Best of The History Guy: Summer

[@constipatedinsincity4424]

You can't talk about Lawn games without talking about Jarts the game of accuracy and bravery or stupidity. You choose!

[@TheStuport]

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[@eatiegourmet1015]

(around 1971) "Hey Mom! We're going over play lawn darts at Robbie & Margie's!" "Ok. Have fun!... ... HEY! Don't forget...!" "We know, we know: Apply direct Pressure to the wound..."

[@roop298]

Spring? Were 3 days away from the longest day of the year!

[@iowafarmboy]

This is a video compilation. That specific video was probably original published earlier during springtime another year

[@johnfun3394]

I still hear my Dads voice in my head, ‘can’t you see the yard needs mowing’? I never could. I can now.

[@gingerhiser7312]

With age, maturity, and experience, the eye becomes more discerning.

[@ashamon101]

My parents (born and raised in Texas) moved to North Carolina after they married, for my dad's job. Being so used to Texas barbecue, especially the sauce, they were shocked (and despaired) by North Carolina's vinegar sauce. It's funny, they said the meat was cooked perfectly but they had to ruin it by drenching it in vinegar. One time they prepared Texas style barbecue for a get-together in their community, and everyone who tried it fell in love. They moved back to Texas when I was born, and I have to thankful for that, since I also don't like the vinegar sauce.

[@TM-ev2tc]

The history of labyrinth and mazes in lawns and landscaping might make a good video.

[@RetiredSailor60]

Good Monday morning (Juneteenth) from Ft Worth TX History Guy and everyone watching. Stay safe, cool, and enjoy your day. Happy belated Father's Day to all dads

[@deelee4639]

❤❤🎉🎉

[@ponyote]

After countless hours of your videos, I finally have a question. How are you this charming?

[@johnsimon2988]

It's interesting that for a more than reasonable amount of subscribers, you're comment section is surprisingly sparse. As you may actually read my reply, I'll make one. I enjoy your format of 10-15 minutes and the wide variety of topics you cover. Interesting and educational. Thanks!

[@spaceshot5289]

Your show are so interesting and you do a great delivery

[@gailnewcomb8256]

I love dandelions and hate lawns! 😅

[@DudleyDoRight]

Wow I'm so high on the list happy to make the show

[@evensgrey]

The lower expenditure on lawns in Australia and the UK is easily explained. Australia has a dry season, when there's essentially no lawn growth. Most people in the UK live in terraced homes, with little or no lawn.

[@cherub3624]

I like how dandelions circled back around to lawns.

[@MarshOakDojoTimPruitt]

thanks

[@cbroz7492]

..my dad bought a Wheel Horse mower in 1963...

[@tomtheplummer7322]

I’m in Denver metro. I’m quitting Kentucky Bluegrass and Fescue. Water is too expensive here in my municipality. I planted Buffalo an Blue Grama and native prairie grass. Low water requirements and my muni pays me $400 to go low water. My neighbor up the street put artificial turf in. It’s fun to practice putting and play bocce on. 😂👍🏻😎

[@shane5983]

Lawns also provide fire protection

[@joestutzman4519]

Just what I needed this morning!

[@constipatedinsincity4424]

Back in the Saddle Again Naturally

[@navret1707]

25 % of land in NJ and MA is lawn, the other 75% is concrete and/or asphalt.

[@cguy2guy511]

The garden state with tons of trees and wondering bears....have you ever driven through NJ....I don't just mean the Newark area...it's a pretty state.

[@axelnils]

@@cguy2guy511 ​​⁠ I think the point being made was the complete lack of natural land.

[@eatiegourmet1015]

@@axelnils Not in the top, NW, central-southern and southern part of the state, (though that is beginning to change -- for the worse, but nobody wants to hear me rant about that...) You must not have ever been south of about, oh, Asbury Park?

[@tomtheplummer7322]

Folks still call the refrigerator/freezer an ice box. 😉

[@jackpinesav6313]

You should meet my son. He is on the high school speech team. His speech for competition was almost exactly like your presentation on lawns!

[@roygaisser9230]

I always got to be the "Jart Catcher" for both teams (I was truly loved as a child). The Chinese have it right---that dandelion root is something to behold!! Yeah, you just THINK you pulled up that dandelion.

[@elizabethcollins8817]

Very interesting !

[@JeffreyGlover65]

I enjoy all 4 seasons, but Autmn is by far the best.🍁

[@beckyburtis9977]

❤️🧡💛Yes!

[@Frankenspank67]

Something about those chilly nights when the wind picks up and blows falling leaves around, maybe it's the anticipation of Winter. Sights and smells of Fall are pretty amazing tho.

