tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32999748.post6343257581736568560..comments2024-03-04T01:47:18.750-05:00Comments on Lemurian Congress: Dr. Seuss and Flit: "French Flit"Adam Thorntonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05634565262440008573noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32999748.post-83556481257314031702010-05-31T00:19:35.481-04:002010-05-31T00:19:35.481-04:00I know this one! The same way an atomizer works, a...I know this one! The same way an atomizer works, air moving over the tip a tube creates low pressure, so liquid is pulled up from a reservoir.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCcZyW-6-5o<br /><br />I grew up watching the highly excitable Julius Sumner Miller on PBS shorts like this, because we didn't get House of Frightenstein in the states. (Apologies for nerdiness)Sydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14264351834016185691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32999748.post-62261789041260940672010-05-30T07:42:48.553-04:002010-05-30T07:42:48.553-04:00You'll have to pry my Flit gun from my cold, d...You'll have to pry my Flit gun from my cold, dead fingers!<br /><br />I've heard good things about the "What If 2" books...are they good history-teachers for people who want to learn what DID happen too?<br /><br />And Syd, I was just admiring the design of the hand-held pumpy things and wondering how they worked.Adam Thorntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634565262440008573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32999748.post-87412004539341651942010-05-29T16:38:54.690-04:002010-05-29T16:38:54.690-04:00"Flit gun" is such a delightful word I g..."Flit gun" is such a delightful word I googled it and found out that Flit was so popular that "Flit gun" is the actual name for those old hand-held pumpy thingsSydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14264351834016185691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32999748.post-50504414819776666462010-05-26T13:02:45.937-04:002010-05-26T13:02:45.937-04:00You know, the French captain was not far off the m...You know, the French captain was not far off the mark - if you're talking about Napoleon, the island of Hispaniola, and it's around the year 1802.<br /><br />In the book "What If 2," edited by Robert Cowley, historians speculate what <i>might</i> have happened had a certain event been different. It's counterfactual history (and a very good book).<br /><br />Thomas Fleming's chapter, "Napoleon's Invasion of North America," speculates that the mosquito-borne fever that killed many of Napoleon's soldiers on Hispaniola prevented Monsieur Bonaparte from invading New Orleans and waging war on our continent.<br /><br />So, yes, we've just begun to Flit! Don't spray until you see the whites of their compound eyes! Damn the torpedos (oops, wrong century)!Garynoreply@blogger.com