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To: NittanyLion
It's always interesting to read these threads. You get the sense that if the world's views reflected those of many people on this thread, Columbus never would have sailed. Alan Shepard would never have taken his ride. Ernest Shackleton and Edmund Hillary would be unknowns. Chuck Yeager would have stuck to driving his car. And the list goes on.

Well said. The Lewis and Clark Expedition also comes to mind -- never would have gotten off the ground.

218 posted on 12/17/2006 8:31:32 AM PST by randita
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To: randita
The Lewis and Clark Expedition also comes to mind -- never would have gotten off the ground.

They would have never gotten Oregonized...

230 posted on 12/17/2006 8:43:32 AM PST by null and void (You might as well do something big, because doing something small is just as hard ~ Larry Bock)
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To: randita
Well said. The Lewis and Clark Expedition also comes to mind -- never would have gotten off the ground.

Alan Shepard, Ernest Shackleton, Chuck Yeager and the members of the expedition were not endangering anyone else's lives.
231 posted on 12/17/2006 8:44:12 AM PST by Man50D (Fair Tax , you earn it , you keep it!)
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To: randita
Columbus never would have sailed in Hurricane season.
Chuck Yeager would have stuck to driving his car after completing his sentence for drunk driving.

Yep. Reading these threads is an amazing exercise, alright.

394 posted on 12/18/2006 4:21:38 AM PST by L,TOWM (Liberals, The Other White Meat [This is some nasty...])
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