tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719380254523669458.post8977794317274536209..comments2024-02-07T10:24:50.882+00:00Comments on The Modern Historian: On this day in history: Balloonmania reached the United States, 1793Borkimanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09334367163579800571noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719380254523669458.post-54880755920560985082009-01-13T21:20:00.000+00:002009-01-13T21:20:00.000+00:00Thanks for the comments. Judging from them it seem...Thanks for the comments. Judging from them it seems that the 18thC balloon craze is now well and trully over.Borkimanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09334367163579800571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719380254523669458.post-64584227983967182202009-01-10T04:19:00.000+00:002009-01-10T04:19:00.000+00:00I wanted to book a short balloon ride for myself a...I wanted to book a short balloon ride for myself and my gf last Christmas - I looked around at different companies in our area and to hire one without sharing with about 12 other people all spilling champagne over each other would have cost as much as a ballooning holiday in Africa for 4 days - what a rip!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719380254523669458.post-75021839364290669552009-01-10T01:01:00.000+00:002009-01-10T01:01:00.000+00:00Just the other day, my wife and I were talking abo...Just the other day, my wife and I were talking about whether we would ever ride in hot air balloon.<BR/><BR/>After we thought of all the pros and cons, we decided, "No" was definitely the answer.Paul Eilershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03443012393151401891noreply@blogger.com