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Joseph-
DuodecimallyPosted 6 years ago # -
ICOT- are you making fun of me?
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Esther1-
Absolutely not!
I'm saying I'm in the same boat, forgetting that Nixon lost in 1960.Posted 6 years ago # -
anon for this-
That's a very interesting question - I'd like to hear the answer.
Until then, my guess: Nevada, because it gets its juice from the Hoover dam?Posted 6 years ago # -
anon - cali? random guess but cuz of earthquakes?
and btw BYM said she's limiting her time on this site. so gurss that means we're not gonna be seeing her as much.
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Who were the only two sitting vice presidents to be elected to the presidency?
answer:john Adams and George H. Bushi'll miss bym!!! so sad!!!!
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Texas? I once heard that and in my mind I was thinking of the LONE star state.
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ok: which president issued the most pardons? how many?
which president issued the least? how many?Posted 6 years ago # -
We can eliminate a few:
New York, New Jersey, Ohio (NY and NJ were affected by the blackout a few years ago, caused by a toppled tree in OH).
California (it bought its electricity from out-of-state brokers, causing the crisis that toppled Gray Davis).Esther1-
Texas is the lone star state because it was an independent country for a short time, with one (lone) star and two stripes on its flag.
(My appologies if you were insulted before - I was only poking fun at myself.)Posted 6 years ago # -
ICOT- I'm sorry if my earlier post wasn't clear. I meant that this was my way of remembering this piece of info, not that this was the reason Texas is called the lone star state. And don't worry, I'm really not offended:)
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brooklyn19: your question may lead to a political war around here!!!
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lol ok here's a hint that'll steer away from war: Bush is not either of them. this is pure HISTORY, NOT current events!
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Joseph-
The following, used in the sentence below, is probably not a word (although I think it should be, since triskaidekaphobia is).
If it was a word, I suspect it might be an all-time champion.
"Must I buy eggs in boxes of a dozen?" he shuddered, duodecaphobically.What's your word?
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Esther1 got it right. The power grid which covers 3/4 of Texas is largely isolated from the rest of the contiguous US & Mexico. Today there are a few small direct current transmission lines, but these are different from the large-capacity alternating currect lines that would be needed to connect the state to the power grid.
The grid originally was completely isolated, and was designed that way to avoid federal oversight of the grid. The interconnected power grids in the other 48 states are under the jurisdiction of FERC, the Federal Electric Regulatory Commission (Texas's DC connection lines with other states are under FERC's jurisdiction though). The Texas grid, except for the DC ties, are only under the jurisdiction of the state public utility commission. Of course this wouldn't have been possible if Texas didn't have sufficient sources of power generation inside the state, including two nuclear power plants and many natural gas and oil plants.
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ICOT -
Geat words! The one I had in mind was fluoridation.
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Does anyone know any word that does have another word rhyming?
"orange" is an example...
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noitallmr-
Do you mean a word that does NOT have a rhyme?
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nothing rhymes with 'purple'
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Esther1- Yeah sorry I should have written it better!
Does anyone know of any word that does NOT have a rhyme???
1) Orange
2) Purple (Thanx lakewoodwife)Any more?
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argue
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est
how many feet are in a mile?Posted 6 years ago # -
anon for this-
Very interesting - thanks for the info.Joseph-
Thank you.
"fluoridation" was not one that I thought of, but "Mrs. Try" came up with "fluorescence".noitallmr-
Silver is another non-rhymer (why all the colors - er, colours on the list?)Posted 6 years ago # -
What is James Naismith famous for inventing? In what year did he invent it?
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oh i know THIS one!! (courtesy of three brothers lol) he invented basketball, i think in the 1890s....?
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brooklyn- It's 5,280 feet in a mile.
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James Naismith invented the sport of BASKET BALL!! i think in the early 1900s?
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sorry- didn't see that bym got it first!!
-i've got a house full of bros too!!Posted 6 years ago # -
Bais Yaakov maydel:
welcome back!!! you were missed!!!!Posted 6 years ago # -
lol k question, what teams does the CR go for? (baseball, basketball, hockey, football...)
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nice BYM it was 1891
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bym---i dont know if u saw- but i think it was on this thread-we asked where uve been -so we missed ya
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I think basketball was originally invented as a winter sport, being that it can be played indoors. BYM and xerox-is that correct?
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i'm not sure about the winter part but i think that the game originally was created to be an indoor game.
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What structure was known as "Galloping Gertie"?
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FOOTBALL, FOOTBALL, AND ONLY FOOTBALL!
This is the one decent sport in the world! Any supporters out there?
ICOT- "(why all the colors - er, colours on the list?)"
In the U.S do you write "colors"??? We write "colours"...
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The structure collapsed. Was it a bridge?
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anon for this-
The Tacoma Narrows bridge, which galloped off into the sunset in a severe windstorm in the 1940's.
The book "To Engineer is Human" (recommended) does a good job of explaining the design flaw in detail for the layman.
I'm sure it's taught in Engineering 101.Posted 6 years ago # -
I can only try,
are you saying that all colors don't have rhyming words?
red-lead
yellow-mellow
green-mean
blue-who
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noitallmr-
Correct.intellegent-
Indigo
I know, I know
I meant Silver, Purple and of course Orange
It only rhymes with a kludge like door hinge
Off the spectrum there's ultraviolet
My hair is messy, I've got to style itPosted 6 years ago # -
Xerox- I googled James Naismith and here's what I found:
"James Naismith invented basketball as a sport to play indoors during the cold Massachusetts winters."
Biography of Canadian James Naismith who invented basketball.
By Mary Bellis, About.comPosted 6 years ago # -
The film of the Tacoma Narrows bridge collapse is a staple of high school physics classes, a graphic illustration of the importance of analyzing natural frequency & resonance in designing structures (everyone got off the bridge in time).
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anon for this-
"(everyone got off the bridge in time)" - except one dog.Posted 6 years ago # -
ICOT, true. But that's hardly the same as a person dying. And if the reporter would have shown more common sense, the dog (and the vehicle it was in) would've survived too.
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anon for this-
You win :)
The car bouncing up and down on the bridge made the clip a lot more dramatic.
The book explained that the primary reason the bridge bounced so much once the wind caused the bridge to undulate at the right frequency, was the fact that the bridge was basically constructed as a ribbon, with no depth to give it added rigidity.Posted 6 years ago # -
what does E pluribus unum mean and where can you find those words?
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Which author published books under in every major category of the Dewey Decimal system, except philosophy?
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brooklyn19-
"From many, one"
It is legelly required to be present on all US coins, as is "Liberty" and "In G-d We Trust" (coins and currency for the latter)Posted 6 years ago # -
anon for this-
Asimov?
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actually, i believe it's not on the dime
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