On this day in history.

[Andy_Ross]

On this day 1921, the Admiralty increased the allowance for milk for ships cats from 1 Shilling to 1 Shilling & Sixpence per week.

 

[Ryan O'Dine]

Yeah, our whole office is celebrating and there's a block party in the neighborhood this evening.

 

[catsmate]

On this day 1921, the Admiralty increased the allowance for milk for ships cats from 1 Shilling to 1 Shilling & Sixpence per week.

Did this actually increase the quantity of milk much? Given the prices after the war,

 

[Andy_Ross]

I don'r know. I suppose it would depend on where the milk was sourced at any particular time.

 

[Jack by the hedge]

Do cats actually like milk?

 

[Andy_Ross]

Even if they don't it's a nice perk for the Pusser.

 

[zooterkin]

Probably spent it on rum.

 

[Andy_Ross]

Do cats actually like milk?

Our cats do. We get 'cat milk' It's actually from cats, it's lactose-reduced cow's milk, also has some vitamins.
They seem to enjoy it.

 

[Jack by the hedge]

Ours are kinda meh about milk but they've never been in the navy; maybe they get a taste for it there.
One of them's a monster for cheese, though.

 

[catsmate]

I don'r know. I suppose it would depend on where the milk was sourced at any particular time.

This is true. My inner obsessive has determined that UKian milk prices in 1921 were around 5d/qt. Though the cartel arrangements in Stroke City lead to the white stuff being 50% more expensive, a shocking (and much protested) 7d/qt. Though a few dairies were selling it as low as 4d/at.

 

[catsmate]

Our cats do. We get 'cat milk' It's actually from cats, it's lactose-reduced cow's milk, also has some vitamins.
They seem to enjoy it.

Yeah, we tried that and the reaction was a resounding "meh".
Butter, cream and ice cream are a different matter.

 

[Thermal]

Can we be ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊ serious here? Today's real significance is that in the year 69, Otho commited suicide after being defeated by Vitellius’ troops at Bedriacum.

 

[Andy_Ross]

Yes, 'The Year of the Four Emperors' Vitellius didn't last long. Vespasian was declared Emperor by the Eastern legions in July and after most of Vitellius' own legions defected and he lost a battle he tried to abdicate but the Praetorian Guard forced him to remain. After Vespasian's legions entered Rome and defeated Vitallius' forces he was killed by a mob.

He appears as a recurring protagonist in Simon Scarrow's 'Eagles of the Empire' series. Sometimes opposed to the main characters and sometimes on their side but always 'tricky' and looking to increase his power and influence.

 

[Jack by the hedge]

That's all stuff from the later bit of Suetonius I gave up on and never read. Honestly, I liked his early stuff but that guy got at least one season too much and it just got silly.

 

[Thermal]

We have the hardest time finding a guy to be Otho in our memorial reenactment of his suicide. Always bitching about our demand for authenticity. There's just no reliable method actors out there anymore.

 

[Andy_Ross]

On this day in 1945, British forces liberated the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.

 

[ahhell]

Come on guys, nobody mentioned armageddon? Rather the Battle of Megido in in 1457BC? How they could actually pinpoint the date to April 16th, I have no idea but they do.

 

[Thermal]

On this date, recurringly over the last few decades, I realized I forgot about taxes again.

 

[catsmate]

On the subject of Rome and Vespasian, 16APR0073 is the date of the fall of Masada to the Roman besiegers.

 

[Andy_Ross]

Yes,. Vespasian was in the East for the entirety of the events of the 'four emperors'