Bob Ackley wrote in a message to Roger Nelson:

 BA> I thought there were only two kinds of yankees, ordinary yankees
 BA> and d*mn yankees.

And yangees -- the origin of the name.

 BA> Ordinary yankees being the ones who visit the south and leave
 BA> (hopefully lots of) their money, d*mn yankees being the ones who 
 BA> go south for a visit and *stay* there.

You have a clue as to how the yankees won the civil war -- a war in which
old men talked while young men died.  Besides, the yankees were fighting
downhill.


Regards,

Roger 
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