One of many interesting quotes from this Greg Cochran interview: https://soundcloud.com/user-519115521/interview-greg-cochran
"Coalition warfare has its problems. Let me give you an example. There was a time in which the Russians and the Austrians were working together against Napoleon, and they were supposed to meet at a certain date, at a certain place. The Russians were eleven days late--can you guess why?"
"What, something with the Tsar not feeling like...?"
"Old-style calendar. They had forgotten to synchronize calendars! They didn't change the Gregorian calendar until the Russian revolution... Napoleon didn't have that kind of problem."
-Max
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I could not love thee dear, so much,
Loved I not honor more.
"Coalition warfare has its problems. Let me give you an example. There was a time in which the Russians and the Austrians were working together against Napoleon, and they were supposed to meet at a certain date, at a certain place. The Russians were eleven days late--can you guess why?"
"What, something with the Tsar not feeling like...?"
"Old-style calendar. They had forgotten to synchronize calendars! They didn't change the Gregorian calendar until the Russian revolution... Napoleon didn't have that kind of problem."
-Max
--
I could not love thee dear, so much,
Loved I not honor more.
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