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To: Simon Green

The earth is not perfectly spherical - it is somewhat... flattened.

2 posted on 02/01/2019 1:28:51 AM PST by BeauBo

To: BeauBo

The earth is not perfectly spherical - it is somewhat... flattened.
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True. It WANTS to be FLAT. ;-)

22 posted on 02/01/2019 3:46:56 AM PST by House Atreides (Boycott the NFL 100% Â— PERMANENT)

To: BeauBo

I believe the term is “oblate spheroid” ... which coincidentally might describe my middle-age midsection, but I’m working on it...

38 posted on 02/01/2019 5:20:50 AM PST by ThunderSleeps ( Be ready!)

To: BeauBo

The earth is not perfectly spherical - it is somewhat... flattened.

I was going to accuse you of being somewhat pedantic, but then...I saw what you did there.

Well played.

40 posted on 02/01/2019 6:00:36 AM PST by Quality_Not_Quantity (Even my cat voted Republican)

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