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Walleye

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3. Tennyson said it best. 170 years ago

Reply to Beachnutt (Original post)

Tue Mar 17, 2026, 09:31 AM

Yesterday

“Forward, the Light Brigade!”
Was there a man dismayed?
Not though the soldier knew
Someone had blundered.
Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do and die.
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.

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