[@beckyburtis9977]

@@Frankenspank67 Just curious, does the anticipation of winter feel positive? If so unloved winter and just read one of the most moving passages about winter I have ever read written by a young person with autism: " Diary of a Young Naturalist" Chapter on Winter❄️

[@bradmiller7486]

Allergies. I live where SIX bio-zones overlap ...

[@bencountryman4458]

Hey History Guy! Big fan here. I especially enjoyed the lawns segment of this one. Could you perhaps do a history of ice cream trucks/ice cream vendors.

[@BradiKal61]

Hey History Guy Please do a video about the Marsmen from Burma- the American soldiers who helped the Chinese fight the Japanese in WWII. The Japanese controlled the coast so soldiers traveled overland with howitzers broken down and carried by mules. They could assemble and fire the guns with five minutes notice. The Japanese did not expect the support from the US, and a Japanese commander who was defeated askes if they came from Mars- hence the name.

[@martinarcher1503]

Your channel rivals the best youtube has to offer. IMO "Primitive Technology" and "JimmyDiresta" are the best YT channels. Sometimes I am not so interested in the topics you cover, but when I am, you have no equal. Thanks!

[@bryandevries7210]

I love maintaining my property.

[@kennethmichaels5320]

How about doing a segment on the fall of the Ottoman empire?

[@rosemcguinn5301]

Nice compilation video. I really enjoyed it.

[@tomtheplummer7322]

HVAC refrigerants, just think it started with ammonia. Remember Swiss Family Robinson. Pops built an ammonia chiller. 😉👍🏻😎

[@marksherrill9337]

At one time we actually had a push mower. It was a long time ago and impossible on a rough lawn.

[@andrewswift2727]

Hi Lance, Are you related to Richard Geiger, who was a history professor at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa? If you are I have a great story for you. Thanks for your videos, I ALWAYS enjoy your work.

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

I don't believe so.

[@andrewswift2727]

@@TheHistoryGuyChannel I'm a philosophy professor at St, Ambrose who was hired by the University along with a bunch of brand new PhD's in 1989 - 1991 and Richard was one of the old guard legends who went out of his way to welcome me. I remember one time after class one of my students keep going on and on about how one of my colleagues was "the smartest person he's every met," and kept going on and on heaping further praise on the person without mention his/her name. I initially resisted the urge to ask who it was just in case he'd name someone that would make me laugh and I didn't want to do that but I finally broke down and he told me it was Richard. I remember thinking it was an excellent so I asked him why he thought he was so smart and I'll NEVER forget his answer: "Because I don't understand ANYTHING he says" which I thought was a hilariously delightful answer and the student responded to my bemusement by saying "He's NOT like you" which I thought was hilarious and I didn't interpret as a knock. I told Richard the story, he LOVED it and for the rest of his life (he passed away about ten years ago) he told EVERYBODY that story with GREAT delight. I miss him. Thanks again for your videos and take care of yourself.

[@lucyalderman422]

Dandelions don’t grow in Jamaica therefore they won’t be in most tropical countries

[@garycarpenter6433]

A BBQ cult is better than a religious cult

[@Itsfineweerallfine]

PREACH!

[@johngregg5735]

I can think of no better to BBQ than my Weber. It's the grill of my dreams

[@figmo397]

If you haven't already done so, you might want to do an entire episode on the history of Levittown(s). There's the original in NY, then there was one in PA, and finally one in NJ, which later voted to change its name to Willingboro.

[@soulstrength]

I was actually looking for a video for Juneteenth from the History Guy. I was a bit disappointed seeing that it too it history that deserves to be remembered. I'm even more disappointed that I wasn't taught its significance in school. The first time I heard of Juneteenth was about 30 years ago while I was getting ready for work. The radio station I was listening to had a "today in history" segment and they were highlighting the event. So glad it's now recognized as a federal holiday.

[@c.rutherford]

Juneteenth is really a Texas holiday, it was the only State that still had slavery at that time. I get the idea of a special black independence day but States like Vermont for instance outlawed slavery in 1777, 12 years before they even signed on to the U.S. Constitution. Making it a Federal "we freed the slaves today!" holiday gives a misleading picture imo.

[@soulstrength]

@@c.rutherford I can definitely understand that sentiment. It's safe to say that it started in Galveston, TX, but didn't remain there due to migration, word of mouth, and other factors. I feel Juneteenth is important nationally because it marks the end of a horrific era in American history, and thus, deserves to be remembered and celebrated, if one chooses. BTW, thank you for the Vermont information...I didn't know they abolished slavery that early on. I've always wanted to visit Vermont because of its picturesque landscape, but you've spurred me to visit for historical reasons. 🤗

[@c.rutherford]

@@soulstrength :)

[@RomediusWeiss]

I earned my first money that I was allowed to spend by picking young dendalion plants, at an age when the bud in the mittle is not fully greened yet. We sold it to local restaurants.

[@tomtheplummer7322]

Barbacoa 😋

[@claudemills1961]

Thoroughly enjoyed, aa usual!

