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 From:  Rowan   13 Jan 2005 00:09 
 To:  MrTrent      1889 of 2579 
2226.1889 In reply to 2226.1886 

You're just a fountain of time-travel knowledge, you.

 

Speaking of which, I bet the critics of Paris soon wished they had a time-machine in 1889, when they declared the newly inaugurated Eiffel Tower to be aesthetically displeasing. Lawks!
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 From:  Rowan   13 Jan 2005 00:13 
 To:  Rowan      1890 of 2579 
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Indeed, they were so embarassed, they were inclined to walk the streets with their heads hidden inside cardboard boxes, as conveniently invented by Robert Gair, in 1890.

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 From:  Rowan   13 Jan 2005 00:16 
 To:  Rowan      1891 of 2579 
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With the cardboard box, of course, came incredibly-hard-to-tear-cardboard-box-tape. This was no obstacle, however, as the Swiss Army quickly came to everyone's aid by producing their handy new Knife.

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 From:  dyl   13 Jan 2005 00:52 
 To:  Rowan      1892 of 2579 
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The newly discovered element of argon unfortunately proves to be useless for making knives out of.

 

However Edison has just patented the TWO WAY TELEGRAPH! Telephone conversations no longer neccesitate the participants having their speaking and listening devices transported between each others' locations repeatedly.

 

This is going to get a lot more interesting around post number 2006.
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 From:  THERE IS NO GOD BUT (RENDLE)   13 Jan 2005 08:49 
 To:  dyl      1893 of 2579 
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Razors pain you;
Rivers are damp;
Acids stain you;
And drugs cause cramp.
Guns aren't lawful;
Nooses give;
Gas smells awful;
You might as well live.

Dorothy Parker (1893 - 1967)

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 From:  Rowan   13 Jan 2005 10:09 
 To:  THERE IS NO GOD BUT (RENDLE)      1894 of 2579 
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Might as well live to see the first bottle of Coca Cola produced, in 1894.

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 From:  THERE IS NO GOD BUT (RENDLE)   13 Jan 2005 10:13 
 To:  Rowan      1895 of 2579 
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Indeed. In fact, maybe it was discoveries like Coca Cola that Alfred Nobel had in mind in 1895 when he wrote his last will and testament dedicating his estate to the establishment of the Prize which bears his name. Which was lucky because...

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 From:  THERE IS NO GOD BUT (RENDLE)   13 Jan 2005 10:14 
 To:  THERE IS NO GOD BUT (RENDLE)      1896 of 2579 
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...he died in 1896.

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 From:  Rowan   13 Jan 2005 10:29 
 To:  THERE IS NO GOD BUT (RENDLE)      1897 of 2579 
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Unlike Mark Twain, who, the very next year, is quoted as saying "The report of my death was an exaggeration."

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 From:  Mouse   13 Jan 2005 11:32 
 To:  Rowan      1898 of 2579 
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Henry Moore, Northern Sculpturer who has an art gallery named after him Leeds, was born in this year on the 30th of July.

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 From:  MrTrent   13 Jan 2005 14:58 
 To:  Mouse      1899 of 2579 
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Just imagine, after a hard day's sculpting, you'd want to head off down to the pub, have a pint, and listen to the jukebox. Although it would help if you were in San Francisco in 1899, where the first jukebox was located.

MrTrent Try not to think too much.
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 From:  Kenny J (WINGNUTKJ)   13 Jan 2005 15:08 
 To:  MrTrent      1901 of 2579 
2226.1901 In reply to 2226.1899 

Racoon, my dear. You posted 1900 just before I did, which I'm rather displeased about. I've got a big stick, and i'm going to hit you with.

 

Vice-President Roosevelt would be proud of me, for in 1901, he coined the phrase "speak softly and carry a big stick".

Kenny
The Wisdom of Amazon Customer Reviews:
(Sudden Cardiac Arrest would be a bit redundant, anyway. I mean, in medical terms "sudden" is synonymous with "acute," which is the opposite of "chronic." It's not like anyone is in a state of CHRONIC Cardiac Arrest. That's called "dead." The closest thing would be Congestive Heart Failure, which can be either chronic or acute, and if that's something you need to worry about, then your doctor's already told you everything you need to know.)
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 From:  MrTrent   13 Jan 2005 15:22 
 To:  Kenny J (WINGNUTKJ)      1902 of 2579 
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Theodore Roosevelt is famous for refusing to shoot a bear, but i can't help but wonder if he was as squemish about Tigers. I would hope not because between 1902 and 1907, the same tiger killed 434 people in India.

MrTrent Try not to think too much.
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 From:  MrTrent   13 Jan 2005 15:33 
 To:  MrTrent      1903 of 2579 
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You can't help but wonder how much nicer the world would be if tigers ate peanuts instead of people. It's not as if there's a limited number of things they could do with them, as in 1903 some research was started at the Tuskeegee Institute, which eventually yielded over 300 uses for the peanut including cheese, mayonnaise, chili sauce, shampoo, bleach, axle grease, linoleum and ice cream.

MrTrent Try not to think too much.
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 From:  Rowan   13 Jan 2005 16:15 
 To:  MrTrent      1904 of 2579 
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Versatile though the peanut was justly found to be, it is of little use in a sinking ship. No, in such circumstances, you require that which internationally replaced CQD in 1904; you need SOS.

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 From:  Rowan   13 Jan 2005 16:20 
 To:  Rowan      1905 of 2579 
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Even SOS, however, is inappropriate if you manage to avoid sinking, only to find yourself in the midst of a mutiny, as you would if you were stationed on the Battleship Potemkin 1905. Of course, if you didn't mutiny, your captain would have made you eat the rotten meat, and then everyone would have become violently sick, and you'd have sailed into some unseen rocks, or something. And /then/ you'd need SOS. Or a peanut.

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 From:  Rowan   13 Jan 2005 16:29 
 To:  Rowan      1906 of 2579 
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Of course not even a battleship (even a mutinous Comunist one) could have saved the 'Irish Crown Jewels' from being mysteriously stolen in 1906.

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 From:  Rowan   13 Jan 2005 16:32 
 To:  Rowan      1907 of 2579 
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Clearly an era for theft, 1907 saw the first and only train robbery in Sweden, and daylight robbery become commonplace the world over, as the first taxis were fitted with meters.

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 From:  Kenny J (WINGNUTKJ)   13 Jan 2005 17:03 
 To:  Rowan      1908 of 2579 
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Such thefts need to be investigated. If only there were some kind of bureau which dealt with investigations. It wouldn't even have to be federal or anything.

 

How handy! In 1908, the Bureau of Investigation, forerunner of the FBI was founded. And there was much rejoicing (mainly in India, where they'd caught that tiger).

Kenny
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(Sudden Cardiac Arrest would be a bit redundant, anyway. I mean, in medical terms "sudden" is synonymous with "acute," which is the opposite of "chronic." It's not like anyone is in a state of CHRONIC Cardiac Arrest. That's called "dead." The closest thing would be Congestive Heart Failure, which can be either chronic or acute, and if that's something you need to worry about, then your doctor's already told you everything you need to know.)
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