Finals are over, but I'm reading about the Seven Years' War, am I weird?

[CubsFan1982]

I just got a new book on the Seven Years' War called Empires at War: The Seven Years' War and the Struggle for North America, 1754-1763. I'm not reading it as an assignment, or for any other reason than sheer pleasure. Does that make me an odd duck? Answer honestly. :P

[Radical Activist]

1. Yes, but it also

puts you in good company. History buffs are almost always good people.

[CubsFan1982]

2. I've often found that to be true.

I've met very few history buffs who were total assholes. When I do, they're nearly always Republicans. :D

[JohnnyCougar]

3. Maybe... what is your major??

It depends...if you are going to eventually do a Thesis/Dissertation about it, then it is not wierd. if you aren't.....

[CubsFan1982]

5. History.

So, it's not totally weird, I guess. And the Seven Years' War has always been very interesting to me as a possible subject for a doctoral thesis, eventually, so maybe not so weird after all. :D

[JohnnyCougar]

8. well, then

not to shabby an attempt...go for your dissertation!!!

[ashling]

4. not at all

That is very interesting reading. Probably get more out of it as you are not under the gun, so to speak.

[CubsFan1982]

6. It's definitely less pressure.

I just figured my break from books would've lasted a little longer, but I can never go far without having a book to read. :)

[FuzzySlippers]

7. Yup, you're a freak.

:P I was a history major myself as an undergrad.

[CubsFan1982]

12. I was already a freak before I started reading the book.

:P

[ashling]

9. of course,

bookishness and weirdness are not necessarily mutually exclusive
:crazy:

[Hissyspit]

10. Enlightment Period. VERY important to understand. n/t

[Anarcho-Socialist]

11. No you're not. History buffs are officially cool

:)

[Beware the Beast Man]

13. No way.

I'd like to learn more about the Seven Years War myself since I grew up in Western PA, where a lot of the action was during that time.

[CubsFan1982]

14. The most interesting thing about the Seven Years' War...

Is that George Washington started it. He engaged the French at Fort Duquesne, realized he was outnumbered and outclassed, and built a makeshift fort around his troops called Fort Necessity. It was basically a bunch of cut timber arranged in a tight circle around his troops. There's your Louisbourg! :P