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Article #4396Re: The Flat Earth?
From: Thomas S. Zemanian
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 1995 00:00
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 -- The opinions expressed herein are mine and mine alone. Keep your filthy hands off 'em!
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f66d0,bd5c6f53c27c37d X-Google-Attributes: gidf66d0,public X-Google-Thread: f44bc,bd5c6f53c27c37d X-Google-Attributes: gidf44bc,public X-Google-Thread: fc158,bd5c6f53c27c37d X-Google-Attributes: gidfc158,public X-Google-Thread: 10f18e,bd5c6f53c27c37d X-Google-Attributes: gid10f18e,public X-Google-Thread: 1038c2,bd5c6f53c27c37d X-Google-Attributes: gid1038c2,public X-Google-Thread: f74ae,bd5c6f53c27c37d X-Google-Attributes: gidf74ae,public X-Google-Thread: 10b363,bd5c6f53c27c37d X-Google-Attributes: gid10b363,public From: ts_zemanian@pnl.gov (Thomas S. Zemanian) Subject: Re: The Flat Earth? Date: 1995/04/22 Message-ID: <ts_zemanian-2204950941540001@ts_zemanian.pnl.gov> X-Deja-AN: 101382032 references: <O1iblelgYjV9079yn@calvados.apna.org.au> <3n9gdm$8ap@starman.convex.com> organization: Battelle PNL newsgroups: sci.astro,talk.origins,sci.anthropology,alt.sci.physics.new-theories,sci.skeptic,aus.religion,alt.religion.christian