[@Recycledpart]

I thought the title said the history of hot guy summer 😂

[@HM2SGT]

Dandelions are pretty! I've never understood why people find them so offensive, but these are the same people that get fixated on having a Superior Lawn which is the most ridiculous, Sisyphusian tasks on the planet!

[@cbroz7492]

...I cut enough grass a a kid to never want a house of my own...didn't own a house until I was 59...now I pay to get the lawn mowed

[@cbroz7492]

...I used'ta use a push mower when I was a young boy...

[@TheStuport]

@@cbroz7492 Same Here! My Military Dad said our push blade mower would give me muscles AND discipline! As a kid I absolutely disagreed with him. As an Adult Kid, I'm grateful for the "Teaching Lessons" I learned as I went back and forth on our lawns! Cheers cbroz!

[@einzelgalger52223]

I think you meant "Sisyphean" task.

[@tomtheplummer7322]

Derived from Sisyphus. Darn boulder 😖

[@TheCosmicGuy0111]

Cool

[@tomtheplummer7322]

😏

[@longfootbuddy]

willy burnside invented summer in 1952

[@davidkimmel4216]

Interesting

[@dziban303]

Y'all heard the fart at 1:02 right?

[@eatiegourmet1015]

One at a time... 1. Lawns. Hate them. Hate mowing them, hate that my neighbors are so prideful about theirs and how not a single weed grows there thanks to the many poisons they liberally spray. Mine is green, but almost totally weeds, and I like it that way. Most of the weeds are edible -- dandelion, chickweed, purslane ... but the rabbits and honeybees thrive on the clover and dandelion flowers, the monarch larva on the milk weed that I let grow amidst the shrubbery... 2. Barbecue. I still think it is pronounced Ta- EE- no. Other than that, Very nice presentation on Barbecue! I especially appreciate that you covered the regional differences of "barbecue" in the US. Heck, when I was in North Carolina (1990s) no two towns seemed to use the same sauce, each was 'unique' to that place. 3. Ice. Aw, THAT was a Fantastic presentation! I did not know most of that! (I'll be watching that segment a few more times!) 4. Weeds. HA!! And we come Full Circle!! I love dandelions! The young, tender leaves in early spring are nicely sharpish in a salad, (not unlike arugula), and I still make a mixed greens soup (as my Mom and Grandmom did), from February through about April. The dandelion wine I've made a few times over the years was passable. I value the plant. I especially enjoyed your summation of this "pernicious weed brought by the settler's", (as I've heard it called). Thanks for this! It's Dog Day summer evening here, and I enjoyed this video, came at just the right time!

[@ToyInsanity]

Thanks for sharing.

[@KevinKnightCanDance]

Dandelion roots tea was used as medicine to cure diseases of liver. Doctor Quinn medicine Woman

[@williampitzer5534]

It to,will pass..😃💨

[@MicjaelBrooks]

Wood steering wheel? C'mon man. Wood wheels .

[@alanmoffat4454]

THIS IS A N ICE SET OF STORYS .😊

[@tomtheplummer7322]

😏

[@jeffreysuda1765]

I listen to your videos before i fall asleep. I make it to the end. If i ever dream of bowties, im done with this channel

[@merlinwizard1000]

28th, 19 June 2023

[@annekabrimhall1059]

So we take valuable land cover with something that’s not as good for the local environment, use unhealthy chemicals, and water that would be spent better elsewhere. Then we injure ourselves, complain about having to cut it and that people don’t know how to care for their lawns. INSTEAD, we should teach people how to grow their own trees and food to cool down the neighborhood and use less water, bring back native species and feed the poor.

[@annekabrimhall1059]

I’m a bit sensitive about the subject!

[@c.rutherford]

As a northern guy trapped in a global warming world summer is increasingly more a thing of endurance. Coming on the most hated time of the year where AC is basically life support. Three more months and the worst is over 🥵🔥

[@PhilEbel]

You forgot the push lawn mower, Mother was from S, Dakota and I grew up in sw colorado, near 70.

[@Makeshift_Mulder]

Now that I know a GI could get a $400 house in 1947, I will never be listening to an elderly person's nonsense about how "hard" they had it ever again...

[@nonoyorbusness]

When you earned $10 a week!?

[@mauricedavis2160]

You do realize how hard it was to earn $400.00, back in 1947... exactly!!!🙏🤔❣️

[@bradleydriggs6454]

Consider that the house would have been around 600 sq ft had 1 bath no garage and probably 3 bedrooms. The median income was about 3000 a year and the work week was 60 hrs or more. Might put things in perspective.

[@wandasimons3305]

My dad was a GI in the forties. He made $3000.00 a year. Yeah, we had it hard.

[@rosalindr4975]

A GI had to go to war for us so they deserved a break.