BeachedBottlenose

BeachedBottlenose t1_jdkjzdt wrote

Reply to TIL that Barq's Root Beer was first created by Edward Barq in Biloxi, Miss, in 1897. In 1934, Barq and a former employee, who moved to New Orleans, agreed to each distribute their own version of the root beer, with the New Orleans version having a red label and the Biloxi version having a blue one. by jdward01

The little building where it was created in Biloxi is still standing. It’s what you drink when you get a po boy.

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BeachedBottlenose t1_j8sfput wrote

Reply to Music lovers I need some help for black history month. by DonutOwlGaming

Go back and study the slave workers singing in the fields and how they were messages about escaping via the Underground Railroad. Follow the Drinking Gourd. Then how that turned into jazz and blues and how the MOTHER FUCKING WHITE MA…sorry, how some nice young men helped promote the blues singers’ tunes to create rock and roll. Harlem Renaissance.

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BeachedBottlenose t1_j1pr78s wrote

Reply to "So Lonely" - The Police by albertomg05

I’ve battled depression all my life so a teenage me connected to this song, as well as Does Everyone Stare and Contact. They were absolutely my favorite band at the time - this is when they were active. I saw them in 1980 and then two more times. Then Sting a few years later.

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BeachedBottlenose t1_iugmx4s wrote

Reply to LPT Request: I've come to absolutely loath flying on airplanes, and my new job has me flying a lot. Any tips to make the experience more bearable? by [deleted]

I just think about the millions of people that fly every day without incident. And think of the places you’ll get to visit. Can you save flyer miles for trips with family or spouse?

I never rode a roller coaster until I was in my mid 30s. I just put the same thoughts in my head: thousands of people do it every day without incident.

Flying is amazing today and the technology is so advanced it can be a luxury.

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