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The TVClubHouse: General Discussions ARCHIVES: 2005 Dec. ~ 2006 Feb.: Free Expression: Fact or Crap?? (ARCHIVES): Archive through January 24, 2006 users admin

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Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Monday, January 23, 2006 - 6:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Fact. It's a lonnnngggggggg way from Missouri to California on horseback.

Prisonerno6
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08-31-2002

Monday, January 23, 2006 - 9:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Prisonerno6 a private message Print Post    
They changed riders, too.

Mamapors
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07-29-2004

Monday, January 23, 2006 - 9:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamapors a private message Print Post    
Crap---I also think it took longer.

Seamonkey
Moderator

09-07-2000

Monday, January 23, 2006 - 9:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Fact.

Konamouse
Member

07-16-2001

Monday, January 23, 2006 - 9:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Konamouse a private message Print Post    
Crap - they were faster.

'squeek'

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Monday, January 23, 2006 - 9:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Crap, I think it was quicker.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Monday, January 23, 2006 - 10:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Well, clearly there was crap involved.. horses and all..

Coco
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07-13-2000

Monday, January 23, 2006 - 11:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Coco a private message Print Post    
Crap

Heyltslori
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09-15-2001

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - 7:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Heyltslori a private message Print Post    
Fact

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - 7:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
And that was EXACTLY where I was goin' with that Max! Definitely Rainman. Yeah definitely. Rainman! <wink>

Terolyn
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05-06-2004

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - 8:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Terolyn a private message Print Post    
Fact... the crap was left on the trail by all those horses.

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - 10:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
Crap - I think it took longer.

Jeep
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10-17-2001

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - 11:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jeep a private message Print Post    
Crap - got there faster. Did not take that long.

Laralyn
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08-04-2005

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - 2:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Laralyn a private message Print Post    
Fact. I figure it takes 21 days to change a habit thats 3X7 think I read about 3 and 7 in the Bible somewhere) so therfore I think it took 21 days to change from missouri to California. Perfect logical thinking here.

Serenity
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06-28-2005

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - 2:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serenity a private message Print Post    
LOL Terolyn!!

I think it is fact.

Max
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08-12-2000

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - 2:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Max a private message Print Post    
Teriffic Tuesday To The FoCers! It's a beautiful sunny day here in the Northwest, without a cloud in the sky. Too bad I'm stuck behind this keyboard! ACK!

Anyway, yesterday's question was. . .

In 1860, was the average length of time for the Pony Express to deliver a letter from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, 21 days?

Here's what you said:
Fact 9
Crap 13


Of those who said CRAP...
6 said it took less than 21 days on average
3 said it took more than 21 days on average


Well, with a big YEE HAW for all the hardworking, hard-riding cowboys and cowgirls out there, here's the calendar's answer!

It's CRAP! "The average run of 1,966 miles took 10 days at nearly 200 miles per day. The fastest run was pulled off in 7 days, 17 hours by riders carrying Abraham Lincoln's inaugural address. There were approximately 150 stations between the two cities, each about 10 to 15 miles apart. A Pony Express rider would ride from station to station, changing horses in shifts of about 100 miles. The service, which began in April 1860, was short-lived: a year and a half later, the Pony Express was out of business, made obsolete by the telegraph."

Now, I have to say that I have a great deal of admiration for anyone who could ride that fast that far for that many days in a row and still walk at the end of it! I'm bettin' the bartenders served up a few shots of whiskey to those riders when they arrived.

However, I also must point out that I feel badly for the ponies who made those runs. Going 100 miles at pretty much a full-tilt boogie must have made those poor animals have very short life spans!

Sorry, no awards today. I've got too much typing to do already!!! :-)

So, onward we go for Tuesday, January 24, 2006.

Mice have ten times as many smell receptor genes as humans.

FACT or CRAP? Discuss!


Heyltslori
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09-15-2001

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - 2:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Heyltslori a private message Print Post    
Mouse crap.

Max
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08-12-2000

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - 2:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Max a private message Print Post    
Wow! That was fast! Shall we call you QuickDraw? :-)

Heyltslori
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09-15-2001

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - 3:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Heyltslori a private message Print Post    
If we stick with the theme of the question, I can be Speedy Gonzales!

Hermione69
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07-24-2002

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - 3:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
LOL!

I'm gonna say fact because their noses are so twitchy. What? That makes sense to me!

Vacanick
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07-12-2004

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - 3:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vacanick a private message Print Post    
Okay, twitchy noses ... good logic Hermi! I'll go with "fact" as well.

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - 3:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
I'm going with 'crap'. I think it's a heck of a lot more than 10 times what we have.

Jagger
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08-07-2002

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - 3:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jagger a private message Print Post    
gotta be a fact, those little mizers find every little crumb of food laying on my floor, they even eat through plastic, wood, plaster, wire and concrete just to get into my food. The least they could do is pay rent if they're going to move in with me.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - 3:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Eenie meenie minie moe... crap? fact?

I'm going with crap. I'm thinking "10 times" is a few times too many! (10 times is an awful lot!)

Lancecrossfire
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07-13-2000

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - 3:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lancecrossfire a private message Print Post    
I'm going with crap, because I'm thinking they can pick up smells, 50-100x better than we can. At least a lot of smells. There are things we can detect at 1 ppb (part per billion). That's pretty sensitive.

But there are many things we can't smell even if they are right under our noses.