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   > Sorry, the memorials are in cities that are "on the lakes," but they are   
   > for coast guard persons lost in the Atlantic (usually). They were tied to   
   > the Great Lakes area because they were with units from a Great Lakes town   
   > and/or were on boats either made at, or named after, a place on the   
   > Great Lakes.   
      
   That makes sense -- likely a lot of people signed up originally in Michigan.   
   .  .   
      
   > That said, the US's first air craft carriers were tested in Lake Michigan,   
   > off of the coast of the Northern part of the lower peninsula of Michigan.   
      
   Did you know the first USN submarines were used in the Civil War?   
      
   >> Yet humans are addicted to them, it seems (from Facebook, at least,. & the   
   > ea   
   >> y days of "Fight-O Net" *G*)   
   > Some people like drama, I guess.  :)   
      
   Yup, so indicates Facebook's feed on any given day or week, or year. . .   
      
   & a big reason why I said fleep it, & here I am back in BBS Land, as I was ere    
   Facebook was created, or at least before I heard of it!   
      
   I'm all about the Fidonet now! & BBSes here & there & wherever. . .   
      
   Still trying to find an active(lots of users, lots of local messaging) one --    
   doesn't even matter where, so long as I can telnet in. . .   
      
   --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-6   
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