Let's talk about them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Dexter
Let's get him out of the way.
Because he was largely uneducated, his business sense was considered peculiar. He was inspired to send warming pans (used to heat sheets in the cold New England winters) for sale to the West Indies, a tropical area. His captain sold them as ladles for the local molasses industry and made a good profit.[3][unreliable source?] Next, Dexter sent wool mittens to the same place, where Asian merchants bought them for export to Siberia.[1]
>>1283941
I was just thinking about posting him and saying "let's get him out of the way"
>>1283946
picrelated
Tesla was proper nuts as well. He fell in love with a pigeon.
"I have been feeding pigeons, thousands of them for years. But there was one, a beautiful bird, pure white with light grey tips on its wings; that one was different. It was a female. I had only to wish and call her and she would come flying to me.
I loved that pigeon as a man loves a women, and she loved me. As long as I had her, there was a purpose to my life. "
>>1283941
Just read the link and had a good laugh.
My dearest S. How little you know me,
as if I ever cared about marriages.
Go suckle your babies and don't bother me,
I like my girls from 10 to 16, allowing of 18
as long as they're not in love with anybody
but me. I've got some darlings of 8
just now, and my Pigwiggina here,
who fetches my wood
and is learning to play my bells.
-Letter to Lady Jane Simon from John Ruskin, 1886
