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Article #4413Re: The Flat Earth?
From: Michael L. Siemon
Date: Thu, 11 May 1995 00:00
Date: Thu, 11 May 1995 00:00
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In article <INGRIA.95May11144650@konitz.bbn.com>, ingria@BBN.COM wrote: +In article <3ot3qu$pqh@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu> bill@clyde.as.utexas.edu (William H. Jefferys) writes: + The only "platygaeanist" to have posted (and I think he + coined the term) was an early troller named Bret Trolly, + I think. + +Bret Joly (sp?), if I remember correctly. Soemthing like that -- but he .sigged a "pronunciation" something like Bo^ret Trolley, which I think is what Bill was picking up on. He (and responses to his schtick) predominated in talk.origins for the first several passes I made over the group, back in '87 or '88 -- and the result was even more bizarre than our Velikovskyite infestations (but vastly more amusing than the current deluge of alt.nonsense cross-postings.) -- Michael L. Siemon (mls@panix.com) "Of course, we cannot guarantee our Bibles against normal wear and abuse." -- Oxford University Press
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f66d0,bd5c6f53c27c37d X-Google-Attributes: gidf66d0,public X-Google-Thread: fc158,bd5c6f53c27c37d X-Google-Attributes: gidfc158,public X-Google-Thread: f44bc,bd5c6f53c27c37d X-Google-Attributes: gidf44bc,public X-Google-Thread: f74ae,bd5c6f53c27c37d X-Google-Attributes: gidf74ae,public X-Google-Thread: 10b363,bd5c6f53c27c37d X-Google-Attributes: gid10b363,public X-Google-Thread: 1038c2,bd5c6f53c27c37d X-Google-Attributes: gid1038c2,public X-Google-Thread: 10f18e,bd5c6f53c27c37d X-Google-Attributes: gid10f18e,public From: mls@panix.com (Michael L. Siemon) Subject: Re: The Flat Earth? Date: 1995/05/11 Message-ID: <mls-1105952011460001@mls.dialup.access.net> X-Deja-AN: 102489910 references: <D7Ls4I.EwF@crash.cts.com> <1995Apr30.145323.16530@rosevax.rosemount.com> <3ooe2d$7mo@hplvec.lvld.hp.com> <3ori0u$83o@cronkite.cisco.com> <3ot3qu$pqh@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu> <INGRIA.95May11144650@konitz.bbn.com> organization: University of Ediacara newsgroups: sci.astro,talk.origins,sci.anthropology,alt.sci.physics.new-theories,sci.skeptic,aus.religion,alt.religion.christian