On Sun, 01 Jul 2018 14:23:30 -0400, wrote:

If you let me loose in the 19th century with all of my 20th century
knowledge I would be a millionaire, if not a god. ;-)

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What would you "invent" first? And would you be able to build it,
promote it, and sell it? A lot of the infrastructure for that sort of
thing, that we take for granted, would be missing. The past is
littered with brilliant inventors who couldn't get their product off
the ground even though it was superior.

On 7/1/18 8:26 PM, Tim wrote:
Keyser Soze
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One needs to be easily and heavily armed in Flyover, Illinois, to take
on those groundhogs and squirrels.

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Beats pumping stumps and plastic sodie bottles...


Yeah, well, I'm not shooting defenseless animals for sport.

On 7/1/2018 8:29 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Sun, 01 Jul 2018 14:23:30 -0400, wrote:

If you let me loose in the 19th century with all of my 20th century
knowledge I would be a millionaire, if not a god. ;-)

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What would you "invent" first? And would you be able to build it,
promote it, and sell it? A lot of the infrastructure for that sort of
thing, that we take for granted, would be missing. The past is
littered with brilliant inventors who couldn't get their product off
the ground even though it was superior.



I'd just be a 19th Century Nostradamus traveling around forecasting
the future. Once people realized I was always right I'd make a fortune.

I can just imagine telling people that in 2016 a guy who builds
skyscrapers named "Trump" would become the 45th POTUS.

They'd ask, "What's a skyscraper?"

On Sun, 01 Jul 2018 20:29:34 -0400, Wayne.B
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On Sun, 01 Jul 2018 14:23:30 -0400, wrote:

If you let me loose in the 19th century with all of my 20th century
knowledge I would be a millionaire, if not a god. ;-)

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What would you "invent" first? And would you be able to build it,
promote it, and sell it? A lot of the infrastructure for that sort of
thing, that we take for granted, would be missing. The past is
littered with brilliant inventors who couldn't get their product off
the ground even though it was superior.

I am not really sure what exact dates we are talking about because I
have not been paying much attention but I would try to consult with
someone I know who was successful (Sam Colt, Edison etc)
I also know enough about Edison to understand you are not getting rich
working for him but it would get you into the right circles. I
understand you can't just go down to Home Depot for materials so you
really need to get to know the people who were manufacturing things
I would certainly be coming up with things I know about that made my
life better and then just wait for my neighbors to beat a path to my
door.
The real money would be in bets you know you would win.

On Sun, 1 Jul 2018 20:45:25 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote:

Yeah, well, I'm not shooting defenseless animals for sport.

Actually I tend to agree with you (I gave up shooting birds for
shooting skeet) but if it was for a good reason, sorry Bambi.

7:45 PMKeyser Soze
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On 7/1/18 8:26 PM, Tim wrote:
Keyser Soze
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One needs to be easily and heavily armed in Flyover, Illinois, to take
on those groundhogs and squirrels.

........


Beats pumping stumps and plastic sodie bottles...


Yeah, well, I'm not shooting defenseless animals for sport.

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Me either.

On Sun, 01 Jul 2018 20:17:10 -0400, wrote:

On Sun, 01 Jul 2018 18:48:39 -0400, John H.
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On Sun, 01 Jul 2018 18:43:38 -0400, wrote:

On Sun, 01 Jul 2018 14:13:41 -0400, John H.
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On Sun, 1 Jul 2018 13:34:11 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

Haven't watch any live TV for the last two days. Sick of the
political horse****.


Tiger Woods is on now. Makes for a pleasant TV experience.

We watched the ladies play a little while yesterday.
Question Do they hit from the blue tees?

They hit from tees which are placed to give them a yardage between 6,200 and 6,600 yards.

Where do Tiger and Phil hit from

Average for PGA is about 7200 yards. Tees are movable, but they hit from the tips (furthest).

Tim Wrote in message:
Keyser Soze
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One needs to be easily and heavily armed in Flyover, Illinois, to take
on those groundhogs and squirrels.

........


Beats pumping stumps and plastic sodie bottles...


Fat Hairy and his buddies don't seem to think so. They loved
shooting that stump so much they built a bunker next to it
complete with a bed.
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Keyser Soze Wrote in message:
On 7/1/18 8:26 PM, Tim wrote:
Keyser Soze
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One needs to be easily and heavily armed in Flyover, Illinois, to take
on those groundhogs and squirrels.

........


Beats pumping stumps and plastic sodie bottles...


Yeah, well, I'm not shooting defenseless animals for sport.

You did seem to enjoy ripping the lips off fish and throwing them
back in the water to die, at least until you saw the "light".

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On Sun, 1 Jul 2018 12:03:20 -0400 (EDT), justan wrote:

He said he worked for a general in the Vietnamese army

North or South?


Dunno. Harry was vague about it. Might hav been a figment of his
vivid imagination.
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