learing from other blogers

The first post I read was Daniel’s, about firefighting.  I learned a lot about the normal characteristics of what was a fireman: Catholic, working class, and Irish.  I was also interested to find out that it was strictly voluntary and there were no standard safety precautions taken till later on.  From Eliot’s I learned about the Black Sox scandal.  I did not realize that the World Series in 1919 was fixed.  I also learned about the players, and how the scandal was handled in court etc.  On John’s blog, I really enjoyed thinking about electricity in a different way.  To know that people overtime went from taking a natural form of energy and directing it in a way that would allow life’s tasks to be simplified is increadible.