I've always had a thing for Ditch Witches

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Andrew Smith's avatar

The underground construction equipment type?

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Andrew Sniderman 🕷️'s avatar

Heckyea! Imagine orange ditch witches rolling across the battlefield; game changer

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Andrew Smith's avatar

Oh snap! Like automated 21st century drone warfare, right?

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