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Re: The Flat Earth?

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From: Thomas S. Zemanian
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 1995 00:00
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In article <3n9gdm$8ap@starman.convex.com>, schumach@convex.com (Richard
A. Schumacher) wrote:

> In <O1iblelgYjV9079yn@calvados.apna.org.au>
shelter@calvados.apana.org.au (Madhudvisa) writes:
> 
> 
> >   This is a lot better because it makes the whole Northern Hemisphere
> >   exactly as we have observed it... Things only get tricky when you
> >   go "down under". We now have a North Pole exactly as we have
> >   observed it and we also have a South Pole -- which is no longer a
> >   point but a rugged icey mountainous region surrounding the whole
> >   planet. If you think about it there hasn't been so much exploration
> >   down there -- there's really no reason to go there. There are some
> >   Antarctic weather and research stations down there but that's about
> >   it.
> 
> This is a troll, right? The South Pole has been continuously occupied
> since 1958. It's the _North_ Pole which is only occasionally visited.

Oh yeah?  Care to identify the factory that makes all those toys that show
up in my living room every December?

--Tom

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From: ts_zemanian@pnl.gov (Thomas S. Zemanian)
Subject: Re: The Flat Earth?
Date: 1995/04/22
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