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Posted on 06/17/2009 9:01:50 AM PDT by neverdem
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To: Red in Blue PA
I attended a lecture by Buckminster Fuller many years ago.
at which he held up a 12” world globe and explained to us
that the difference between the Challenger deep and the top of Mt. Everest was equal to the thickness of ink on the globe. Something I’ve never forgotten.
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posted on
06/17/2009 9:49:12 AM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: Jonah Hex
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posted on
06/17/2009 9:55:11 AM PDT
by
onedoug
To: Red in Blue PA
I remember reading some years ago that if you dropped a bowling ball into the Pacific Ocean over the Marianas Trench,
it would take an hour and five minutes for it to reach the bottom.
I don't think I can even comprehend that kind of depth.
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posted on
06/17/2009 10:21:11 AM PDT
by
Alberta's Child
(God is great . . . beer is good . . . and people are crazy.)
To: Alberta's Child
I would think it would take much longer than that!
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posted on
06/17/2009 10:23:36 AM PDT
by
Red in Blue PA
(If guns cause crime, then all of mine are defective!)
To: tet68
I attended a lecture by Buckminster Fuller many years ago. at which he held up a 12 world globe and explained to us that the difference between the Challenger deep and the top of Mt. Everest was equal to the thickness of ink on the globe. Something Ive never forgotten. Yes, a vivid perspective isn't it? A similar example I recall was a professor that held up a billiard ball, saying that if it were expanded to the size of the earth its surface imperfections would be mountains and canyons many times the size of those of the earth.
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posted on
06/17/2009 10:33:38 AM PDT
by
Ramius
(Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
To: colorado tanker
Yeah but it sure would be a...
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posted on
06/17/2009 10:50:10 AM PDT
by
Young Werther
(Julius Caesar (Quae Cum Ita Sunt. Since these things are so.))
To: neverdem
To: Young Werther
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posted on
06/17/2009 12:18:26 PM PDT
by
colorado tanker
("Lastly, I'd like to apologize for America's disproportionate response to Pearl Harbor . . . ")
To: Young Werther
Welch!
The rest of the post was Racquel!
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posted on
06/17/2009 2:15:02 PM PDT
by
Young Werther
(Julius Caesar (Quae Cum Ita Sunt. Since these things are so.))
To: Puppage
LOL.
I didn't expect a HT pic on this thread.
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posted on
06/17/2009 2:17:28 PM PDT
by
SIDENET
("Join me or die. Can you do any less?" -Mr. Sparkle)
To: Puppage
That was uncalled for, and frankly, almost as mysterious as THIS:
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posted on
06/17/2009 5:21:46 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
To: Ramius
Yes, a vivid perspective isn't it? A similar example I recall was a professor that held up a billiard ball, saying that if it were expanded to the size of the earth its surface imperfections would be mountains and canyons many times the size of those of the earth. I remember hearing the same example somewhere.
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06/18/2009 12:58:58 AM PDT
by
neverdem
(Xin loi minh oi)
To: Puppage
Lord I am so tired of Helen Thomas pics shoved into threads that are totally unrelated to anything political. In political threads too, but especially in these other threads that you can’t even pretend a connection.
The joke wasn’t that funny to start with, but has since been totally run in the ground.
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posted on
06/18/2009 12:59:01 AM PDT
by
tlb
To: tlb
The joke wasnt that funny to start withNext time I'll be sure to check with you first, ok? What else don't you like? It's all about you so I want to make sure your taken care of.
xxoo
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posted on
06/18/2009 5:30:55 AM PDT
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Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: Puppage
>>>Next time I’ll be sure to check with you first, ok?
And I appreciate that. Year after year of obsessively mocking an old woman’s looks, usually in discussions that don’t have a darn thing to do with her, is such classless low-rent behavior that any consideration has to be for the better. Good for you.
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posted on
06/18/2009 6:09:26 AM PDT
by
tlb
To: El Gato; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Robert A. Cook, PE; lepton; LadyDoc; jb6; tiamat; PGalt; Dianna; ...
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posted on
06/18/2009 1:49:08 PM PDT
by
neverdem
(Xin loi minh oi)
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