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Lived in Richmond also
Hopkins Medical school used to (they still might) have a yearly symposium where they looked at an old chart and diagnosed the patient after the fact. The patient usually turned out to be a famous historical figure. Like Abe Lincoln and Marfan's or JFK and Addison's
It looks like I conflated my memory of JHU doing that and the actual doctors that did it, but here's a link to a short article on it: http://www.umm.edu/news-and-events/news-releases/1996/edgar-allan-poe-mystery
I never knew ravens carried rabies. Maybe they stopped after that and just said, "nevermore."
The Battle of the Sexes in 1973. There's a movie coming out starring Emma Stone and Steve Carell.http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/king-triumphs-in-battle-of-sexes
I wonder how much the movie will feature about the Riggs win against Margaret Court Smith? Riggs crushed her and she was a better all around player than King. I went to an all boys high school. Was the only one thought King Would win. Figured she played more like a man. Of course this has a baseball connection as Billie Jean's brother pitched for the Giants.
One of the signs that you are a geezer is when they make movies about historical events that you remember watching on TV.
One of the signs that you are a geezer is when they make movies about historical events that you were involved in.
Are you watching the PBS series on Vietnam ?I have a different geezer measure - if you start singing to music played in the stores (such as Giant, Macy's, Lowes, etc), you must be old.
I’m watching it. It’s fascinating even though I wasn’t alive for any of it.
FIFY
The total irony of Vietnam is that standing in the CBD of Ho Chi Minh City today, one could easily think that they were in Singapore. Gucci, Versace, tapas bars with imported iberico ham, expensive cars parked on the street. Dominoes indeed.
