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Heruka:
Growing up, we were able to go into the backyard and dig up fossils in our backyard. Kinda cool when you're a kid. Shells, fish, leaves all sorts of thing. And petrified wood. Lots of coal too.
(Wed Nov 7, 2001 - 10:06:57 am)

Cushca:
I love the thought of petrified wood.
(Wed Nov 7, 2001 - 10:07:56 am)

Out to the back of the Welker estate.
(Wed Nov 7, 2001 - 10:09:06 am)

Mrs Dr GB:
Petrified wood. Fabulous.
(Wed Nov 7, 2001 - 10:09:40 am)

Chewing Wax:
Petrified wood?
(Wed Nov 7, 2001 - 10:10:29 am)

Heruka:
We lived on an old swamp that had been partially drained. Unfortunately, some of the houses have suffered. My parents house sunk about a half foot in 30 years. Patio's, barns, driveways, they all sink. It's terrible.
(Wed Nov 7, 2001 - 10:12:28 am)

Mrs Dr GB:
But on the plus side: everyone thinks they're growing taller.
(Wed Nov 7, 2001 - 10:12:50 am)

Chewing Wax:
Mosquitos? Yellow fever?
(Wed Nov 7, 2001 - 10:13:15 am)

Mrs Dr GB:
I have a yellow fever certificate, of which I am very proud.
(Wed Nov 7, 2001 - 10:14:06 am)

Chewing Wax:
What is a yellow fever certificate?
(Wed Nov 7, 2001 - 10:19:14 am)

Decoy:
Petrified wood. Indeed.
(Wed Nov 7, 2001 - 10:23:29 am)

Mrs Dr GB:
Some countries won't let you in unless you've got a yellow fever certificate. So when you have a yellow fever jab they give you the certificate. And it is yellow.
(Wed Nov 7, 2001 - 10:23:33 am)

Cushca:
Really? Is that true? Is the certificate yellow?
(Wed Nov 7, 2001 - 10:24:07 am)

Chewing Wax:
Awesome
(Wed Nov 7, 2001 - 10:24:23 am)

Decoy:
The certificate is actually yellow? Wow, the designers must have worked for Apple.
(Wed Nov 7, 2001 - 10:24:50 am)

Heruka:
Will Canada let me in wthout one? I've been there but never been asked to show any identity. If and when they do pull me over, will they ask for one? Cause gosh, I don't know if I can live without going into Canada.
(Wed Nov 7, 2001 - 10:25:26 am)

Chewing Wax:
What the hell do you have against Canada?
(Wed Nov 7, 2001 - 10:26:17 am)

Chewing Wax:
What the hell is a kilometer anyhow? That always confuses me.
(Wed Nov 7, 2001 - 10:27:04 am)

Chewing Wax:
And why is their money all funny colors and stuff? And why is their two dollar coin a big washer?
(Wed Nov 7, 2001 - 10:27:34 am)

Decoy:
Yeah, that's a lot of sarcasm to point at Canada.
(Wed Nov 7, 2001 - 10:27:34 am)

Chewing Wax:
Seems waisted to me
(Wed Nov 7, 2001 - 10:28:03 am)

Decoy:
I love the twoonie. Its a coin, its a buck forty, is a funny joke name, all rolled into one.
(Wed Nov 7, 2001 - 10:28:33 am)

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(Wed Nov 7, 2001 - 10:31:04 am)

Decoy:
You'd think it'd be worth more than $1.40. ha ha haha. ewww.
(Wed Nov 7, 2001 - 10:31:42 am)

Decoy:
I just got it. Its a symbol of the donut?
(Wed Nov 7, 2001 - 10:32:21 am)

Heruka:
Me? I ove Canada! Canada is my friend.
(Wed Nov 7, 2001 - 10:32:26 am)

Heruka:
Canadians are like those kids in high school who had few friends, but convinced themselves they really didn't want any cause they would then have to act in a more social manner, and that would ruin their personal integrity. They want to be Americans, but they just can't admit to it cause that would make them look like like they're not content being who they think they are. Is this understandable?
(Wed Nov 7, 2001 - 10:34:46 am)

Decoy:
Entireably.
(Wed Nov 7, 2001 - 10:35:31 am)

Decoy:
But I think Canadians are happy to be living in a good neighborhood, I don't think they want to be Americans as such.
(Wed Nov 7, 2001 - 10:36:39 am)

Chewing Wax:
They love our Disney World. And our spring training baseball. They really love the hell out of that.
(Wed Nov 7, 2001 - 10:38:09 am)

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Myth 4: Without the Electoral College, Al Gore would be president today. Maybe. It is true that Al Gore was able to win more votes than was George W. Bush and Bush ultimately won the presidency because of the constitutional allocation of electoral votes among the states. However, again this myth falls apart upon further inspection. The existence of the Electoral College fundamentally affected the way both parties carried out their campaigns. If the election had been based on a simple national popular vote, Gore and Bush would have made fundamental strategic changes that would have changed the outcome of the race in ways we cannot predict. Bush would like have hunkered down in Texas to eek out every last vote while //Gore would have spent most of his time traveling the coast of California and the inner city of New York to wrest every possible vote he could from his core constituencies.// States like West Virginia and New Mexico would have largely been ignored in favor of the big media markets. Who would have won this fundamentally changed race? No one can say.
(Wed Nov 7, 2001 - 10:38:50 am)