The Wright brothers made their first flight near the town of Kill Devil Hills in North Carolina, and there is a Kill Devil road in Truro on Cape Cod MA.
Lambert Lorette:
April 20th, 2013 at 6:41 am
Another fun article…and excellent quotes:
(“Reserve, if apparent, is the real kill-joy of conversation,” 1896). [How true that is. Fortunately today, social norms don’t permit that kind of reserve…]
– With a fun ending:
“…but evidently someone a few centuries ago decided that their calls sound like “Kill deer! Kill deer!”… I find an outstanding repleteness in your articles, that refreshingly avoids being boring. *****5 stars. Cheers, L
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MarkB:
April 1st, 2013 at 11:06 pm
The Wright brothers made their first flight near the town of Kill Devil Hills in North Carolina, and there is a Kill Devil road in Truro on Cape Cod MA.
Lambert Lorette:
April 20th, 2013 at 6:41 am
Another fun article…and excellent quotes:
(“Reserve, if apparent, is the real kill-joy of conversation,” 1896). [How true that is. Fortunately today, social norms don’t permit that kind of reserve…]
– With a fun ending:
“…but evidently someone a few centuries ago decided that their calls sound like “Kill deer! Kill deer!”… I find an outstanding repleteness in your articles, that refreshingly avoids being boring. *****5 stars. Cheers, L