Posted on 03/29/2005 7:05:45 AM PST by dead
You are a Freeper after my own heart.
Why is it the further our nation continues, the worse our educational system seems to be? I point no fingers at the usual suspects (government,teachers,etc) but place blame where It truly belongs, on us. The public, the parents, the voters.
A poster the other day, on one of the 'hot' threads, stated something like, "protest has never done any good."
I guess the Boston Tea Party is something they think was a Debutante China Party.
When archeologists conclude there were no civilizations beyond a certain time period, and that we are the most advanced, I really wonder.
Maybe there were, and they were more advanced. But , like us, they foolishly allowed the knowledge to perish.
Unless the land you are on is only 4' above sea level.
It's not the height of the wave, it's the length of the wave, the water just keeps coming.
Good point.
The servants had to work on Christmas Day but had the 26th off to visit their families. They were given a box with presents and food to take with them, per an Aussie friend.
"But , like us, they foolishly allowed the knowledge to perish."
Apparently nobody remembers how to make a coffee pot spout that can pour worth a damn, anymore!
Your Aussie friend has got it right, I think.
"Two weeks ago an expert warned Sumatra to expect another quake. Yesterday he was proved right. Richard Macey and Deborah Smith report."
Experts predict this stuff all the time, but they only make the news the 1% of the time they are right; when they're wrong, no one cares.
That's why I don't drink coffee.
Is this a sex thread?
The number of (earthquakes that occur each day divided by the size of the earth/percentage under water)+d*recent activity=easy guess.
Was that the one where Klinger and Zayle(sp?) got into a fight and they decided to sort it out by boxing, from the later years w/ Col. Potter?
Also consider what a 10" wave ripping under your boat at 500 mph would do. The boat's bottom would become splinters in a split second.
I wonder how much of it went into somebodys pocket.
...isn't it funny how most people middle-age and older seem to know and understand more about the world and its customs than today's youth..
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How right you are! I am a product of Catholic education, as well, but I went to grade school during the 1950s.
Your explanation of Boxing Day is correct.
It's when you also start on the cold turkey sandwiches and perhaps go beagling !
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