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An auction bargain for a boy: a $550 dinosaur horn
Associated Press ^
| June 25, 2004
| VERENA DOBNIK
Posted on 06/25/2004 10:15:06 AM PDT by presidio9
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posted on
06/25/2004 10:15:06 AM PDT
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presidio9
To: presidio9
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posted on
06/25/2004 10:23:19 AM PDT
by
Doctor Stochastic
(Vegetabilisch = chaotisch is der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
To: Doctor Stochastic
And the adults held back higher bids so the 6-year-old could win. I just posted this because I thought the fact that the adults did this was cute. but I guess I wouldn't feel that way if I was the seller...
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posted on
06/25/2004 10:26:37 AM PDT
by
presidio9
(Islam Is As Islam Does)
To: presidio9
If I were the seller, I wouldn't mind. Any kid that young with that serious of an interest deserves it. Plus the potential benefits of having that kid getting a life long career that could advance our understanding of history is well worth the price.
Remember, true richness isn't in how much money you have, it's how you positively impact those around you... especially those you love.
I hope that kid treasures that horn and I hope it inspires him to greatness.
Mike
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posted on
06/25/2004 10:31:43 AM PDT
by
BCR #226
To: BCR #226
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posted on
06/25/2004 11:02:00 AM PDT
by
ericthecurdog
("We are conservatives. This great Republican Party is our historical house. This is our home.")
To: BCR #226
Good for the seller and the others at the auction. Such a thing may just inspire this boy for a life long interest in science!
For me it was a teacher that took obvious joy in blowing things up that set me on the path to becoming a chemical engineer.
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posted on
06/25/2004 11:08:49 AM PDT
by
redgolum
To: presidio9
OR one can fine a horny dinosaur for $5.00 from Arkansas...
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posted on
06/25/2004 11:13:16 AM PDT
by
RandallFlagg
(<a href="http://www.michaelmoore.com" target="_blank">Hatriotism)
To: redgolum
You have no idea how hard I laughed when I read your statement. You gotta love inventive teachers!
Mike
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posted on
06/25/2004 11:27:47 AM PDT
by
BCR #226
To: presidio9
.... could be as old as "100 million thousand billion centuries!" Or maybe a zillion billion trillion......or maybe as old as Robt Byrd
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posted on
06/25/2004 11:45:16 AM PDT
by
San Jacinto
(Now who gets the deer....me or the dog?)
To: RandallFlagg
...or for $22.48 you can get a book by an Arkansas Horny Dinosaur.
To: Doctor Stochastic
...Occipitals, left or right or nasal horn, most likely, the F horn, the one used to say "Fook you", Theropods!!!
...Nice gesture by the bidders for that, Good on 'em...
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posted on
06/25/2004 12:29:24 PM PDT
by
gargoyle
(...Let them talk. I'll loan them my shovel to dig their own grave...)
To: redgolum
...In 12th grade, my chemistry teacher found me compounding carbon, sulpher, and potassium nitrate together. I lamely told him I was making fireworks for graduation. I lost the argument, disposed of it, and didn't get expelled. Igot saved and became a carpenter...%^)
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posted on
06/25/2004 12:38:35 PM PDT
by
gargoyle
(...Let them talk. I'll loan them my shovel to dig their own grave...)
To: gargoyle
LOL! My chemistry teacher in high gave us 85% of the method to make NITRO GLYCYRINE!! To bad he didn't TELL me that he left out a step. The look on his face when we had to explain just what caused the minor explosion was priceless!
He look horrified and said "You idiots! You forgot to.." Basically he was mad not because we tried to make nitro, but because we didn't think far enough ahead to figure out the missing step.
Like I said, he started me on my "better living through chemistry, and explosives" phase which I haven't quite grown out of yet.
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posted on
06/25/2004 12:48:56 PM PDT
by
redgolum
To: presidio9
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posted on
06/25/2004 1:14:41 PM PDT
by
hershey
To: presidio9
Five'll get you ten that this brat will be the leader of the pack before he's out of short pants.
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posted on
06/25/2004 1:14:59 PM PDT
by
Old Professer
(Interests in common are commonly abused.)
To: redgolum
Tell me, is there a liquid that will float on gasoline that is itself relatively non-volatile?
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posted on
06/25/2004 1:16:36 PM PDT
by
Old Professer
(Interests in common are commonly abused.)
To: gargoyle
Now you just play around with aluminum oxide granules, steel filings, wood glue and road flares, right?
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posted on
06/25/2004 1:18:18 PM PDT
by
Old Professer
(Interests in common are commonly abused.)
To: MediaMole
...Or for $17.95, you can get a fossilized legbone of the lesbian dinasaur; the lickalotapus.
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posted on
06/25/2004 1:19:28 PM PDT
by
RandallFlagg
(<a href="http://www.michaelmoore.com" target="_blank">Hatriotism)
To: redgolum
Start with dry steam, high voltage arcs and a condensing plate and a certain type of "saop."
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posted on
06/25/2004 1:20:22 PM PDT
by
Old Professer
(Interests in common are commonly abused.)
To: Old Professer
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posted on
06/25/2004 1:21:22 PM PDT
by
Old Professer
(Interests in common are commonly abused.)
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