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Yesterday, I linked to an old thread about tucking your trousers into your socks in the field. Now, for the veterans here, I was well-aware that this ground had been trodden before, but what the heck, some who haven't campaigned before might want to know, right?
Well, this post generated quite a bit of off-line controversy that has frankly amused me and I think I know why. It's because we are so tuned in here to finding the definitive answer to something and then moving on that the known unanswerable questions get people fired up. We had a similar reaction to the toilet paper thread a couple of months ago. Thank you Bill Rodman for capping off that thread!
Now, there are going to be the threads here that have been talked about again and again and again that fire up the veterans of the site. Yeah, I know, I know, use the search function. But, then there are those gray areas that can't really be proven or unproven based on documentation. Some other examples would be "Blued Enfield vs. Bright Enfield", "Blousing Trousers", etc.
So, for a little fun, I will ask an unanswerable question. What is an example of a question that has been discussed ad naseum, but doesn't really have a definitive answer? Or better stated, what question is it that riles you up more than any other?
Fire away!
Yesterday, I linked to an old thread about tucking your trousers into your socks in the field. Now, for the veterans here, I was well-aware that this ground had been trodden before, but what the heck, some who haven't campaigned before might want to know, right?
Well, this post generated quite a bit of off-line controversy that has frankly amused me and I think I know why. It's because we are so tuned in here to finding the definitive answer to something and then moving on that the known unanswerable questions get people fired up. We had a similar reaction to the toilet paper thread a couple of months ago. Thank you Bill Rodman for capping off that thread!
Now, there are going to be the threads here that have been talked about again and again and again that fire up the veterans of the site. Yeah, I know, I know, use the search function. But, then there are those gray areas that can't really be proven or unproven based on documentation. Some other examples would be "Blued Enfield vs. Bright Enfield", "Blousing Trousers", etc.
So, for a little fun, I will ask an unanswerable question. What is an example of a question that has been discussed ad naseum, but doesn't really have a definitive answer? Or better stated, what question is it that riles you up more than any other?
Fire away!
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