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To: Liaison

Shades of 1659 when the telegraph lines melted. Imagine what that would do now.


12 posted on 07/15/2022 7:46:50 PM PDT by oldasrocks
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To: oldasrocks
“Imagine what that would do now”

Hasten the collapse by one or two years, lol.

17 posted on 07/15/2022 8:00:44 PM PDT by Born in 1950 (Anti left, nothing else.)
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To: oldasrocks

I won’t say it but you know I’m thinking it


18 posted on 07/15/2022 8:02:23 PM PDT by griswold3 (When chaos serves the State, the State will encourage chaos.)
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To: oldasrocks

It’ll probably be fine, I’m sure that’ll never happen again.


20 posted on 07/15/2022 8:04:03 PM PDT by Sarcazmo ("Sarcasm is the highest form of wit" ~ O. Wilde)
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To: oldasrocks

The 1659 telegraph lines were made of wax and melted on a hot day.


28 posted on 07/15/2022 8:18:36 PM PDT by Rebelbase (Joe Biden, VOTUS. Vegetable of the United States.)
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To: oldasrocks
>>1659

First thing the Pilgrims did upon landing at Plymouth Rock was to establish a reliable telegraph network.

33 posted on 07/15/2022 8:30:20 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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To: oldasrocks
Shades of 1659 when the telegraph lines melted.

Wow. Telegraph lines melted and they weren't even invented till 1843. That's a powerful flare.

35 posted on 07/15/2022 8:43:33 PM PDT by ladyjane
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